First Grade Newsletter Volume 13
In this newsletter:
Breakfast Club starts 12-3
Blue High Frequency Word Lists
Thanksgiving Feast Photos
Singing at Valley River Center 12-19
Home Reading Program
Canned Food Donation Deadline 12-17
Cal Young Band Concert 12-11
Friday Spirit Days
Wednesday Popcorn Day
Fundraising at the Duck /OSU game 12/1
Artist in Residence Jan Durkas
PTO Meeting 12-18
Upcoming Dates Calendar
YUJIN GAKUEN JAPANESE IMMERSION SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 29, 2007
PAGE 1
HIGH
FREQUENCY
WORDS
In next week’s homework
packet, you will receive the
last of the high frequency
words needing to be mastered
for the January first grade
district testing.
Study the high frequency
words on the pink, yellow and
blue sheets to be able to read
all the words on each sheet in
thirty seconds or less.
We will have Marilyn
begin testing our group one
and two students to see how
everyone is doing. Look for a
yellow slip attached to the
word list with your current
score. We stop at thirty
seconds, so you will see a line
indicating how far they got.
The testers go across the page
from left to right.
Mastering these high
frequency words will increase
your child’s reading fluency.
Happy Reading!
FIRST GRADE NEWSLETTER VOLUME 13
Breakfast Club begins December 3, 2007
Please respond by tomorrow. November 30 to accept your invitation.
We sent out invitations to a
group of first graders to join Linda
Caldwell for reading fluency practice
every morning from 8:00 - 8:20 in
the library.
Thanks to an Eugene Education
grant for $2000.00, we are able to
offer this special tutoring time free
to families who accept.
As always, breakfast is available
in the cafeteria from 7:45 a.m. We
will ask Ruby to dismiss Breakfast
Club students at 7:55 to meet Linda
in the Library by 8:00.
SINGING AT VALLEY RIVER CENTER ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2007
Yujin Gakuen First Grade has accepted an
invitation to sing at Valley River Center on the
morning of the last Wednesday of school before the
winter break. Once we find out the times, we will
send home a request for drivers and chaperones.
Students will be singing:”Donguri”, “Kabocha” in
English and Japanese, and “Everyone Has Something
They Can Do.” Please dig out the song sheets and
practice singing these songs every night. This is our
outside school performance for the winter as we are
not scheduled for Asian Celebration or Japan Night
this year. We will also look through our holiday song
books to see what other snowman/holiday song we
can add.
“Pilgrim and Native American Children” enjoy pie at the Thanksgiving Day Feast
YUJIN GAKUEN JAPANESE IMMERSION SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 29, 2007
PAGE 2
Calendar
Saturday, December 1
UO concessions at the Moschovsky Center
Mon. December 3: 8:00 - 8:20
First Grade Breakfast Club starts in the library.
Tues., December 11: 10:15 - 10:45
Cal Young Jazz Band Winter concert in the
Cafeteria.
Friday, December 14
12:10 Early Dismissal
Monday, December 17
Canned Food Drive Donation Deadline.
Tuesday, December 18: 6:30
PTO Meeting in the cafeteria.
Wednesday, December 19
First Grade Valley River Center Performance.
Friday, December 21
Last Day of School before Winter Break.
Tuesday, January 8
First day back for students. Testing starts.
THANKSGIVING FEAST
HOME READING PROGRAM
Some families are taking
advantage of our Home Reading
Program where first grade
students turn in their Home
Reading Manilla envelopes every
other day or so to get a new book
to read each night.
Many more students can be
turning in their envelopes each
day to get a new book. We have
hundreds of books we can share
with families to help increase
reading fluency.
This takes a dedication of
family time each night. We want
to increase student reading fluency
to 100 words per minute by the
end of the school year. Students
are reading around 25 words per
minutes at this time. We are
talking about quadrupling the
reading fluency rate and this takes
LOTS of practice.
Check out the reading norms
sheet we shared with families at
conference time to set your goals
for each term.
CANNED FOOD DONATIONS
December 17th is the deadline
for the Canned Food Donations.
Please bring what you can to
donate to less fortunate families
this holiday season. The barrels
are by the front office.
CAL YOUNG JAZZ BAND
CONCERT Tuesday, 12/11/07
Parents are welcome to join us
for a band concert this morning
after recess from 10:15 - 10:45. We
understand that Allan will be
joining the band on his trumpet.
Friday Spirit Day
Don’t forget to wear your YG
t-shirts every Friday and show
your school spirit.
WEDNESDAY POPCORN DAY
A dedicated group of parents
offer popcorn to YG students for
25 cents every Wednesday after
school. It’s delicious. Thank you.
Fundraising at the Duck/OSU
Game on Saturday, December 1
We invite you to join PTO
members at the Moschovsky
Center Concessions to help with
fundraising for YG. $3000.00 can
be raised if 37 parents can donate
six hours of their time on Saturday.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, JAN
DURKAS, PORTRAIT ARTIST,
SHARES HER SKILLS WITH FIRST
GRADERS.
Students learn about shape, line
and texture as they produced two
pieces of art using oil pastels with
a blue wash and the 2nd piece with
poster paint. Art Show 12/19 11:30.
PTO MEETING DECEMBER 18
PTO members make
important decisions about
spending fundraised money at
their meetings. Fundraising for
technology was voted on at last
month’s meeting.
Join up and take part in these
important discussions and
decisions to support curriculum at
Yujin Gakuen. Next meeting is
Tuesday, December 18 from 6:30 -
7:30. Free childcare is offered.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
