Welcome, from your teacher, Mrs. Juli Zamacona.  I am so excited about this new school year.  Our new curriculum; A Beka Books; is fabulous. Its structure allows me to spend quality time with each student, in each subject. 

During the first quarter, the 3rd and 4th grade students will study the lives of heroes in history: Christopher Columbus, John Smith,  Pocahontas, Miles Standish, Squanto, and William Penn. Science studies will include: insects, plants, birds, matter, energy, geology, oceanography, and astronomy.  The students will also study the state birds & flowers along with the provinces in Canada. In Language the 3rd grade students will learn how to write complete sentences; declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory; while the 4th graders will learn how to construct: fragment, declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. Math studies will focus on: 3rd grade multiplication, and 4th grade division. All of the students will work on penmanship, spelling/poetry, and reading.

To complement our curriculum, I will put together field trips to include visits to places such as the: zoo, ocean, redwoods, and a California mission.  Let me know if you have any suggestions for great field trips.

On Thursday, April 10th, my class (1st - 3rd) and Mrs. Grave’s class (4th - 6th) will travel to the Sonoma County Fair Grounds for Agricultural Days. We will depart from the school promptly at 8:30 a.m., allowing us to be ready to explore the exhibits by 9:00 a.m. We will take time for snacks and will remain at the fairgrounds for lunch following the conclusion of the event. A total of 28 students are attending the field trip, so we are in need of 4 more drivers. Please speak to me if you are able to drive for this field trip.  Each adult in attendance will be responsible to chaperon 5 students as we tour the exhibits and the fairgrounds.

The move to our new classroom has been completed. The LLC & MLC classroom is now located in Room 1(previously Mrs. Abshire’s K-4 classroom). This new arrangement will allow Mrs. Charon & Mrs. Zamacona to help supervise each other’s classroom. On Thursday we put a new coat of paint on the walls, and Friday we started putting the posters up. I hope each of you get a chance to come in and check out the new arrangement.