Hello Room 19 Families,

Attached is the weekly schedule of assignments. I can't believe we are down to our second-to-last week of school! 

It is STEM week at Roscomare, so there will be some school-wide activities. Be on the lookout for updates throughout the week. You can also click here.

Tuesday, June 2 is the 1st grade pick-up/drop-off day. Please return library books and pick up your child's materials. Please be sure to follow social distancing and make sure kids remain in the car. There is no zoom Tuesday.

Thursday is Hand Puppet Day during our zoom call. 😀

Lastly, thank you Cathy Shomer for organizing our special zoom call last Thursday with Reptacular Animals!

Have a great night,
​Christina Polay

Hello Room 19 Families,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Happy Memorial Day!

This week's list of assignments is attached. We will have at least one more Career Day presentation tomorrow. We have a special zoom call on Thursday, which will require a different Meeting ID and password; I will send it to you Wednesday night. 😀

Thank you for all of the submissions for the 1st grade COVID Keepsake Series (Sounds and Taste & Smell). Please consider taking a picture of your child's work and emailing it to me if you haven't already done so. We will conclude this week with Sight and Touch. 

Have a great night,
Christina Polay

Dear Room 19 Families,

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. 

This week, we continue with our COVID Keepsake Series. We will explore the tastes and smells of our home. If you could bottle an aroma that represents the time spent at home during the pandemic, what would it be? And, is there a particular taste that you and your family have enjoyed that captures a particular memory during the pandemic?

This week's schedule of assignments is attached. It is two pages because the second page includes links to 9 theatre lessons provided by LAUSD. These are optional lessons that children can do independently. 😀 I will continue to attach this page for the rest of the year; the lessons are not intended to be completed in one week.

We will continue with the 4 zoom calls this week, but I no longer send daily zoom invitations. This Thursday's First Grade Spirit Day is Animal Face Day.

Have a great night,
Christina Polay

Dear Room 19 Families,

I hope you had a nice Mother's Day! Thank you again for all of the gifts, flowers, yummy treats, and love that you gave me last week. 

This week's schedule of assignments is attached, along with a letter explaining the start of the first grade COVID Keepsake Series. Ultimately, we will make another book in Book Creator that documents our time at home, and what we are grateful for as experienced through our senses. I hope to make a nice primary source document of our experiences at home. 

Career Day will be on zoom March 18 - 28th. Please let me know if you are interested in sharing your career with us. You would need to plan a 10-15 minute presentation. Thank you!

Thursday is Glasses Day. You could decorate the outside of your glasses, wear crazy glasses... be creative!

Ms. Herod's art lesson and the zoom invitation are at the bottom of the email.

Enjoy the rest of the day; Happy Mother's Day!

Love,
​Christina Polay

Hello Room 19 Families,

Happy Sunday! Attached is this week's assignments, and listed at the bottom of the email is Ms. Herod's art lesson, and Monday's zoom invitation. 

This week, students can continue to work on the endings for Hey, Little Ant or their Opinion Writing; Please encourage this if they have not yet sent their assignments. They are also still able to record their voice for their Informational Books.

The writing we will do this week is focused on Mother's Day. I will try to make the directions something students can do on their own so moms can be surprised on Sunday. There is a small art project that is posted on the writing page now. The writing assignment will be posted Monday morning. 

Lastly, calling all students and families to participate in our First Grade Fitness Challenge! Encourage movement with a little friendly competition... Can they beat me and my kids? If your child has an idea for a challenge, I would love to see it. They can make a Flipgrid or you can video them doing the activity and email me. Ideas include dribbling a ball, balancing activities, holding yoga poses, doing cartwheels or handstands, etc... Let the fun begin!

Have a nice night,
Christina Polay