University Elementary at La Fiesta
Summer Newsletter #2
Summer Solstice!
What does this mean, the "longest day" of the year?
Go outside 3 or 4 different times of the day/night and make your nature observations....
- What do you notice?
- What do you wonder?
- It reminds me of.....
Look at the plants, look for evidence of animals, look for light and shadows....
Draw, write, or a combination of all of it to show what you experience.
Show what you can't see, but you feel it...How do you do this?
Using your observations, explain your ideas about what is happening with the Earth, Sun, Moon, and space. Explaining can be talking with your family, journaling, recording on SeeSaw, etc.
FAMILY: Prompt your observers by asking questions like:
- Tell me more...
- Would you give me more details....
- What do you mean by....
- Is there another way you can show me...
- What can we make to show your thinking?
- What questions do you still have? What could we do to learn more?
REFRAIN from telling your child what the summer solstice is...how can you help them to construct an age appropriate concept of what's happeing?
Ms. Blank!
My name is Rachel Blank and I am deeply excited to be a part of the UELF community! I am lucky to have landed at a school that has already welcomed me so graciously and taught me so much through my student teaching experience. Some of my favorite things in life include bright colors, reading, writing, crafting, hiking, and playing with my (not so cuddly) chinchillas. I am looking forward to sharing my love for curiosity, creativity, teaching, and learning with all of you. Thank you for letting me be a part of the wonderful, innovative and inspiring group of thinkers that make up UELF. I will be teaching second and third grade.
2021-2022 Teachers
- Preschool-Baldwin & O'Brien
- TK/K-Gage & Bender
- 1st- Hoaglund & Barksdale
- 2/3-McAllister & Blank
- 3/4-Kellogg
- 4/5-Moores
- 5-Gilleran
- Learning Center-Vitalone
- PE-McMillen
- Music-Park
- Garden-Knoy
An amazing year is ahead of us for learning and working together.
Ms. McMillen!
Juneteenth-Federal Holiday
- What does freedom look like?
- What does freedom sound like?
- What does freedom feel like?
- Freedom reminds me of...
Summer!
Take the Seawolf Summer Challenge!
Every day:
1) Read for 20 to 30 minutes.
2) Sit outside for 10 minutes to listen, feel, and observe.
3) Write/draw/label what you observe in your sit spot for 15 minutes.
4) Connect your daily world with math concepts. (numbers, shapes, percents, fractions, problem solving, design, cooking, money, statistics...)
5) Use your Toolbox Tools at home.
Use the Summer Kick-Off Weblink to explore and plan how to spend your summer locally. Share your adventures with Mrs. Lunde to be featured in the Summer UELF News!
Lunch!
Camping!
Hiking!
Spirit Days!
Pajama Day
Superhero Day
Silly Hair Day
Hat Day
Wacky Socks Day
Wear One Color Day
Sunglasses Day
Pirate Day
Heritage Day
What's Coming!
Calendar these dates for the fall school year!
- 8/9 & 8/10 - Kindergarten Orientation
- 8/13 - Kindergarten Tea
- 8/16 - Seawolf Day!
- 8/17- 1st Day of School
- 8/19 - UELF Ice-Cream Social
Garden!
University Elementary School at La Fiesta
Email: christina_lunde@crpusd.org
Website: https://uelf.crpusd.org/
Location: 8511 Liman Way, Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Phone: (707)792-4840
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/University-Elementary-School-at-La-Fiesta-1628724350766801/
Twitter: @UELFSEAWOLVES1