Hoot 6

   
Congratulations to our students of the month who stand out with their attentiveness: Erica Gutierrez and Quinn Campbell.

Oct 3: Harwood Museum field trip 
First field trip to Harwood Museum
Our first exciting trip to the Harwood Museum will focus on traditional colcha art and embroidery. My experience has been that parents (and teachers) find the art program at the Harwood as enticing as children. You are welcome to join us on any and all of these field trips. That's the good news! Now, for the bad news....

Unfortunately TISA is not able to provide transportation for Harwood visits yet. Our state-of-the art school bus is in the process of getting registered and to be wrapped in glorious art! But for now, will have to rely on our own "tribe" to make those amazing Harwood trips happen! The solution: carpool!  

Getting TO the museum, we will be carpooling.
Please let me know (text is best, so I can remember): 

• if you are able to help with carpooling TO the museum
• if you are able to help with carpooling FROM the museum back to TISA
• how many children (besides yours) you have space for
• if you have any extra boosters, and how many
• if you plan on joining us for the museum visit and the studio activity as well

1:10: Leaving from TISA
Please plan on being at the parking lot by 1:10.
3:30: Leaving from the museum

LEAVING the museum will be no later than 3:30pm. After the field trip it is your responsibility to pick up your child or arrange for a carpool.
There are two options at the end of the field trip.
Either you can pick up on those days at the museum NO LATER than 3:30 please, OR you can arrange for a carpool back to TISA for your child to be in aftercare.
It would be helpful for me to know if your child is in aftercare or not on the day of the field trip.

Field trip checklist for your child:
bring booster seat (if needed)
make sure your child knows if s/he will be in aftercare or not
let your child know who will be picking them up

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Scholastic Book Club

SCHOLASTIC Rocks!

Please consider ordering. It helps your child be part of our reading fun and develop skills to succeed in school and life. When you order on Scholastic Book Clubs, you are also supporting our class with FREE books and supplies.
Book orders are due online. Please go to scholastic.com/bookclubs  or here  and use the first grade class code: PQNHX. 
Teacher: Jutka Furesz.
This month's due date: SEPTEMBER 27.

If you would like to order and have no online access, please send your order in and I will gladly do it for you. :)

A few of Miss Jutka's recent personal favorites:
Giggle Giggle Quack $1   ($3.99 on Amazon)
Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping $3.50  ($7.50 on Amazon)
Does Frankenstein Get Hungry? $3.50  (only available in hardcover on Amazon $12.75)

FIRST GRADE CLASS CODE: PQNHX

How Our Book Club Works

   1
   Miss Jutka sends home book flyers and posts 
   the Scholastic Club submission deadline date on the blog 
   (under upcoming events/dates).

    2

   Kids and families choose books.
   If your order is a SURPRISE,
   shoot me a note so I can keep it a secret.
   Hint: there are tons more books available online
   besides the titles listed in the flyers.

   Parents submit orders by deadline
   to teacher (Jutka Furesz) at scholastic.com/bookclubs  
   Please use class code PQNHX.

3

Miss Jutka submits class
orders to Scholastic on deadline date.
Class gets FREE Books &
resources.

4

The books all ship together. Miss Jutka distributes
student book orders. (Books usually arrive within 10 days from class submission DEADLINE DATE, and not from when individual orders were placed by each family.)
Parents, please shoot me a note if your order is a surprise (birthday or Christmas gift), so I can keep it a secret. : )

We All Get Epic! Thank You, Donors Choose!

Thanks to Donors Choose for the equipment, and to Malcolm, Stefan and Michael for their support setting up the iPod touch devices! We now have a brand new media station running in class. We started using the station by exploring Epic! Epic! is a reading app that is now available to you all.

I created a home account for each first grade family. Please check your email for a notification. Your child will now be able to enjoy audio books and "read-to-me" books on Epic! at home on a device of your choice. It is completely free of charge. 

Plus, whenever you connect your child’s home subscription our class will receive Classroom Rewards Points for FREE books and supplies. 

Here is how to sign in.
Disregard the pay and redeem your offer button in your email from Epic! Books for Kids and follow these instructions -- also found at the end of the email):
Go to https://www.getepic.com/sign-in or download the app: Epic!
Click on blue button: "students and educators"
Enter class code: lle7291
Click: Go!
Next, when you click on your child's name, it will take you to their page.
Then click on the MAILBOX (bottom right) to see which books are assigned to him/her.
I noticed one consideration: students can only read at home during "school hours."

Have fun!

Hoot 5

A warm welcome to our new first grade student, Mikey. He is a pro on the hoop!

Sept 20, 5-7: Go see our dazzling Giant Swallowtail and many other amazing TISA pieces at the Taos Fall Arts Show, "Of Heaven and Earth/Del Cielo y De La Tierra!" The art show opening is on Friday 5-7. It is held at the Guadalupe Gym (205 Don Fernando Road). The show will be open daily from 10-6 through Sept.29.
Sept 25, 2:45pm: Pinata party for Skylar Isabella's birthday! Yay!
Sept 26: Photo retakes
Sept 26: Miss Jutka will be attending a professional development day at MOIFA. First grade will have a substitute that day.
Sept 26: Student of the Month Celebration. Proud to announce this month's outstanding students:
Erica Gutierrez and Quinn Campbell

Sept 27 (Friday): SCHOLASTIC books!
Please consider ordering. It helps your child be part of our reading fun and develop skills to succeed in school and life. When you order on Scholastic Book Clubs, you are also supporting our class with FREE books and supplies. Book orders are due online. Please go to scholastic.com/bookclubs  or here  and use the first grade class code: PQNHX. Our class is listed under me, Jutka Furesz.
If you would like to order and have no online access, please send your order in and I will do it for you. :)
A few of Miss Jutka's personal favorites:
Giggle Giggle Quack $1
Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping $3.50
Who Would Win? Ultimate Rumble Pack $8.50
Does Frankenstein Get Hungry? $3.50

Sept. 30: NO SCHOOL. San Geronimo Day.
Oct.7-10: NO SCHOOL. TISA fall break.

HOMEWORK:
Homework packets go home on Thursday. Please practice reading the text that's part of the homework packet every day. Kiddos are very excited about returning their homework the following Thursday.
Read every night! When a reading log is filled out and returned, your child will receive a prize!
Get online! If your child enjoys learning online, please help them get on Istation, Lexia or Keyboarding Without Tears. For login info, please go to this previous blog post:
HOOT 3 with Computer Login Info


Fiercely fashion-forward leopard chic on a rainy day.

Hoot 4

Sept 25, 2:45pm: Pinata party for Skylar's birthday! Yay!
Sept 26: Photo retakes
Sept 26: Miss Jutka will be attending a professional development day at MOIFA. First grade will have a substitute that day.
Sept 26: Student of the Month Celebration. Students are to be announced soon!
Sept 27 (Friday): SCHOLASTIC book orders are due online. Please go to scholastic.com/bookclubs  or  here  and use the first grade class code: PQNHX. Our class is listed under Jutka Furesz.

Requested by students, I share a few of our amazing creations made during choice time below.

Giant Swallowtail Spreads Wings for Taos Fall Arts!

The art show will be held at Guadalupe Parish Gymnasium, 205 Don Fernando Road, open 10:00am to 6:00 pm daily. An awards ceremony and exhibition opening is on Friday, September 20, 5:00 to 7:00pm. See you there!

HOOT 3 with Computer Login Info

Wow! It's already September!!!
Thank you all for getting first grade kiddos off to a great start at TISA!

You are welcome to have your child work on reading and math skills online at home using the info here.

STUDENT GOOGLE ACCOUNTS:
Each student has their own individual Google account, thanks to Stefan and Malcolm!!!

Your child's email address: first 4 letters of their first name followed by tisataos.org. (If your kiddo has a 3-letter first name, add their last initial as the 4th letter.)
E.g. aliy@tisataos.org
password: 12345678 (same for each child)

ISTATION reading and math
Istation is an APP, not a web site. You have to upload it to your device from here:  www.istation.com/Install  or  https://www.istation.com/IstationHome/TX
How to log on:
school: Taos Integrated School of the Arts / TISA
domain: TISA. (type in tisa and a dot!)
student username: first 4 letters of their first name. (If your kiddo has a 3-letter first name, add their last initial as the 4th letter.)
student password: same as their username (first 4 letters of their first name).

LEXIA reading
home page: https://www.lexiacore5.com/
teacher's email: jutka@tisataos.org
student username: same as for Istation (first 4 letters of student's first name.)
student password: lexi

KEYBOARDING Without Tears (!)
home page: https://program.kwtears.com/login#/curriculum
educator pin: 112602
click on your class: first grade
click on  your name (= username): same as your username for Istation (4 letters of first name)
click to enter your secret code: AB

EPIC (app)
class code: lle7291
each student has an individual account (by first names)

Please let me know if there are any glitches to iron out.
Have a nice weekend!

Hoot 2

Congratulations to Brayden and Jeremy, our first students of the month!

Homework went home in backpacks on Thursday. Please help check your child's folder on Thursdays and remove everything from it. Student work and info flyers stay home. Homework is due every Thursday.

Yay for breakfast! We are starting serving breakfast on Monday. Please note that ordering both breakfast and lunch happens the day before by 3pm in class. After that the form is submitted to the office. Therefore, I am not in position to make changes to the breakfast and lunch count after 3pm. You may call the office and give that a try.



Sickness alert!
Stomach flu and strep throat are making their first round. Please keep your child home if s/he is sick.

Computer use
We will be starting computer work this week. The children will be using the following programs:
Istation reading
Istation math
Lexia (reading)
Keyboarding Without Tears
I will be posting info on how to access the programs at home.

Each child will use their own headphones to avoid issues with germs and lice. Please make sure you provide your child with a working set.
We are also looking for an over-the-door shoe organizer with pockets to store our headphones.
If your child is most comfortable using a computer mouse (vs. a touchpad) for navigating the keyboard on a chromebook, please send a computer mouse with them.

Thank you! Have a nice week!