"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." -Alvin TofflerTake a seat at your child’s table and write your answers to how to make 20.

YOUR ARROYO TEACHERS & STAFF ARE:

Empowering each other to create, communicate,

collaborate, think critically & celebrate

in a passionate, technology-rich

learning community.

WELCOME TOKINDERGARTEN!Mrs. ChillingworthRoom 8

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME: Daughter, sister, wife, mother,

teacher, aunty, niece, daughter in law, etc. etc.

Grew up in Oregon and Northern California

University of Redlands ‘92 (Och Tamale!)

Body Shop, Crate, St. Paul’s (Orange) IVC, Concordia, Peter’s Canyon, Arroyo Mom to Colin (9th), Grace (7th) (wife to

Noah) Summer highlights: Hawaii 10 days,

Punta Mita 3 nights *20th wedding anniversary, Santa Barbara 3 days (beach volleyball with kids), Oregon 4 days (parent’s 50th) #summer2015#priceless

MY MOTTO, MY HOPE, MY GOAL, MY MISSION:

My hope is to have a safe and secure environment in which your child can learn. I want my students to become lifelong learners. My hope is that they will not be afraid to take risks, that they will do their best everyday in completing their work, and that they will not be afraid to try new things. With your help I believe every child in here will be a success.

OUR TEAM!

RULES IN ROOM 8Come in quietly.Be ready to learn.Raise your hand to talk.Do your best.Be a friend.

REWARDS Student awards will be handed out at 4

different times during the year at an assembly in the multi-purpose room. I will email you that your child is getting an award. Our assembly is at 8:45 a.m. (Everyone will receive an award by June).

Golden Horseshoes are handed out on the playground and put into a raffle box for a weekly prize drawing.

Class celebrations: We will celebrate throughout the year as a class during holidays and as we earn parties along the way.

CONSEQUENCESName on the board:Warning.

Check next to name:Stop and Think.

Two checks:Correct and Reflect at recess.

Three checks: Mrs. Jones and Call to Parents

OUR SCHEDULE (AKA “FAUXGENDA”) 8:30 flag salute, attendance, lunch 8:45 word work on ipads 9:00 Reading Focus (letter, word sorts,

alphafriends) 9:45 recess 10:20 Reading workshop and writing

workshop 11:30 math focus home 11:50 home/ymca/Aldersgate*Library-Tuesdays at 8:45-9:15 *Computers-Wednesday 8:45-9:15

21ST CENTURY LEARNING-BIG IDEAS“TASKS DETERMINE PERFORMANCE”

What does 21st Century Learning look like?

5 CsCritical ThinkingCommunicationCollaborationCreativityCelebration!

READING WORKSHOPLucy Calkins Reading Workshop Just Right BooksNightly Reading, record how long,

don’t set a timer.Daily books

WRITINGLucy Calkins is a well known

educational researcher in the areas of reading and writing. If you google her, you will see all she has written and accomplished. As a school we have a school wide focus in writing and we are using Lucy’s units of study to guide our journey. This will be my sixth year implementing and each year I am learning more and more from this approach. You will be amazed at what your children will be scribing by the end of the year.

COGNITIVELY GUIDED INSTRUCTION Cognitively Guided Instruction is a

child centered approach to doing math. The students are given a word problem to solve and are asked to prove their work. We all know 2 plus 2 is 4. I ask the students to draw out the 4 to prove they “get” it. It is very eye opening for me as a teacher to see who can count and who has things memorized. It is empowering for the students as well because they share their answers and learn from each other. It is an awesome approach to learning.

HOMEWORK AND READING Sight words are your number one priority for

homework during the week. Practice them with your child everyday. If they are already reading make sure they can find the sight words in books you read nightly.

Reading everyday is second only to sight words. Reading fifteen minutes everyday with your child exposes them to a million words a year. (Set your TVs to closed captioning, your child will be reading and not even realize it!)

Homework can stay in the folder. It does not need to come in every week. We would like to see it at the end of the month so that we can see that you are reading with your child regularly.

BIRTHDAYS Birthdays can be celebrated on your

child’s actual day. If your child’s birthday falls on the weekend or a holiday, just let me know when he/she wants to celebrate it. If your child has a summer birthday, feel free to celebrate their half birthday wherever that may fall.

We are trying to be healthier at Arroyo. If you can make the treats small and not full of sugar, that is very helpful. Please do not make this your child’s actual party. Large party favor bags are not necessary however if you would like to send in a pencil in lieu of a treat that is perfect.

COMMUNICATION Arroyo Mustang weekly email blast Room 8 HAIKU: watch for info…you can

click on my name on the Arroyo website and it will take you to my page. I will also provide you with your child’s district username and password so that they can log on at home as well.

Email me at rchillingworth@tustin.k12.ca.us

Call 714-730-7381

DINO DASH & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Dino Dash is the Tustin Public School Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year. Please consider joining us on November 1 for this fun event. We are also looking for 10 volunteers to help with the event either the day of or the two days before.

Please sign up to volunteer in the classroom. There are weekly timeslots, monthly timeslots, and once a trimester time slots. No amount of volunteering is too little!

WE ARE SCHOLARS!

THANK YOU!Thank you for the honor of allowing me to teach your children. We are

going to have a fantastic year!