Dear K-8 Home Study Families:
My name is Hector Molina and I am happy and excited to be working our K-8 Staff as the program administrator for the coming school year. Aside from working with K-8 Home Study, I am the district administrator for Attendance and School/Site Safety. I have worked in the district for over 18 years.
As a staff we are happy to have your children enrolled in the K8 program since we know your child will receive a quality education from our staff (Mrs. Gale, Mrs. Mahoney and Mrs. Payne). Your children will be able to participate in the iReady program and K8 students in grades 4th-8th will be able to take Chromebooks home to work on assignments. Our K8 staff will also be implementing the new ELA Adoption curriculum.
The staff is already planning extra-curricular activities for our students and we hope you take advantage of all the services we will provide during the school year. I will be spending some time at K8 sites so I hope to meet you and/or your child throughout the year.
Have a great school year. Please feel free to contact me at (530-406-3158) anytime this school year with any questions and/or concerns.
Sincerely,
Hector Molina
Hector Molina
Principal
K-8 Home Study Information:
Office located at Douglass Middle School – Room D1
Address:525 Granada Drive
Woodland, CA95695
Telephone:(530) 661-2568
Fax:(530) 662-2912
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chrome Books
This year Chrome Books will once again be issued to students in grades 4-8. Students will have the opportunity to take their Chrome Book home if a parent/guardian completes the required paperwork. Direct any concerns or questions to your supervising teacher.
i-Ready Assessments
Students in grades 2-6 will take the
i-Ready Diagnostic Assessments for reading and math in September,December, and April.
Built for common core, this computer-based adaptive program:
- Identifies skills and concepts individual students have learned
- Diagnoses instructional needs down to the sub-skill level with results available immediately
- Provides rigorous, personalized instruction and practice to help meet individual student needs
- Monitors progress showing whether students are on track to achieve end-of-year targets
This unique test is a key to evaluating, improving, and maintaining academic achievement. More information to follow.
K-8 Home Study Website
Check out K-8 Home Study’s website! Use this webpage as your go-to source for information on registration, program details, and resources to help your child succeed. View the K-8 Newsletter, calendar and events along with helpful quick links to educational websites and programs. Go to and click on the magnifying glass to search. Type K-8 Home Study in the search box and hit search. Select the K-8 website link from the search results.
Scholastic Reading Counts!
All students need to develop strong reading skills that they will use every day, in and out of school. That’s why K-8 Home Study is excited to participate in Scholastic Reading Counts!
The goals of the program are simple and important:
Promote Reading: Reading more books and developing a lifelong love for reading are important to your child’s success.
Improve Test Scores: Independent reading has a positive impact on student achievement, which has even been demonstrated on certain standardized tests. The more your child reads, the better your child is likely to perform.
Develop Language Art Skills: Reading develops and promotes comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, and writing skills that students will use in all subject areas.
Students will select and read a wide variety of books from a database of 40,000 books. After reading, they will take a computerized quiz that will assess their comprehension. The program gives students the opportunity to track their progress, retake unsuccessful quizzes, and count how many words they read. It also offers book suggestions based on the student’s area of interests and reading level. There will be incentives to keep students working toward their goals. Your supervising teacher will have more details about this reading program!
Typing.com
Typing.com is a free online typing tutor and keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. Learn to type using the Typing.comteacher approved typing curriculum, and have some fun with the exciting typing games available. Ask your supervising teacher for more information.
BrainPOP
BrainPOP offers animated educational movies, quizzes, games, and activities for students in grades 3 – 12. Each of the more than 750 topics features a short animated movie starring a boy named Tim and his robot friend, Moby. Learners are introduced to concepts in the areas of Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Technology, and Arts & Music. BrainPOP resources are aligned to Common Core Standards. Ask your teacher for BrainPOP Login information.
Scholastic Magazines Online
K-8 Home Study is once again subscribing to Scholastic magazines, and they come with interactive digital editions that your child can use at home. With access to the digital magazines students can watch videos on topics, play skill-building games, and complete online worksheets.
We encourage you to help your child investigate these great resources so he/she can explore topics in more depth. It’s easy to do. Just ask your supervising teacher for step-by-step instructions.
Scholastic Book Orders
The K-8 Home Study Program will again offer reasonably priced books through Scholastic Book Club. Monthly fliers are located at the front of the classroom in Room D1 or in Room 7A at Lee. Order forms are due by the last Thursday of each month. To speed processing when placing an order, pleasefollow the directions listed on the ordering information flier included in our newsletter or flier posted at each site.
Youalso have the opportunity to shop and submit your order online. To order online:
- REGISTER at scholastic.com/reading club
- ENTER the Class Activation Code LQNL3
- CHOOSE from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia eBooks.
- SUBMIT the order to your supervising teacher by the due date listed on the website
- EARN FREE Books for K-8 Home Study too!
Vision and Hearing Screenings
Vision and hearing screenings will be given by School Nurse Sue Horn this fall. Vision screening will be provided to students in grades K, 3, 6, and 8. Hearing screening will be offered to students in grades K, 1, 2, 5, and 8. Please contact Mrs. Horn at 312-6274 if you would like to schedule a screening.
Free On-line Reading Tutorial
Visit Starfall.com, a free on-line website, where children in grades K-2 can have fun while learning to read! Starfall’s books and games offer beginning readers the opportunity to explore and interact with words and the sounds that make up those words. Children just click on the screen, watch, and listen. This is an excellent program that will help build confidence and success in young readers. Check it out!
4- H CLUBS
Are you interested in animals, arts and crafts, cooking, rocketry, or photography? These are just some of the things you can learn about in 4-H. 4-H provides the opportunity to participate in a variety of fun projects, activities, and community service. The program helps youth, ages 5-19, become self-reliant, responsible, and productive members of society. Todate, more than 45 million people are 4-H Alumni!
4-H Clubs in Woodland meet monthly on various evenings, beginning in fall.
For more information call 666-8703 or go to:
FAMILY FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES
California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences is the only place in the world with an aquarium, a planetarium, and a natural history museum all under one roof.
The academy is located at:
55 Music Concourse Drive
Golden GatePark
San Francisco, CA94118
(415) 379-8000
Free admission for everyone is on four Sundays throughout the year. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis, and early arrival is recommended. The next free admission date is Sept. 24, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Dates in 2018 have not been determined. Check the website under Visits/Hours & Admissionfor upcoming dates.
Living History Days at Marshall Gold Discovery Park
The Living History Program is held “once-a-month” on the 2nd Saturday of each month. This hands-on history day features many historical interpreters who come out to demonstrate the different aspects of pioneer life during the Gold Rush. Visitors can experience candle dipping, meet the Mountain Men, chat with ladies doing their sewing or spinning, make some rope, help the carpenters saw a log, see a pioneer artist at work, and ask the cooks “What’s fer lunch?”
When: Second Saturday of Each Month
Time: 10:00 a.m.- 2:00p.m.
Where: Marshall Gold Discovery SHP
Hwy 49
Coloma
Fees: While this is a free event the State Park does charge a day use fee of $8 per car.
Marshall Gold Discovery Park’s annual event “Coloma Gold Rush Live” will be held October 12 – 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Call the park at (530) 622-3470 for more information.
Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is an experimental, hands-on museum designed to spark curiosity. There are hundreds of exhibits to touch, look though, pick up, and explore. Free admission days for 2017areSeptember23rd and October 22ndfrom 10:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m.. Check the Exploratorium website calendar for free admission days in 2018.
Located at Pier 15 in San Francisco
Visit or call (415) 528-4360 to learn more.
CALLING All Parents!
Let’s share the wealth! Parents are invited to share their knowledge, skills, and talents with other home school students. If you are interested in giving a class in any area you enjoy, please sign up on the white bulletin board. You will be contacted to schedule a date and time.
Birthdays
September
5 Jerome Jimenez III
9Owais Omer
16 Rafael Zacapa
October
5 Maily Hernandez Ascensio
December
3 Kayla Calderon Fierro
Regarding Field Trips
In order to make the field trip process run more efficiently, please make an effort to follow the guidelines listed below:
Please remember to sign-up on the white bulletin board for upcoming events and field trips. This will help us properly plan for each function and in the event of postponement or cancellation we will be able to notify you.
If you reserve a space for a field trip, unless an emergency situation arises, please plan to attend. For some field trips, special arrangements have been made by the sponsors to accommodate us (extra volunteers, turning other groups away, etc.) If the number of people attending is drastically smaller or (or larger) than what we have arranged for, we are risking the sponsor’s willingness to work with us and other home study groups on future trips.
If a fieldtrip requires a fee, your payment is due at the time of sign-up or stateddeadline.
Sign-ups and cancellations can be made up to the cutoff date.
Please remember to fill out the appropriate field trip forms before each event.
We will continue to try to provide field trips you will enjoy. We appreciate your willingness to help in this area.
ACTIVITIES, FIELD TRIPS, AND EVENTS
The following are descriptions of optional activities scheduled for September through December. Please note key information regarding each activity and select those that are appropriate for your child’s grade level and interest.
Woodland Opera House
Anne of Green Gables, the Musical
Date:Thursday, September 21
Time:12:30 Show time. **
Place: Woodland Opera Hosue
340 Second Street
Who:Grades 2 – 8
Cost: $5.00 per person (K-8 students free)
Limit: 10 seats available
** We will meet infront of the Opera House at 12:20 p.m.
YOUR PAYMENT SECURES YOUR RESERVATION
This timeless classic comes to life in this new musical which follows the life of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is mistakenly sent to live with a plainspoken farmer and his spinster sister. Anne wins over the Cuthberts and all of Prince Edward Island with her irrepressible spirit and imagination. Be sure to attend this wonderful story about love, home, and family!
Woodland Opera House
Honk, Jr.
Date:Friday, September 22
Time:12:30 Show time**
Place:Woodland Opera Hosue
340 Second Street
Who:Grades K – 4
Cost: $5.00 per person (K-8 students free)
Limit:10 seats available
** We will meet infront of the Opera House at 12:20 p.m.
YOUR PAYMENT SECURES YOUR RESERVATION
Plan to attend this witty, hilarious and deeply moving retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s TheUgly Duckling. Ugly will meet a whole flock of unique characters and find out that being different is not a bad thing to be!
Enrichment Thursdays
Dates:October 5
October 12
October 19
October 26**
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Place: Douglass, Room D1
Who: Grades K-8
** This day will include Halloween activities. Please plan to wear a costume and sign up to bring refreshments.
Get ready for an afternoon of FUN! Students will have the opportunity to learn, discover, create, explore, and socialize. Students will participate in an art or science lesson each week followed by organized P.E. games which include practice skills that enhance flexibility, coordination, and endurance.
Important: Please wear tennis shoes and bring a bottle of water. Students should be dropped off and picked up promptly!
Nimbus Fish Hatchery
Date:Thursday, November 2
Time:12:00 noon
Place:2001 Nimbus Road
Rancho Cordova
Who: Grades K-8 and families
We will visit the Nimbus Fish Hatchery, which is the spawning grounds for Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Trout. Each year the hatchery raises over 4,000,000 salmon and 430,000 Steelhead, which accounts for 70% of the commercial catch off the California coast. We will be given a guided tour to learn the cycle of the hatchery-bred salmon and steelhead trout. We will proceed through six areas: 1) the raceway ponds, 2) the fish rack & ladder entrance, 3) the holding pond entrance, 4) the sorting & spawning area, 5) the nursery and ponds, and 6) the hatchery building.
This will be an exciting and informative trip. Plan to attend. Directions and more information will be distributed prior to our trip.
Christmas Arts and Crafts Day
Date: Thursday, December 7
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Place: Douglass, Room D1
Who: Grades K–8
Mark your calendar for an afternoon of fun! Learn to make wonderful gifts for family or friends. Plan to join us!