December 12, 2025

 

Dear Families,

Thank you for sending your child in with cold weather gear! We do travel outside two times a day in the "snowsuit season" and are only kept inside if the temperature dips below 10 degrees. They need to be bundled in that kind of weather!!! 

PLEASE keep toys, jewelry, and money at home. It is too much to keep track of. We are busy and have very little time to argue over all the things. Thank you!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Rhyming, Initial Sounds, Sound Blending with Elkonin boxes, Medial Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: f,p,t,s,m,a,i,o,d Introduced c. Words reviewed:the,I,and, a, is, as, said

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can use nouns for one and more than one. I can add -s to a noun to show more than one. I can draw and write about things I see in the classroom. I can share my writing.

Our next Go2Science mission (penguins in the Galapagos) starts on January 6, 2026! 

Reveal Math: Targets this week:  Finshed Unit 5: 2 dimensional shapes unit (hexagons and circles), identify and name flat shapes, describe the relative position of flat shapes. Began Unit 6: Understanding Addition

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events: 

December 19- Polar Express Day! We will act out the story of the Polar Express and follow the storyline of Chris Van Allsburg's book. This day will allow for pajamas and stuffies to be brought to school. Please make sure the stuffy is small enough to fit into a backpack. 

December 22-January 2- Christmas Vacation

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sarah

December 5, 2025

 

Mrs. Sample's Moon Picture!

Dear Families,

I hope you got a chance to do some moon gazing this week! She has been beautiful~ 

Thank you for sending your child in with cold weather gear! We do travel outside two times a day in the "snowsuit season" and are only kept inside if the temperature dips below 10 degrees. They need to be bundled in that kind of weather!!! 

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Rhyming, Initial Sounds, Sound Blending with Elkonin boxes, Medial Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: f,p,t,s,m,a,i. Introduced o,d. Words taught: said

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can write upper case and lower case letters, I can use a proper noun, I can draw and write about a friend, I can share my writing. 

Our next Go2Science mission (penguins in the Galapagos) starts on January 6, 2026! 

Reveal Math: Targets this week:  2 dimensional shapes unit (hexagons and circles), identify and name flat shapes, describe the relative position of flat shapes.

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events: 

December 12- Report cards home

December 19- Polar Express Day! We will act out the story of the Polar Express and follow the storyline of Chris Van Allsburg's book. This day will allow for pajamas and stuffies to be brought to school. Please make sure the stuffy is small enough to fit into a backpack. 

December 22-January 2- Christmas Vacation

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sarah

November 21, 2025

 

Wishing you all a very thankful holiday! 

Looking forward to seeing you at conferences on Monday~We are finishing up all of our assessments and am looking forward to sharing the results with you!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Rhyming, Initial Sounds, Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: f,p,t,s,m,a,i. Introduced am and an "whiny" combination. Words taught: is, as

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can use the right end marks (. and ?), I can draw and write to ask a question, and I can share my writing. We have finished book 1! 

Our next Go2Science mission (penguins in the Galapagos) starts on January 6, 2026! 

Reveal Math: Targets this week: Sorting objects by attribute, comparing and explaining the sorts, counting objects, and began our 2 dimensional shapes unit (triangles, rectangles, and squares).

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events: 

Monday November 24- Parent/Teacher conferences

Monday and Tuesday November 24&25 1/2 day of school for students-Noon dismissal

November 26-28 Thanksgiving Break- Happy Thanksgiving! 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sarah

October 17, 2025

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We have enjoyed a week full of fire safety and even got to meet a real firefighter and parametic! We were able to look at a fire truck and an ambulance! So fun!!! Students learned about 9-1-1, Stop, Drop, Cover, and Roll, Get Low and GO, Replace batteries in smoke detectors, and NEVER touch matches or lighters. Let's all stay safe!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Rhyming, Initial Sounds, Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: f,p,t,s,m,a,i.  Words taught: the, I, a, and

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can use nouns to name people and places, I can draw and write nouns that name people and places, I can write and share a sentence about a place I think is fun. 

Our Go2Science mission continues as we keep looking for clues to support our hypothesis in Maine. Beth and Curtis sure are giving us a lot of information and finding so much evidence for us to be thinking about. We only have 2 weeks left and still haven't had a sign of indigenous people living on islands off the coast of Maine yet...Will we find evidence that they were there?

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can show numbers 6-10, I can explain how to show numbers 6-10

We are learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard) 

Upcoming Events: 

November 10- No School- Teacher Inservice

November 11- Armistice Day/Veterans Day- No School (THANK YOU VETERANS)

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sarah

September 26, 2025

 

It was so wonderful to see so many of you at open house last night! Delicious parfaits and the students have been so excited to share all of their work with you! 

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and enjoyed our rain this week! 

Upcoming Events:

Friday Oct.10- No School- Professional Day

Monday October 13-No School- Columbus Day

September 19, 2025

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar sequencing game

A huge THANK YOU for all who joined and helped out on our field trip to Rocky Ridge Apple Orchard. What perfect weather!!! We will be painting our pumpkins in art class before bringing them home. 

We peeled apples and cooked them all day and then we ate the applesauce they created!  Yummy! Please be on the lookout for an apple core  in the backpack and instructions on how to plant your own apple tree~!

In science we continue to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. We hope to release the rest of them for their flight to Mexico before the cold weather sets in! We have learned so much about the caterpillar life cycle! 

We started our Go2Science mission about Artifacts in Maine this week. We are in search of evidence for our hypothesis: Indigenous people (the people that first arrived in a place and their descendants) once lived year-round on some of the small islands off the coast of Maine. If you don't know about Go2Science yet, you are soon going to know a lot about it!!! Fun!

Books: Cont. re-reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar,  enjoying LOTS of other Eric Carle books, Gotta Go! Gotta Go! (a book about a little caterpillar and her journey), and some fun ABC books. We are also using our book boxes daily and developing good reading skills. 

In math we are getting to know numbers 0-5, sorting, discussing a graph, using math manipulatives, using 5 frames, practicing with quick looks at collections of dots, finger counting, working with shapes and continuing our calendar routines.  

We are still learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday Sept. 25- Open House 5:30pm-7:00pm                            

Friday Oct.10- No School- Professional Day

Monday October 13-No School- Columbus Day

September 12, 2025

 

In science we continue to learn about the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. Some are still caterpillars and some are currently in chrysalis form.  Hopefully they will think about becoming butterflies soon so we can release them for their flight to Mexico before the cold weather sets in! We are learning and observing so much about the caterpillar life cycle! 

We are starting our Go2Science mission about Artifacts in Maine next week. We are in search of evidence for our hypothesis: Our friend, Dr. Hudgell, is an archeologist. She asked us to test her hypothesis that Indigenous people (the people that first arrived in a place and their descendants) once lived year-round on some of the small islands off the coast of Maine. If you don't know about Go2Science yet, you are soon going to know a lot about it!!! Fun!

Books: Little Spot of Love, Little spot of Confidence, Little Spot of Happiness, Little Spot of Anxiety, a variety of "welcome to school" types of books.  

In math we are getting to know numbers 0-10, sorting, working with shapes, 1:1 matching with objects, noticing and wondering about math problems presented, and continuing our calendar routines.  

We are still learning about the Woolwich Way! The Woolwich Way is made up of 6 qualities that will help us to be the best we can be! (Courtesy- I can use good manners, Compassion-I can help others, Respect- I can treat others kindly, Honesty-I can tell the truth, Responsibility- I can take care of myself and my stuff, Quality- I can do my best even when things are hard)

Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday Sept. 16- Field Trip to Rocky Ridge (please make sure you have sent in the $5 to cover the charge)

Thursday Sept. 25- Open House 5:30pm-7:00pm                            

Friday Oct.10- No School- Professional Day

Monday October 13-No School Columbus Day