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

September 5, 2025

                             

Dear Families,

Thank you so much for being patient with me this first week of school! My main goal has been making sure your child is happy in their transition into our kindergarten classroom. If somehow I have left you with more questions, please reach out to me and let me know. I am trying! 

It has been a very busy week. We are working on our procedures and community building. We have enjoyed going to the different specials classes and meeting many new faces and doing fun activities. 

Specials are: Monday-P.E. Tuesday-Guidance, Wednesday-Art, Thursday-Library, Friday- Music

Books Read: A variety of Pete the Cat stories, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, and Franklin's First Day of School. 

In math we are getting to know numbers, introducing attributes of shapes, sorting, graphing birthdays, and our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observation, and the days of the week. We have also started in a new curriculum called Reveal Math. There is an explanation paper in your child's folder this week giving you a sneak peak into what can be expected!

 Many reading and writing assessments will be taking place these first few weeks of school. We have begun our phonemic awareness and phonics programs and formal writing instruction will begin soon! We are working our way through our alphabet series and you have, no doubt, seen the headbands coming home each day as well as a coloring book to focus on that letter of the day. These all stay at home and some families have taken a shoe box to house the books in for their child to be able to practice reading them. 

We have begun to be scientists and use our observation skills to watch caterpillars grow-and grow-and grow! Most of them are still in the very hungry stage! 

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:

Sept. 16- Field Trip- Rocky Ridge (Rain date Sept. 18) Details to follow. 

If you plan to chaperone you must turn in a form to the office! 

https://www.rsu1.org/information-for-families/volunteer-information

Sept 25- Woolwich Central School Open House 5:30-6:30

May 30, 2025

 

How nice to see the sun and have some heat this past week!!!

This will be my last newsletter of the year. I can't believe it! 

We are going to be exploring force and motion next week and I am asking if they have a matchbox type toy car to bring it in. It will be a fun study! 

Thank you for such a wonderful year in kindergarten! We have reached the end of our time together and I want to tell you how honored I am to have been able to spend every day with your precious children. 

I will still see them in the hallway and on the playground. I will watch them grow from afar. I am a cheerleader forever for them! 

Have a safe and fun summer~Best to you all! 

Sarah

Upcoming Events

June 17- Last day of school- 1/2 day-dismissal @ noon 

May 2, 2025

 

Dear Families,

Wow-it has been a while since my last "official" newsletter! Sorry. It has been a little overwhelming as of late outside of school, but your students have continued to learn and grow and reach while in my absence. They really are amazing!

I will not be in the classroom on May 15, 16, and 19. It is time to do Kindergarten screening again already! This year is flying by...

We got to make stone soup this week after a deep dive into the stories and the similarities and differences of each book. Such a wonderful story about sharing and friendship. 

In math we are working on daily routines, using teen numbers, writing numbers to 100, exploring 3D shapes, and solving word problems in different ways. 

For writing, we are naming parts of a sentence, name action words (verbs), write sentences that rhyme, use size words to describe, and edit their work. 

We have had a tremendous time with our study is biodiversity in our mission to Borneo with our Go2Science program! We have been super busy here at school working on our hypothesis and deciding if it is true or false...it is still too early to tell!  

The world is waking up! Spring is upon us and seems that it wants to be super wet and cool. PLEASE dress your child appropriately for the weather and assure they have extra clothes if they should get wet. 

Assessments begin next week as we head into the last couple of weeks of kindergarten and begin thinking about first grade! Oh my!

Have a wonderful weekend and please be safe! 

Upcoming Events

May 26- No School Memorial Day

June 17- Last day of school- 1/2 day-dismissal @ noon