September 11, 2026

 

In science we continue to learn about the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. They are all still caterpillars but are very hungry! 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 Cetaceans next week. We are in search of evidence for our hypothesis: Our friend and scientist, Dr. Spocter, is worried that cetaceans are changing their migration behaviors so that fewer species are visiting the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. To find out, he is sending us to Baja to test his hypothesis that there are at least five different species of cetaceans still in those waters. If true, that's good news because it may mean their migration behaviors are staying the same. But is it true?

If you don't know about Go2Science yet, you are soon going to know a lot about it!!! Fun!

Books: Little Spot of Peacefulness, Little spot of Anxiety, Little Spot of Sadness, Little Spot of Love, and 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:

Thursday Sept. 24- Open House 5:30pm-7:00pm

Tuesday Sept. 29- Field Trip to Rocky Ridge (please make sure you have sent in your permission slip and $5).                             

Friday Oct.9- No School- Professional Day

Monday October 12-No School 

September 4, 2026

                              

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 sending home your student's lunch number that they have to put into the keyboard each day in the lunchroom for lunch/milk. It would be SO HELPFUL if you could put this somewhere (on the fridge?) and have them practice putting in their number on the keypad. Thank you!

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-Art, Tuesday-PE, Wednesday-Guidance, Thursday-Library, Friday- Music

Books Read: A variety of Pete the Cat stories, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, and A Little Peaceful Spot. 

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 our math 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. 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 24- Woolwich Central School Open House 5:30-6:30

Sept. 29- Field Trip- Rocky Ridge 

Please return attached permission slip as soon as  you can~ 

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

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

May 29, 2026

 

We have been talking about farm life! Planting, eggs, animals...fun!!!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Middle Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Final Sounds, Deleting Final Sounds, Substituting Vowel Sounds, Segment Sounds and Write the Letters. Continued digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Four and five letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all, oll, ull. Words reviewed: the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you, have, what- New heart words: go, no, so 

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- with and by,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can write an opening and closing sentence,  I can add detail to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math:  Targets this week: I can count by 1s to 100. I can describe patterns when counting by 1s to 100.

Go2Science: We have finished our capybara mission to Brazil and are still considering whether or not our hypothesis are true or false. What does your child think? 

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:

June 18- Last day of Kindergarten- Noon dismissal

May 22, 2026

We haven't spoken in a bit! My husband and mom both had surgery and Kindergarten screening took 3 valuable days out of the classroom as well. We are still pressing on and doing some very good work! 

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Middle Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Final Sounds, Deleting Final Sounds, Substituting Vowel Sounds, Segment Sounds and Write the Letters. Continued digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Four and five letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: FLSZ doubling spelling rule. Words reviewed: the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you, have, what- New heart words: your, want 

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- at and for,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can write sentences in order, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math:  Targets this week: I can count by 1s to 50. I can describe patterns when counting by 1s to 50.

Go2Science: We have finished our capybara mission to Brazil and are still considering whether or not our hypothesis are true or false. What does your child think? 

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:

May 25- No School- Memorial Day

June 18- Last day of Kindergarten- Noon dismissal

May 1, 2026

Enough with the showers...more flowers!!! Happy May!!!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Final Sounds, Deleting Final Sounds, Substituting Final Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Continued digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Continued four letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letters: V and Z  Words reviewed: the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you- New heart words: have, what 

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- to and from,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math:  Targets this week: I can make groups of 18 and 19 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 18 and 19 objects.

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:

May 25- No School- Memorial Day

April 17, 2026

 

We have enjoyed eating our way through the rainbow this week! Fun new foods and old favorites decorated our platters each day! Even blueberry ice cream for blue day!!! Yummy~

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Starting 4 letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letters: Qq  Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was, you

Bridge to Writing:  Continued this unit- working on penmanship, punctuation, and spaces between words. 

I can use bridge words- on and off,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Spent extra hands-on time in math this week surrounding teen numbers. It is a tricky concept! 

Targets this week: I can make groups of 16and 17 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 16 and 17 objects.

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:

April 20-24 April Vacation

April 10, 2026

 

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Starting 4 letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letters: Yy and Xx.  New heart word: you. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- on and off,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can make groups of 16and 17 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 16 and 17 objects.

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:

April 13-17   Eat the Rainbow week! Monday- Red,  Tuesday- Orange and Yellow, Wednesday- Green, Thursday- Blue and Purple, Friday- Rainbow

April 20-24 April Vacation

April 3, 2026

 

April Showers Bring May Flowers??? I hope so!!!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Starting 4 letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letter: Jj. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are, was

Bridge to Writing:  I can use bridge words- in and out,  I can draft a sentence with bridge words in it, I can add a color and size  word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can make groups of 14 and 15 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 14 and 15 objects.

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:

I have been summoned to jury duty for the month of April. We will see how this works as we go along. I will do my best to make school as consistent as I can for your students. 

April 20-24 April Vacation

March 20, 2026

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!!! Yeah!!!!!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness:  Sound Blending, Final Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh). Starting 4 letter words with blends.

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letter: Ll alone and also in blends at the beginning and ending of words. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he, from, look, book, are

Bridge to Writing:  I can use size words to describe, I can draft a sentence with a size word in it, I can add a color word to my writing,  I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can make groups of 11,12, and 13 objects. I can explain how to make groups of 11,12, and 13 objects.

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:

March 20- Report Cards Home

March 26 & 27- 1/2 Days of School- Parent Teacher conferences-please sign up if you haven't! 

March 31- Kinderconcert @ Morse 

March 6, 2026

It will soon be time to meet again at parent/teacher conferences~keep an eye out for the sign-up times for that day. I can't wait to share with you all of the growth your students have made since the last time we chatted. I'm so proud of them! 

We are running low on tissues and Clorox -type wipes if you would be able to donate either to the classroom, our little germ-fighting powers would be ever so thankful!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds, Sound Blending, Medial Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes. Introduction of digraphs this week (th, sh, ch, wh)

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Letters: Continued Hh and introduced Rr. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see, be, me, he

Bridge to Writing:  I can use color words to describe, I can draft a sentence with a color word in it, I can add another sentence to my writing, I can check and edit my writing, I can share my writing.

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can make 8 & 9 in different ways, I can explain how to make 8 & 9 in different ways, I can decompose 8 & 9 in different ways, I can explain how to decompose 8 & 9 in different ways.

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:

Friday- March 13 No School- Professional Development Day

March 20- Report Cards Home

March 26 & 27- 1/2 Days of School- Parent Teacher conferences

March 31- Kinderconcert @ Morse 

February 27, 2026

  

Wow! Last Friday of February!!! Happy March on Sunday! (Rabbit! Rabbit!) 

Hoping everyone had a fun February Vacation! We have had a VERY busy week since coming back from that break. The trimester is ending in a couple of weeks and it will be time to meet again at parent/teacher conferences~keep an eye out for the sign-up times for that day. I can't wait to share with you all of the growth your students have made since the last time we chatted. I'm so proud of them! 

We are running low on tissues and Clorox -type wipes if you would be able to donate either to the classroom, our little germ-fighting powers would be ever so thankful!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds, Sound Blending, Medial Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Introduced words with 4 sounds by adding an -s at the end of a word to make the word plural (cat, cats), letter Kk and Hh introduced. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can name parts of a sentence, I can name who or what the sentence is about, I can name the action word, or verb, in a sentence, I can write and share 2 sentences that rhyme.  

We are finished our Galapagos Islands mission and voted as a class that we didn't find enough proof that our hypothesis could be proven. Our next  Go2Science mission starts soon and will focus on  capybaras~stay tuned! 

Reveal Math: Targets this week: I can solve subtraction equations within 5, I can explain how to solve subtraction equations  within 5, I can make 6 & 7 in different ways, I can explain how to make 6 & 7 in different ways, I can decompose 6 & 7 in different ways, I can explain how to decompose 6 & 7 in different ways.

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:

March 2-6 -Read Across America Festivities- see school newsletter for events! 

Friday- March 13 No School- Professional Development Day

March 20- Report Cards Home

March 26 & 27- 1/2 Days of School- Parent Teacher conferences

March 31- Kinderconcert @ Morse 

February 6, 2026

 

Dear Families,

Oh Well...6 more weeks of winter! 

I have made a change on your student's remote snow day packet. Our Google Meet link is going to be: 

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ciy-exnw-cir

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 541-702-7594‬ PIN: ‪632 761 206‬#

I will send out a reminder when remote snow days are announced with more information (if I have power/internet).

We are running low on tissues and Clorox -type wipes if you would be able to donate either to the classroom, our little germ-fighting powers would be ever so thankful!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds, Sound Blending, Medial Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Introduced words with 4 sounds by adding an -s at the end of a word to make the word plural (cat, cats) Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can say a "do this" sentence. I can draw and write a "do this" or telling sentence about helping. I can write the correct end mark. I can share my writing.

We are continuing to learn a lot of new information about the Galapagos Islands and all of the interesting animals and plant life there in our Go2Science mission. Next week is our final week to see if our hypothesis is true or false! 

Reveal Math: Targets this week:  I can represent and solve addition and subtraction problems. I can explain how to represent and solve addition and subtraction problems.

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:

February 13- WCS Royalty Day AND Valentine's Day Party! 

February 16-20: February Vacation

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sarah

January 30, 2026

 

Dear Families,

I have made a change on your student's remote snow day packet. Our Google Meet link is going to be: 

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ciy-exnw-cir

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 541-702-7594‬ PIN: ‪632 761 206‬#

I will send out a reminder when remote snow days are announced with more information (if I have power/internet).

We are running low on tissues and Clorox -type wipes if you would be able to donate either to the classroom, our little germ-fighting powers would be ever so thankful!

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: Initial Sounds, Sound Blending, Medial Sounds, Segmenting, Adding Initial Sounds, Deleting Initial Sounds, Substituting Initial Sounds, Blending with Boxes

UFLI:  Making words with and working with letters and sounds: all short vowel vc and cvc words. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do, of, see

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can use a verb to tell an action that is happening now, I can use a verb to tell what already happened, I can share my writing.

We are continuing to learn a lot of new information about the Galapagos Islands and all of the interesting animals and plant life there in our Go2Science mission.

Reveal Math: Targets this week:  I can represent and solve take from/take away problems, I can explain how to solve take from/take away problems.

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:

February 13- WCS Royalty Day AND Valentine's Day Party! Nut Free and Dairy Free, please! 

February 16-20: February Vacation

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sarah

January 9, 2026

 

Dear Families,

I hope you had a joyful winter break with you families! Santa brought me a new grandson and he was the  best gift ever! 

We are running low on tissues and Clorox -type wipes if you would be able to donate either to the classroom, our little germ-fighting powers would be ever so thankful!

We have been super busy getting into the swing of school again and although we were out on Wednesday because of weather, we got a remarkable amount of things completed this week! 

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,c Introduced u and g. Words reviewed:the, I, and, a, is, as, said, to, do

Bridge to Writing: Targets this week: I can use a verb to tell an action that is happening now, I can use a verb to tell what will happen later, I can draw and write about playing now and later, I can share my writing.

Began our first week of our Go2Science mission (penguins in the Galapagos)! 

Reveal Math: Targets this week:  Close to finshing Unit 6: Addition problems

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:

January 19- NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr 

February 16-20: February Vacation

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Sarah