April 29, 2016

Dear Families,

We learned a BIG word this week! Oviparous. Animals that lay eggs and hatch from eggs.

Books Read: What Hatches From an Egg, Chickens aren't The Only Ones, First The Egg, Chick Life Cycle, Egg to Robin, Sea Turtles, Frog Life Cycles, One Tiny Turtle

During writing time they are; writing to Pittston pen pals, visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, taking turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, adding spaces between words and punctuation at the end of a sentence, going back into their writing pieces and revising what they have written by changing or adding to what they wrote and continuing to build up their confidence as writers.  

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. We have been writing words and sentences using our characters.

In math we are using calculators, playing with standard and nonstandard measurement, working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. 

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: 

Thursday May 5~ 6:00 Spring Concert here at WCS!

May 9-  Field Trip to Wolfe's Neck Farm-Please return your permission slip, waiver and money on Monday.

May 19&20 NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ONLY (KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS ARE INVOLVED WITH KINDERGARTEN SCREENING)

May 30- Memorial Day-No School

1/2 Days and Vacation

Hi All! 

Remember Thursday and Friday are 1/2 days of school.   (Dismissal will be after lunch).

See you at conferences and have an amazing April vacation!

More Rainforest Pictures

April 1, 2016

Part of our "rainforest" is coming to life! More pictures on the blog~

Hello Families,

 I REALLY wish April Fools Day could be dedicated to weekends~

Much of our time this week has been dedicated to assessment for report cards and conferences. If you have not signed up for a conference, please do!

Books Read: The Runaway Bunny. The Happy Day, Counting is for the Birds, Hang on Hopper!, Big Sarah's Little Boots

We continued to be involved with the Chickadee Book Award Program which allows many different teachers in our school (including Mr. Libby) to read a variety of wonderful literature and for the children to respond in writing to the books. They had a chance to vote on their favorite of them all. (There are 10 in all).  I wonder who will win?

During writing time they are; putting the finishing on touches on our “published pieces” for our share day with our book buddies on Friday, visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, taking turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, adding spaces between words and punctuation at the end of a sentence, going back into their writing pieces and revising what they have written by changing or adding to what they wrote and continuing to build up their confidence as writers. We also continue to correspond with our pen pals in Pittston.

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The characters we have learned about this week were; The Whistling White Whale, Zachary and Zena, and June and her pet Mule.

In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, calculator use and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations (adding “Lion and Lamb” to our weather observations), tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. Also assessment for report cards.

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 14 & 15- Parent Teacher Conferences- PLEASE sign up (1/2 days of school)

April 18-22 Vacation

March 18, 2018

Dear Families,

We have been learning so much about our 5 senses and how they keep us safe. 

We have also been involved with the Chickadee Award Program which allows many different teachers in our school (including Mr. Libby) to read a variety of wonderful literature, for the children to respond in writing to the books and then, when all are read, they will have a chance to vote on their favorite of them all. I wonder who will win?

During writing time, we continue to write many, many how-to books. The expectation is the student tell a sequence of how to do something (make a sandwich, take care of a pet, plant a seed, build a snowman, be a good friend) and then write the steps in book form. We are still needing to stretch out words, make sure each word has a vowel in it, use classroom print and do quality work while we explore this genre. We are also writing many letters back and forth with out Pittsfield pen pals who we will meet in May/June.  

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The characters we learned this week were; Quentin Quail and Joy and her Noisy Toy.

In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations (adding “Lion and Lamb” to our weather observations), tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week.

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 14 & 15 Parent Teacher Conferences

April 18-22 Vacation

March 4, 2016

Dear Families,

We have had such a fun week with all of our silly Dr. Seuss activities. We began the week with our community reader who came in and read three classic stories to us as well as let us have a turn strumming her guitar and we ended the week going up to the 3^rd floor as the 6^th graders treated us to their Dr. Seuss Cafe. Please ask your child about this as it was so much fun! 

Books Read: Many, many, many Dr. Seuss books! A few were; The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Go!Dog!Go!, ABC, Mr. Brown Can Moo-Can You? and on and on!

During writing time they are; writing personal letters to their pen pals in Pittston, writing a thank you letter to our community reader, and continuing to teach others through our how-to writing unit. 

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The character we learned this week was; Yakety Yak.

In math we are being introduced to the different attributes of shapes, working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. 

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 11 Staff Development Day- No School

February 26, 2016

 


Dear Families,

I hope you had a wonderful vacation! I got to have my granddaughters overnight and also talk with my son who is stationed in Germany! I couldn't have asked for more. Welcome Cane to our classroom~it is so much fun making new friends!

Next week is Dr. Seuss week-please check all of the activities on the Woolwich Central School website. It will be a very exciting week!

We have been learning about dental health this week. Not only brushing, flossing and seeing the dentist, but also protecting your teeth while playing sports and eating food that makes your teeth happy. 

Books Read: Tooth Fairy, Just Going to the Dentist, Doctor DeSoto, Franklin and the Tooth Fairy, Norman Fools the Tooth Fairy, and the song, Wiggly, Jiggly Loose Tooth

During writing time they are; beginning our unit on writing "how to" books. This unit will allow us to dive into yet another genre of writing. They will be expected to write pieces that tell others how to do something. We have started off with "How to brush our teeth."We will continue to write up a storm as we learn more and more.  We received a letter and a signed poster from Jan Brett and our pen pals from Pittston sent us love bug Valentines. It is fun to write to people and have them write back! It makes our writing purposeful. 

Animated Alphabet is our approach to phonemic awareness and spelling. The letters are taught through a multi sensory approach of music, dance, characters and signs which help the students hold onto that information. The characters we learned this week were; Whirling Irving and Vinnie Vulture.

In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, describing, analyzing and comparing measurable attributes  and continuing our calendar routines. Our routines at calendar time include; counting to the calendar number of the day, weather observations, tracking the number of days we have been in school and days of the week. 

We are practicing 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)

PLEASE REMEMBER: It is still going to be cold and we venture outside 2-3 times a day if the temperature is above 10, so please, please, please remember to send boots, hats, mittens, snow pants and even an extra set of dry clothes and socks. I have extras here, but they like having their own things to wear. It is my job to keep them safe, so please help me do that. 

Upcoming Events: 

Friday March 11 Staff Development Days- No School