April 29, 2022

 

Time for May flowers!!! I am very hopeful that we will be getting warmer weather and not snow this weekend! Think positive! 

We are continuing our mission to Baja and are collecting loads of data to try and see if our hypothesis is true or false. We now know that Beth and Curtis from Go2Science will be visiting us IN PERSON in June!!! We are beyond excited to meet them and do an experiment with them!

Lots of upcoming exciting events are coming at us for the last few weeks of school. We will be having an author visit, a school-wide field day, and an open house for the entire school. Also, kindergarten screening for next year's class is coming up and we won't be having school for regular kindergarten. PLEASE check below for these important dates. 

Upcoming Events:

May 19 & 20 No School for Kindergarten ONLY! 

May 25 School-Wide Open House 5pm-6pm

May 30- No School- Memorial Day

June 17- Last Day of School 

April 15, 2022

 

I hope you all have a simply amazing vacation! 

We have had a very busy week and finished off the "Eat the Rainbow" week with more delicious treats as well as tested our alfalfa sprouts we were observing along with our Go 2 Science mission to Baja. We will plant some vegetables when we come back from vacation!

Upcoming Events:

April 18- 22- April Vacation

May 19 & 20 No School for Kindergarten ONLY! 

May 30- No School- Memorial Day

April 8, 2022

 

WELCOME APRIL!

This week has been filled with our weather unit we have started in science. We are learning all about different kinds of weather we have and why we experience it. Lot's of multi-syllable vocabulary words are involved! This week we began our third and final mission with Go-2 Science. Beth and Curtis are taking us to Baja California Sur, Mexico to study cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises). We are going to learn so much about so much!!! The children are excited to get started! (and so am I). I am also working to have Beth and Curtis visit us in real life at our school!!! I'll keep you posted. It's kind of a big deal~

We are continuing to practice reading like we are talking instead of word by word and making those sight words more automatic so we don't trip over them when reading our stories.  We also have read many spring books as well as weather books. We are becoming amazing readers!

In writing we are editing a final narrative writing piece and next week we will begin our How-To writing unit. This year is moving too fast for me~

In math we are working with teen numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, graphing pets, counting and number recognition through graphing , solving number problems, 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, patterned 10 frames, tally marks, money, and days of the week. 

I am sending home any extra clothes you might have sent in for your child to wear. I want to clean out all the winter grip from their cubbies and they might not still fit. These people are growing so very much!

Upcoming Events:

April 18- 22- April Vacation

May 19 & 20 No School for Kindergarten ONLY! 

May 30- No School- Memorial Day

March

 

Our Farm Stand Lettuce Grow-planted!

We were very excited to have the Farm Stand-Lettuce Grow delivered to Woolwich Central School and even more excited that it can live in our space! We are going to be learning a lot about growing plants traditionally as well as hydroponically!!! I hope your students are as excited as I am~

If you have not signed up for conferences yet, please do!

https://woolwich.rsu1.org/o/woolwich-central-school/article/679807

Please make sure your child has an extra set of dry clothes to keep here. The snow/melting/freezing/wetness makes it very likely we will get our clothes wet and no one enjoys sitting in wet clothes. Also, a pair of extra shoes so we aren't stomping around in uncomfortable footwear. Spring is a tricky season!!!

A change here in the RSU is that our kindergarten screening for next year's class will take place as it has pre-covid. That impacts our current class schedule. A big heads up that KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ONLY will not have school in May 19 & May 20. It is exciting to be getting back to (dare I say normal) but it is also an inconvenience for all of you...

Upcoming Events:

March 18- No School- Professional Development Day

March 24- Parent/Teacher Conferences~Both 24th and 25th are 1/2 days of school!

April 18-22 April Vacation 

March 4, 2022

 

Hello All!

It has been such a fun and topsy-turvy week here! Between the weather and all of the festivities, we have been busy and engaged in some great learning!

A couple of housekeeping things...

If any of you had a gift of lavender hand sanitizer spray sent to our classroom...THANK YOU!!!

Please make sure your child has an extra set of dry clothes to keep here. The snow/melting/freezing/wetness makes it very likely we will get our clothes wet and no one enjoys sitting in wet clothes. Also, a pair of extra shoes so we aren't stomping around in uncomfortable footwear. Spring is a tricky season!!!

Speaking of "tricky" the RSU has said that as of Wednesday March 9th that we are able to remove our masks and go without. Having said that, I realize there may be some of you that want your child to continue to mask while at school. It will be helpful if you send me an email telling me that as a way to try and keep track of who is doing what. Thank you~~

Another change here in the RSU is that our kindergarten screening for next year's class will take place as it has pre-covid. That impacts our current class schedule. A big heads up that KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ONLY will not have school in May 19 & May 20. It is exciting to be getting back to (dare I say normal) but it is also an inconvenience for all of you...

Upcoming Events:

March 18- No School- Professional Development Day

March 24- Parent/Teacher Conferences~Both 24th and 25th are 1/2 days of school!

April 18-22 April Vacation 

February 18, 2022

Hello!

Well, this has been an incredibly busy week! I am ever so thankful to be back in the classroom and feeling like a "normal/healthy" individual! I hope you are all feeling well and are able to enjoy this coming week doing those things you love the most~

I will have my grandchildren for a few days. They are 5, 7, and 14. Busy, busy, busy...

So, this week started with a special assembly/musical in the cafeteria. The 6th graders entertained us and we were so excited to get back toward what feels like school used to.

 

Monday was also Valentine's Day and we showered each other with friendship and love. 

Thursday was our 100th day of school and we celebrated all day with dozens of activities surrounding the number 100. We even had a 100 snack using a pretzel rod and mini bagels. We tried to stack 100 red solo cups and completed 100 exercises. We enjoyed books about children celebrating their 100th day of school and practiced number writing to 100. We also wrote about what food item we could eat 100 of. There was quite a selection of foods chosen-along with some pretty hefty appetites! 

                    We worked with Mrs. Plummer's class to get all 100+ cans/food items up to the office to be sent off to the food bank. Thank you for all of your donations. It was much appreciated!

I hope you all have a wonderful week! March is just around that corner!

 

February 11, 2022

We have been learning so much about the continent of Australia and kangaroos with our Go2Science mission! This coming week will be the final week to test our hypothesis.  If you are on Facebook you can check out the Go2Science page to keep up to date with what we have been working on. 

During writing time they are spending their time editing previous work. They are learning to add details and label pictures to make their writing more interesting to the reader.

In math we are working with teen numbers, formation of numbers, making pictures to match the number written, addition and subtraction practice, counting by 5s and 10s, working with probability through dice games, reading and creating graphs.  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: 

Kindergarten is going to attempt to collect 100 non-perishable food items before February vacation. We haven't been able to do this the past few years because of-well you know- so we are incredibly excited to be able to do this community service project again. If you are able, please consider donating food for this drive. Thank you~

Valentine's Day Party on MONDAY February 14~ Please send in Valentines for exchange~

If your Gingerbread project hasn't come in, please send it so it can be on display!

February 21-25 February Vacation