February 27, 2015

Dear Families,

We have been learning a lot 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.

WOW! You helped us collect over 100 food items for local families in need!!! THANK YOU!

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; 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, 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 received a letter and a signed poster from Jan Brett and our pen pals from Pittston sent us cool pictures. 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; Leaping Eve and Winkie Walrus.

In math we are working with two digit numbers, formation of numbers, addition and subtraction practice, counting and number recognition, solving number stories, sorting, graphing, 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 13  Staff Development Day- No School

Hard to believe, but tomorrow is the 100th day of school! Wow! This calls for a celebration! I have many fun activities planned for tomorrow and the children are so excited!!

Another part that has been important of celebrating the 100th day of school in the past is our effort in collecting 100 pieces of non-perishable food for needy families. If you are able to send in a couple of canned or boxed food, it would be so appreciated. Thank you!

Thank you for all of your support and stay warm!

Sarah

Valentine's Party

Hello! 

I would ask how you are enjoying the weather lately, but I don't want to get any hate mail! I sure do miss your children when we are home during snow days! No more, please!

So... I am planning to have our Valentine Party on Friday February 13th. We will exchange Valentines and eat healthy snacks! If you would like to send in a healthy snack, that would be great~just let me know. 

The following is a list of names for students in our classroom:

Autumn

Sadie

Oscar

Katelynn

Levi

Sam

Lily

Porter

Seth

Sydney

Evie

Harper

Elsie

Vincent

Alexa

Isla

Stevie

Caleb

Valerie

Charli

January 23, 2015

Dear Families,

We have finished an author study of Jan Brett and jumped into many different versions on The Gingerbread Man. The gingerbread boys and girls you have been creating at home are fabulous! If your child hasn't brought theirs in yet, please send them in next week!

Books Read: About 20 assorted Gingerbread variations, The Umbrella, The Gingerbread Baby, Gingerbread Friends, and Honey, Honey, Lion!

During writing time they are; becoming familiar with vowels and learning that every word has at least 1 vowel in it, visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, take turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, 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 wrote a personal letter to Jan Brett and we are excited to get a letter back from her soon!

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 Nellie Newt.

In math we are working with teen numbers, formation of numbers, making pictures to match the number written, addition and subtraction practice, describing patterns, counting and number recognition, learned a new game called Top It (it is the game you might know as "war") 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 continuing to practice 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 30- Report cards home

January 14, 2015

This has been such a busy week! We have continued with our author study of Jan Brett and have been working hard to complete reading, writing, phonemic awareness and math assessments. I am so proud of each and every one of your students!

"Bean" the hedgehog paid us a visit this week. Ask your child about her!

We ended our short week with a visit from author Sarah Albee. She was quite an inspiration for our young readers and writers.

Remember there is no school tomorrow or Monday. Enjoy~

January 9, 2015

Happy 2015! I hope you all had a restful and adventurous break! For the rest of January we will be very busy with assessments as the end of the 2nd quarter is quickly upon us. We have started an author study of Jan Brett. Her stories and illustrations are perfect for this time of the year!

Books Read: The Mitten, Honey,Honey Lion!, Armadillo Rodeo, The Three Snow Bears and Cinders

During writing time they are; visualizing places and people to write about, adding words (letters) to their pictures, rehearsing what they want to say about what they wrote, take turns sharing their ideas and writing with partners, 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. The characters we learned this week were; Ellie Elephant and The Thick Thorny Thing

In math we are working with teen numbers, formation of numbers, making pictures to match the number written, addition and subtraction practice, describing patterns, counting and number recognition through graphing , using a pan balance as a tool to compare the weights of objects 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:

January 16- Professional Day- NO SCHOOL

January 19- Martin Luther King Jr. Day- No School

January 23- End of 2^nd quarter

December 19, 2014

CHRISTMAS CONCERT NIGHT
 (THANK YOU FOR THE PICTURE MRS. GALLANT)

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

YOU ARE ALL BLESSINGS TO ME