PICS FROM WEEK ENDING 3-2-18

Heading to check out some tapped trees!

Learning how to make maple syrup!

Tasting sap right from a Sugar Maple.

 

Watching the sap turn into maple syrup.

Trying out our maple syrup on ice cream...YUM!

 Celebrating Read Across America 

and Dr. Seuss' Birthday.

Mr. Cyr came and read us Green Eggs and Ham.

We tried real green eggs and ham!

 

We did Dr. Seuss activities with our Primary Buddies.

Free Choice Friday...dress up, STEM, Chrome books 

and spending time with our Primary Buddies.

Happy Weekend!

NEWSLETTER 3-2-18

Hi! This has been a busy and fun week! We started our new unit, Oh, The
Places You’ll Go...a unit on maps and Dr. Seuss. Many were able to mail their
“flat selves” to another place in the country. We can’t wait to get replies back so
we can put them on our map! If you haven’t sent in an address yet, there is still
time! We worked with the compass rose to figure out which way we travel home
from school. We also did a couple of Seuss projects. Ask your child about them.

SWIM / GYM

We will start our six weeks of swim and gymnastics lessons at the Old Town
YMCA on Tuesday. Please make sure your child wears comfortable clothes
(athletic pants, sweatpants or leggings and a t-shirt) and brings a bathing suit
and towel. Goggles are also allowed. Please put names on whatever you can.
This will help with mix-ups in the locker room.

THANK YOU NOAH AND FAMILY

We had so much fun learning and actually seeing how maple syrup is made.
Thank you for having us over! The maple syrup that was made from our visit
was delicious! We had it drizzled over ice cream this afternoon!

ITEMS OF INTEREST

• Mr. Cyr read our wing Green Eggs and Ham today. We got to eat them after!

• Next week we will dress up for Dr. Seuss. We start off with hat day on Monday.

• No school Monday, March 12th - Teacher Inservice Day
• Tuesday, March 13th we will be making leprechaun traps. Be on the lookout
• for things that would make our traps extra special :).

Happy Weekend!

PICS FROM WEEK ENDING 2-16-18

Valentine's Day Party!

Recess Fun.

Ending our Matter Unit by making our own ice cream...

YUM! 

So proud of these kids!

Have a great February break!

NEWSLETTER 2-16-18

Dear Parents,

Hi! What a great week! We had so much fun finishing our fairy tale unit by performing
our play for you all. Thank you so much for finding a way to get here. Every child had
someone here to perform for. That says a lot about all of you! No wonder your kids are
so great...they can tell how much you care! It was fun watching them share their projects
and school work after the show. I am very proud of each and every one of them!

We finished our Matter unit. We took a test to see what we learned. It was fun to look
back at our pre-test when the entire class thought the three states of matter were Maine,
California and Texas :)! Everyone did great and showed lots of learning. To celebrate we
combined liquids to make an edible solid...ice cream! Ask your child about it!

Our next units will be on maps and Dr. Seuss. We will do a special project the week after
vacation in response to the book, FLAT STANLEY. Be thinking about where you can send
your “Flat Child” to...a relative or friend somewhere in the world. I will be asking for an
address the week we come back.

We have been playing Kahoot. It’s like a game show where I give them questions and
hey answer through their Chrome books. The kids LOVE it! So far, I have made lots of math
and matter games. As each question is answered it scores the child on speed and accuracy.
At the end of each question it shows the class on the projector who the leaders are. At the end
it puts the top three students on a podium to get medals. Ask your child about it.

In addition to our Olympic study I found a great Olympic website that the kids have loved using.
It is on portaportal if they want to use it during vacation.

VACATION “HOMEWORK”

I am not giving out any mandatory homework for vacation week. However, it would be very
beneficial to make sure your child keeps reading for at least 15 minutes a day. Also, if your
child is looking to practice some math facts or check out some animal webcams, they know
how to use all of the portaportal sites. Our class password is VCS2. Hope you have a chance
to get outside and enjoy the great weather they are predicting during our break!

HAPPY VACATION!