PICS FROM WEEK ENDING 5-25-18

Three Anah Shrine Circus Clowns came to

visit on Monday. They taught us how to put on 

clown faces and even some of their tricks!

We had a visit from one of our siblings. 

He knew we were celebrating finishing our

Dragon chapter books with Dragon Day so

he brought in his Bearded Dragon for us to

meet. Kevin, the dragon, was very well

behaved. We loved having him!

Painting Dragon Eyes.

Firefighter Pete came and taught us about EMS.

Mr. Wardrop and Mr. Bagley came to teach us 

about Arbor Day. We got to go down by the river 

and plant Spruce Trees with them.

A pinecone from California...

just a little bigger than those here in Maine!

The Main-E-Acts Baton Twirling team 

came to perform!

They were amazing!

So glad we were all here to share this 

special day together! It was a 

beautiful day with a wonderful class!

Happy Long Weekend!

GRADES 1-2 NEWS 5-25-18

Hello Warm Weather...can you believe today?! It’s been a crazy busy
week. Monday we had three Anah Shrine Circus Clowns visit. Jappo,
T.C. and Papi showed us how they put on their clown faces and
taught us a few tricks. Tuesday we had Dragon Day. We wore our
dragon stone necklaces, painted dragon eyes, made dragons and
even had dragon math and writing. Thursday we had a visit from
Firefighter Pete. He talked about EMS and showed all the special
equipment they carry. We also practiced for next week’s Spring
Concert. Friday we celebrated Arbor Day by listening to Mr. Wardrop
talk about trees and planting trees by the river. We also had a visit
from the Main-E-Acts Twirling Team. Their routines were amazing!
Our speech and language teacher, Mrs. Fish’s daughter is part of
this team. We got some great ideas for our circus routines! In
between all of this excitement we also wrote one last letter to our
pen pals, read, did anagrams and even took our math N.W.E.A.
Everyone did well. We will take our reading one next week.

UPCOMING DATES AND REMINDERS

• Monday, May 28th - No School. Memorial Day.
• Wednesday, May 30th - Spring Concert 6:30 p.m. Kids meet in library.
• Friday, June 1st - Musical T-shirt money due. ($10 cash)
• Thursday, June 7th - Primary Musical, Circus, Circus at 1:00 and 6:00 in gym.
• Thursday, June 14th - Step Up Day.
• Friday, June 15th - Field Day. School picnic. Last full day before
• summer vacation.

Happy LONG weekend!

PICS FROM WEEK ENDING 5-18-18

We had the coolest show and tell this week!

It was an owl pellet. It was so interesting to 

see all the mouse bones inside of it!

Meet Squeak and Butterscotch!

They came to visit us today.

We LOVED them!!

One of our classmate's brother was principal today!

He came to read to us and tell us about his job.

I think we might have a few friends trying to

win this special silent auction item next year!

We finished Dragon Masters and the My Father's Dragon series.

We got dragon rings and "dragon tongues" in the Guess Box.

We will have a special Dragon Day on Tuesday!

HAPPY WEEKEND!

GRADES 1-2 NEWS

Hi! Our CIRCUS, CIRCUS practice is going great! We have quite the performers
in our room! Next week is a busy one for us with lots of special visitors. We have
the Anah Shrine Clowns coming on Monday, Firefighter Pete on Thursday, Mr. Wardrop teaching us about Arbor Day on Friday morning and the Main-E-Acts Twirling Team performing Friday afternoon. Please remember on Friday we will be walking to the
river to plant trees. Your child will need sneakers, no sandals. You may want to put sunscreen on your child before s/he comes Friday.

We enjoyed having two guinea pigs, Squeak and Butterscotch, visit us today. They
were very well behaved. Thank you Anna for sharing your special friends with us!

DATES TO REMEMBER

* Monday, May 21st - Anah Shrine Circus Clowns visit.

* Tuesday, May 22nd - Dragon Day.

* Thursday, May 24th - Firefighter Pete visits.

* Friday, May 25th - Arbor Day Celebration. We will be planting trees

down by the river. Main-E-ActsTwirling Team performs.

* Monday, May 28th - Memorial Day - No school.

* Wednesday, May 30th - Spring Concert - 6:30pm.

* Friday, June 1st - CIRCUS, CIRCUS t-shirt money due ($10).

* Thursday, June 7th - CIRCUS, CIRCUS Musical at 1:00 and 6:00.

* Thursday, June 14th - Step Up Day.

* Friday, June 15th - Field Day. Last Day.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

PICS FROM WEEK ENDING 5-11-18

Math Games. 

Acting in a Lynn Plourde story.

It's amazing how much they have grown this year!

A fun photo booth...thanks VCS PTO!!

Happy Mothers' Day Weekend!

GRADES 1-2 NEWS 5-11-18

Hi! What a special week it’s been. A huge thank you to our PTO members for being so
generous this Teacher Appreciation Week. Veazie is such a great town to work in!

We learned about the layers of the Earth and how they affect changes in the land.
We talked about volcanoes and the one that is currently exploding in Hawaii. We looked
at a map to see where all of the volcanoes are located and were relieved to not find any
near us! Next week we will take a look at earthquakes.

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS

Books For Bikes is currently happening! Your child can earn tickets by reading a book
or a chapter and filling out a bike ticket. Two girls and two boys from our room will win
bikes on Monday, June 11. I’ve told the kids they can borrow books anytime to read at
home. We met Lynn Plourde, Maine author, on Wednesday. It was fun acting out one of
her books and hearing her teach us about writing. We’ve enjoyed reading her books the
past couple of weeks!

MATH

Second Grade will finish their math program next week. They will then join First Grade in
doing some review and learning some new concepts. We are currently working on addition
with carrying and subtraction with borrowing.

UPCOMING DATES

Monday, May 21- Shriner Clown presentation to Pre-K-2 10:00-11

Thursday, May 24 - Concert Dress Rehearsal 1:15PM and Fire Fighter Pete visits.

Friday, May 25 - Arbor Day Celebration. Primary Wing will plant trees down by river from 9-11.  
PreK-5 Baton Presentation 2PM.

Wednesday, May 30 - Spring Concert 6:30PM

Thursday, June 7 - Primary Musical 1:00pm 6:00pm. Darlings’ Ice cream truck will be here
6:30-7:30 after the musical.

Monday, June 11-  Bikes for Books Drawing at 10:00  Grades K-5

Thursday, June 14 - Step Up Day

Friday, June 15 - Field Day

HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY WEEKEND!

GRADES 1-2 NEWS 5-4-18

Hi! We have been busy this week! We kept our theme of Changes to the
Land by learning about quick changes. The kids had so much fun experimenting
with baking soda, vinegar and clay to see how volcanoes create new land. We
spent time in the school garden planting onions, beets, spinach, carrots and radishes.
It was interesting seeing the different size seeds. We were able to check out the garlic
we planted in the fall. It’s coming along great! Thank you Tom and Melissa Stone for
helping us become good gardeners!

We had two special days this week. On Wednesday we said goodbye to Mr. Jason.
He was very surprised. We will miss him and his origami talents! On Friday we celebrated
May the Fourth (May the Force...Star Wars). We made edible lightsabers, ate Han Solo
Rolos, did Star Wars themed lessons, painted Death Stars and had a Star Wars photo
booth. Thank you to everyone who sent in items for these special days.

We are collecting words during Reading Workshop. As we read, we jot down words that
stand out to us. We are adding them to our Wonderful Words Wall so we can use them
in our writing.

We got mail from Australia! It was exciting to see pictures from a different country! We
checked out Fourth Grade’s Projects today. They did a great job presenting! We loved
seeing so many of our classroom siblings!

UPCOMING DATES

• Thursday, May 24th - Firefighter Pete visits.
• Friday, May 25th - Arbor Day Celebration - We will be planting trees down by the river.
• Friday, May 25th - Spring Concert Rehearsal and the Main-E-Acts Twirling Team will
• perform at 2:00.
• Monday, May 28th - No School. Memorial Day.
• Wednesday, May 30th - Spring Concert 6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, June 7th - Primary Musical, Circus, Circus at 1:00 and 6:00 in gym.
• Friday, June 15th - last day of school before summer break.

The end of the year comes quickly. I will try my best to keep this list updated with everything that is going on from here on out. It will also be here on the blog.

Happy Weekend!