NEWSLETTER 5-8-20

What a great week! We started with special Star Wars Day on May the Fourth, had lots of recycled projects and then ended with Fort Night. SO much fun!! I was so amazed with the recycled projects! Many creative ideas! I love how involved everyone is in our assignments!! If anyone else has pictures out there, I'd love to add them! Send them my way!!

Mrs. Dorrity had her baby on Tuesday, May 5th!!

Her name is AnnaJoy. 

We got plant pots, seeds and dirt in the Guess Box!

Fort Night was a huge success!! We had 74 people attend!

Here are just a few of the pics!

Thank you PTO for the sweet surprise!

Looking ahead to next week, here is an email I just sent out:

Just wanted to give you all a heads up. I sent the kids a letter today. It should be there tomorrow or Monday. The Primary Team is doing a Flat Teacher project next week. It actually goes with the project First Grade did this year with the book, Flat Stanley. They will receive a letter, writing page and a Flat Mrs. Kimball. Next week their project will be to take me on a home adventure...we could read, play, watch a movie or even have breakfast together. Sometime during the week take at least one picture of us doing something together. On Friday's Zoom we will share the writing piece. I will be making a slideshow for the kids with all the pictures. 

We'll also be using the Flat Stanley books during lessons next week.

LAST CALL for Fort Night pictures. 10:00 is the deadline if you want your child in the slideshow. 

Have a great Mother's Day weekend!! <3

Celebrating May the 4th

Paul Bussiere and R2D2 visiting First Grade today!

He talked to us about how he built R2D2 and helps

make sick kids feel better when R2 visits hospitals.

He also told us about 3D printing and how at the UMaine 

Composite Lab they have 3D printed a boat! He is

currently printing mask holders to help the medical

field. Thank you so much for your visit, Paul!

MAY THE FOURTH

TODAY WE MADE A BAND! 4-29-20

This was so much fun and totally student lead!

Each day the kids have a chance to share something. 

Many have been sharing instruments.

We decided to form a band and today we did!

We had real, homemade instruments and a rapper to keep the beat.

It was amazing!

There is a video at the end showing 

three short clips of our first rehearsal.

We are currently voting on a band name. I'll keep you posted.

Here's a few clips of our first rehearsal. Enjoy :).

PARENT EMAIL 4-26

Hi. I hope you all are doing well and had a great break. I have been busy getting another student work bag for you to pick up tomorrow or Tuesday. It should be the last time you have to come to school for a first grade pick up. There is a tied bag inside the reusable bag that I packed everything in. PLEASE hide this bag from your kids. Inside it are six wrapped and labeled Guess Box treats. We will do Guess Box every Thursday. It is one of their favorite class games that develops problem solving skills. It can only work if they do not know what is in the "box". After we play each Thursday they will come ask you for whichever week number we are on. That's when they can open and have their surprise. 

I also have a clear ziploc bag packed with cards, dice and letters. These will be used for lessons, games and assignments. They will also find some of their classroom name tags and decorations I thought they might like to keep.

For work I put in a math folder with lots of extra math practice. They can use this for assignments and/or whenever they want some extra math. There is also a theme, writing and reading folder. This has two play scripts, animal reader theatre scripts (like the fairy tale ones) and Earth Day work. We will be using this in Zoom and assignments. We will also continue to use the old packet that was sent before.

Zoom lessons will still be at 10:00 each school day. I will post assignments on Sundays at 3:00 and then weeknights at 8:00 for each following day. I will put links to Zoom and morning messages on the Google Classroom Stream as before. 

I'm in hopes you have passwords saved on the chrome books. If you need any, email me. I have them all saved.

Reminder: I need to see your child at Zoom OR see them marked as done on one or more assignments OR get an email from you about what s/he are working on for me to be able to mark her/him present for the day. Of course the more that your child can accomplish, the more s/he'll grow. You have all been doing an amazing job at this so I'm not worried...just thankful :)! 

A FEW OF OUR AWESOME PROJECTS!!

So impressed with all of the presentations!!

Great job, First Grade!!

A Flat Stanley response!

LOTS of books read!!

THE CRUNCH TEST!!

HAPPY VACATION!!