Today's Journal: Autumn

Autumn is fun because you can make leaf piles. Then halloween comes and candy. You can jump in the leaf piles. Halloween you get candy and sugar.

Zach

NECAP

It is that time of year again. We will begin NECAP testing next week. There are 6 days of testing, so we will do Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday tests from 12:30 - 2:00. Please send in books, crosswords or quiet activity books that kids can work on if they finish a test early. Each testing session can be up to 90 minutes long!

Homework:

Tonight, please make a refrigerator list of your spelling words and study them for the test tomorrow. Also, finish the math activity with multiplication, as well as your constructed response paragraph if you needed more time.

Today's Journal: In My Desk

In my desk there is the greatest thing in the world it is a box. In that box there's two pairs of scissors. Next to those scissors there is a pencil sharpener. Next to the pencil sharpeners are the pencils. Next to the pencils are pens and that is the end.

Kayla

Join us for Math and Muffins!

This Friday is the last Friday of the month. As I wrote earlier, I would like to invite families in for the first hour of school. At this time, students will share what (and how) they are learning math this year!

We are using a new math program this year called, Bridges to Mathematics. It has a few very interesting components. So far, I have been very happy with the results!

So, if you are able, join us on Friday morning from 7:45 - 845 for math and muffins. We will share our math portfolios, try some games, and try to answer any questions you have about math instruction this year! If it is successful, we can make it a monthly event!

Tracy

A Cry for Help

Hello, there. We are about to begin a unit of study on Early Vermont and Heritage. One activity in the curriculum is to build an Algonquin Indian style wigwam. To do this we need natural materials such as wood saplings and birchbark.

I think it would be really educational (yes, but also really fun) to build one large enough to sit in. I am not a builder and a project like this run by me would be doomed to fail. Are there any parents or grandparents out there who are handy enough to gather materials and help us construct one on the playground? It would not have to be a full size one, a playhouse version would be fine.

We are also going to start some seedlings inside to replicate gardening for the Algonquins. Do you have any left over seeds or potting soil that you would be willing to donate? If so, contact me either through email at the school, call, or send in a note with your student.

New Math Vocabulary!

Today in math we talked about the words dimension and factor. Ask your student to explain what we did in math today and what those words mean!