Week 26

 

Students Enjoyed the warmer temperatures and sun at the Spruce Peak skating rink on Thursday!

We started the week with blustery, freezing conditions and ended the week with early spring conditions.  As I write this update, the snow is coming down and winter is back!  Tonight we will set the clocks ahead on hour  which will make our mornings darker again for a while, but the sun won't be setting until nearly 7:00 pm!  With the warmer weather coming, the snow won't be sticking around too long this week, and hopefully the ice on the playground will be melting, too!  Thank you to Adam Audet who spread some sand on the ice last week so we could move more safely on the playground!

In the classroom, students finished their non-fiction writing unit and did an on demand writing assessment on Wednesday.  Students will have these to share with you at their conferences next week.  Students are now researching their nature name animals (assigned during ECO) and will be creating a teaching poster about their nature name animal.  Our next writing unit will be persuasive writing.  This week also did a spelling inventory and first graders took a phonemic awareness assessment.

During math level 1 students continue building math fluency as they shift from using ten frames to  number bonds when using make ten strategies to subtract within 20.  Level 2 students continue applying addition and subtraction strategies (with regrouping) to solve comparison word problems within 100.  Level 3 students  apply addition and subtraction strategies (with regrouping)  to solve comparison word problems within 1000.

Thursday we had our 2nd and final outing at Spruce Peak.  While the conditions were not favorable for nordic skiing or snow-showing, we were able to use the ice skating rink.  The warm temperatures and sun on Thursday, made for soft ice, but the students still enjoyed themselves.  While we had hoped for more opportunities to ski and skate this year, the weather just did not cooperate as well as we had hoped.  I am grateful for the time that we were able to spend on the trails and on the ice at Spruce Peak.  Thank you to the parents who took time out of their days to join us for these outings.  

Thank you to the Schoeberlein's for bringing Hot Lunch on Friday.  There is No School next Friday.  the Dryden's are on the schedule for Hot Lunch on Friday, March 25th.

Reminder that we have am early dismissal (noon) Thursday, March 17th.  We will have lunch prior to dismissal.

ECO has been Postponed until March 23rd.  Please let me know if you would like to join us for this engaging outing with a focus on Force and Motion.  We will also need fire wood and kindling.  

Student-Led Conferences: Friday March 18th

Friday we will have Conferences.  Please be sure to bring your student with you as these will be Student- Led Conferences.  Each conference will take about 30 minutes and they will overlap with other families.  This means that there will likely be one other family in the room.  Student-Led conferences are a chance for you child to shine!  Students will have a chance to show you some of their work and demonstrate some of the learning activities they participate in while at school, as well as time to reflect on their scholarly habits.  I will be in the room offering support to students and will be available to answer questions you may have.