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| Elmore students apply principles of force and motion in their outdoor classroom as they explore with Mini Bows and Arrows during E.C.O. this week. Week 28 came in like a lion with Strong winds and cool temperatures, but Wednesday brought us calmer weather and bright, sunny skies for E.C.O., providing us with a beautiful morning in our outdoor classroom. Students constructed mini bows and arrows out of twigs and floss to explore and apply the principles of force and motion (pushes and pulls) as they shot their mini arrows at a target drawn in the snow. At another station, students used force (a push) to throw spears. Students also enjoyed a special treat, sugar on snow, during forest choice! Thank you to Mrs. Bellavance for bringing Maple Syrup from her family's sugaring operation! I'd also like to thank our parent volunteers: Mike McCarthy for tending our fire and donating wood, Caitlin Mahoney for all your help, and donating wood, and Tim Sargent, for all your help!  Our big focus in the classroom this week was making posters (our culminating Informative writing project) to teach about our Nature Name animals. Each students has a native Vermont animal they have researched. After researching and collecting information, students planned a poster and then worked to create a poster which included several facts about their animals crafted in an interesting way, utilizing written text, images, diagrams, maps, and other test features. Students reflected and revised their work using a learning scale, then they evaluated their projects. After students evaluated their own projects, I used the learning scale to evaluate their work. Posters were returned to students and they were given the opportunity to make additional revisions if needed. Next week we will hang them in the Town Hall to have a "Museum" walk. I will let you know when we open the "Museum" and will have the door unlocked at the end of the day for a few days so you can stop in to take a tour of the posters. During Math, level 2 and level 3 students are solving two part word problems using a bar model and equations to show their work. This has proved to be a little challenging as students need to, first make sense of the word problem, understand how to set up their model, and then solve each part of the problem correctly. Level 1 students worked to solve problems with 3 addends using arrays and graphs. Then they started decomposing numbers to 100 into tens and ones using ten frames. We will have hot lunch on Monday AND Friday next week. Monday the Dryden's are bringing burritos with options of beef and beans. Friday's Hot Lunch is brought to us next week by the Sargent's. Stay tuned for details on this Lunch. Please EMAIL me your lunch orders for Tues - Thurs.. The playground continues to be pretty wet with melting snow, thawing ground, and rain. Please make sure your child has indoor shoes (different from what they are wearing outdoors), and extra clothes. If students have rain pants, I suggest bringing them. This week we reviewed playground rules. With safety in mind, students who are playing or being physically rough with one another (including: tackling, wrestling, pushing, pulling, hitting, kicking) will be asked to take a break. If there is a second incident, their recess will be over and they will go inside. ECO We have E.C.O. again this Wednesday. Please let me know if you can volunteer, donate firewood, or donate hot dogs. Announcements:
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