Week 8

Representative Peter Welch paid a visit to the Elmore School This week!

We had a full week which began with a visit from Representative Peter Welch on Monday. We had a casual conversation with the children which began with him reminding them that he met students from the Elmore School last year when we helped "save the post office" by showing up with signs of support for the Elmore Store and Post Office. He shared a little about is role in government as a member of Congress.and then asked them to share a little about themselves. We feel fortunate Mr. Welch would want to stop by our little school by the lake to meet with us.

I finally finished reading assessments this week and we be starting guided reading groups next week!

I will be looking at the data to determine what groups will be (they may consist of students from across the grades depending on the need of students. These groups will focus on reading fluency and comprehension.

In math we are progressing along. The 1st graders have been using graphs to compare sets and then expanded for (breaking teen numbers into tens and ones). 2nd graders began adding 3 equal addends by first adding the tens and then the ones to find the sum. 3rd graders have been working really hard this week on solving multi step word problems that involve comparison, addition and subtraction with and without regrouping. This has proven to be quite a challenge!

This week, with Peter Welch visiting, it was a good opportunity to learn about the 3 branches of government. Students learned the three branches are the Legislative branch which makes up Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives (they propose the laws), the Executive branch, consisting of the president, vice president , and cabinet (they pass or veto laws), and the Judicial branch consisting of the courts and judges (the interprets the laws).

In science we learned about Animal Habitat Diversity. In this lesson, students solve the mystery of why a group of wild bighorn sheep would leave their usual desert habitat to visit a second, very different habitat: a local playground. In the activity, Habitat Scavenger Hunt, students record observations of the diversity of life found in the desert and the playground, as well as the physical characteristics of each location. Students combine these observations to create an understanding of how the living and non-living parts of a habitat support the animals that live there (Mystery Science).

At ECO on Thursday we had our first ECO class at our campsite! We began with a fun tag game in the field, followed by snack and a story and we had our first campfire. Students explored plant diversity as they made observations about various coniferous needles to see how they are alike and how they are different. During Forest choice, students made pine cone decorations, had a fire building challenge with the Kelly kettles, and Uma and Oliver lead a few students in making cordage. Students also enjoyed playing in the leaves! Thank you to Caitlin Mahoney of volunteering to join us for the morning.

We DO NOT have ECO next Thursday.

Please email me your school lunch orders for the week.

Friday there is and early dismissal so we will not have Family Hot Lunch. Students may order School lunch for Friday. We will eat before dismissal.

Thank you to Paige and Rob Bowen for the frightening delicious lunch this week! Students enjoyed Mummy wrapped hot dogs, jack o'lantern sweet potatoes, homemade applesauce, and monster mash cookies for dessert!

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