First, I want to thank everyone who voted this week for the school budget! 50% of Elmore voters cast a vote and the EMUU budget was passed by nearly 2:1. This assures that the Elmore School will continue serving the students of Elmore next year!
This week during literacy, students worked on composing memory letters for their classmates, and finished writing persuasive essays or letters. First graders worked on compound words, while second and third graders spelled words with /o/ spelled au and aw (draw, fault). On Thursday, we read a Scholastic New about poisonous plants. Students also took the STAR Reading assessment this week. I shared results with students and you should be able to find a plot graph in your Child's Friday folder that shows growth over the whole year (with the exception of first graders who started taking the reading assessment later in the year).
In math, each grade finished a math unit and had an end of unit assessment. On Wednesday we kicked off a unit on fractions. All students will be learning about fractions. First grade will be identifying and naming fractions, while second graders will name and compare fractions, and third graders will work toward finding equivalent fractions.
We also began a new science unit this week with a focus on patterns in the sky. This week students explored how shadow change as the position of the sun changes. Then they learned about how the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
On Friday we traveled to Peoples Academy for the Memorial Day Observance. I want to commend the children for the respect they exhibited during the ceremony. We talked before hand about how the observance is NOT a celebration, rather it is a memorial ceremony. As such they are expected to remain quiet and refrain from applauding during the ceremony (which can be difficult when watching a performance). While much of the crowd applauded throughout the ceremony, the Elmore students remained quiet. I had teachers approach me after the ceremony to tell me how respectful the Elmore Students were.
When we returned from the Memorial Day Observance, we switched gears for our final ECO of the year in Elmore (next week we will travel to the North Branch Nature Center for our final ECO of the school year). We Hiked to the Beaver Pond on Elmore Mountain, stopping at the base of the trail for a picnic lunch. Once at the beaver pond, students explored the pond habitat looking for Macro-invertebrates as well as some amphibians (salamanders and tadpoles). Students used nets to collect specimens and used Macro-invertebrate identifiers to identify their specimen. By identifying the pond live, students can determine the pond quality and the level of pollution in the pond. Thank you to Rob Bowen for volunteering!
Thank you to Mrs. Bellavance for the delicious Hot Lunch this week! Students enjoyed spaghetti with or without meatballs, breadsticks, and Caesar salad with Ben and Jerry's ice cream for dessert! I will prepare Hot Lunch next week. We will have Breafast for lunch with pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, and fruit.
For school lunch we will have hot lunch options for Tuesday (Tacos) and Wednesday (Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza). On Thursday students can choose either a salad or sandwich. Please email me your lunch orders by Monday at 6:00 pm.
Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend! See you on Tuesday!
- Library Tuesday - remember your books
- No School banking this week
- PE is Wednesday - Students NEED SNEAKERS!
- May 27th - No School - Memorial Day
- Thursday, May 30th- ECO @ NBNC (Volunteers: Deidra Keith and Paige Bowen)
- Tuesday, June 4th - Field Trip to Stowe Performing Arts to see Ada Twist Scientist live production.
- June 12th - Lunch at Martha and George Twombly's house (Beach Road)
- Last day of School - TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH - early dismissal
- End of year Celebration/3rd grade graduation/ family picnic - Tuesday, June 18th @ The Elmore School from 5:00 - 6:30 pm
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