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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Weeks of February 10th and 17th
It was great to be able to meet with families over these last 2 weeks. It's always nice to see everyone and be able to talk about the growth of each of your children so far this year.
On Tuesday, February 11th we had Hands on Nature. We learned about various animal tracks and how to identify them. We learned that there are walker pattern which includes the animals; dog, cat, deer, moose, bobcat, fox and wolf. There is the hopper pattern which includes the animals; rabbit, squirrel, and chipmunk. There is the bounder pattern which is from an otter. Lastly we learned about the waddler pattern which includes the animals; porcupine, bear, and skunk. We saw a puppet show to teach about these patterns, sorted patterns by the size we thought an animal was, heard a story which traced the steps of several animals by their tracks and then got to go outside to find some animal tracks. We were successful in our endeavor and located some tracks. Check out our photo slide show from our adventure.
On Thursday, February 13th we participated in Vermont Writes Day along with the rest of the school. Each student and adult chose a prompt and wrote for a 7 minute time frame. The prompts we chose from were "I love you because....", "When I play in the snow, I like to....." and "You are about to crush a spider when something stops you. Describe what happens.". All of the writing has been posted around the school. Come in and check it out.
We finished Unit 8 in fundations on blends and digraph blends. We spent some time this week talking about magic "e". We will revisit this concept in a late unit of fundations.
Our non-fiction stories in writing are coming along great. Students have been able to write various teaching books about things they know well. They are drawing pictures with labels, working on their introductions and conclusions, writing table of contents and even making pages that show the steps to do something through words and pictures. They are a lot of fun to read.
In math we finished our unit on geometry and are now moving on to another penguin unit. We are using what we know already about penguins to help us strengthen our strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. We will also be learning about 2 new penguins toward the end of this unit.
On Thursday,February 20th we made bowler hats for our "Read Across America" celebration we will be having when we return from vacation. This will be held on Wednesday, March 5th. There will be a K/5 assembly along with guest readers from the school throughout the day. We will be stressing the importance of reading with an emphasis on the Dr, Seuss books. This is an event we have done for several years in the school now. The theme this year is "Grab Your Hat & Read With The Cat". Each classroom will be making a hat to wear that morning. Check out the picture of our finished hats in the slide show.
I hope everyone has a wonderful vacation. Get lots of rest and have some wonderful family time.
Nancy
On Tuesday, February 11th we had Hands on Nature. We learned about various animal tracks and how to identify them. We learned that there are walker pattern which includes the animals; dog, cat, deer, moose, bobcat, fox and wolf. There is the hopper pattern which includes the animals; rabbit, squirrel, and chipmunk. There is the bounder pattern which is from an otter. Lastly we learned about the waddler pattern which includes the animals; porcupine, bear, and skunk. We saw a puppet show to teach about these patterns, sorted patterns by the size we thought an animal was, heard a story which traced the steps of several animals by their tracks and then got to go outside to find some animal tracks. We were successful in our endeavor and located some tracks. Check out our photo slide show from our adventure.
On Thursday, February 13th we participated in Vermont Writes Day along with the rest of the school. Each student and adult chose a prompt and wrote for a 7 minute time frame. The prompts we chose from were "I love you because....", "When I play in the snow, I like to....." and "You are about to crush a spider when something stops you. Describe what happens.". All of the writing has been posted around the school. Come in and check it out.
We finished Unit 8 in fundations on blends and digraph blends. We spent some time this week talking about magic "e". We will revisit this concept in a late unit of fundations.
Our non-fiction stories in writing are coming along great. Students have been able to write various teaching books about things they know well. They are drawing pictures with labels, working on their introductions and conclusions, writing table of contents and even making pages that show the steps to do something through words and pictures. They are a lot of fun to read.
In math we finished our unit on geometry and are now moving on to another penguin unit. We are using what we know already about penguins to help us strengthen our strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. We will also be learning about 2 new penguins toward the end of this unit.
On Thursday,February 20th we made bowler hats for our "Read Across America" celebration we will be having when we return from vacation. This will be held on Wednesday, March 5th. There will be a K/5 assembly along with guest readers from the school throughout the day. We will be stressing the importance of reading with an emphasis on the Dr, Seuss books. This is an event we have done for several years in the school now. The theme this year is "Grab Your Hat & Read With The Cat". Each classroom will be making a hat to wear that morning. Check out the picture of our finished hats in the slide show.
I hope everyone has a wonderful vacation. Get lots of rest and have some wonderful family time.
Nancy
Thursday, February 13, 2014
February PTO Notes & News
Fundraising Update
1) Cut along the line before submitting the box top
2) Check that the box top hasn’t expired
More
information can be found here: http://www.boxtops4education.com/homepageinterstitial
Help Wanted
▪
Box Tops – the Box Top deadline is fast
approaching. Please turn in Box Tops to
your classroom before school break begins on February 21st. Box Tops
helps support the Hands on Nature program which is a science enrichment program
run by parent volunteers at our school.
Sending in Box Tops from General Mills products helps keep this program
going.
Tips
for Parents on cutting out Box Tops:1) Cut along the line before submitting the box top
2) Check that the box top hasn’t expired
▪ Amazon – If you shop on AMAZON please take an extra step
and enter the site through the link on the PTO page. The PTO will earn up to 15% of your
purchases! Please remember that you need
to use this link each time you shop for the PTO to benefit.
▪
Red Barn Fundraiser – we raised $1,137
that will go back to the school.
▪ Red Wagon Plant Fundraiser - packets will be distributed March 28th, orders due back April 11th and pick up on May 22nd.
▪
Dynamic Dates – will take place March 7-14
with the winners being announced on March 17th.▪ Red Wagon Plant Fundraiser - packets will be distributed March 28th, orders due back April 11th and pick up on May 22nd.
Fund Spending
▪
CVU Summer Camp – the PTO will be
providing a donation to the scholarship fund which will allow for one child to
attend the camp. The CVU Summer Camp is
designed to provide all incoming ninth graders with a positive transition to
high school.
▪
Hands on Nature – the PTO provided a
donation in the amount of $1,048 to support the efforts of the Hands on Nature
program.
Help Wanted
▪
Red Barn Delivery – help with unloading
and distributing the Red Barn delivery on March 13th. Contact Randy Sweeney at sweeneyrs@gmail.com if you are able to help anytime between 1:00
pm and 6:00 pm.
▪
After School Enrichment Classes - interested
in leading enrichment classes after school – contact Lorien at Part 2 lleyden@cssu.org
Other Business
▪
Internet Safety Presentation – the
presentation given by Detective Thomas Nash on internet safety and how to
protect children online while still allowing some technological independence
can be found on the SCS website at: https://sites.google.com/a/cssu.org/scs-internet-safety-and-conduct
▪
“Like” Shelburne Community School Facebook Page
Highlights from
Principals Report
▪ GeoBee: Josh Gamble was the overall winner and he will be going on to represent SCS in the statewide competition in February.
▪ The Kindergarten concert that took place on February 11th was a huge hit with over 100 parents and family members in attendance. Thank you to Diana Burritt, Jude Olson and Mary Nelson for pulling it all together.
▪ Fiddler on the Roof will take place February 19th and 20th at the Shelburne Town Center.
▪ GeoBee: Josh Gamble was the overall winner and he will be going on to represent SCS in the statewide competition in February.
▪ The Kindergarten concert that took place on February 11th was a huge hit with over 100 parents and family members in attendance. Thank you to Diana Burritt, Jude Olson and Mary Nelson for pulling it all together.
▪ Fiddler on the Roof will take place February 19th and 20th at the Shelburne Town Center.
Mark Your Calendars
March
4th – VOTE
March
13th – Red Barn Pick Up
May
9th – Comedy Night Fundraiser at the Old Lantern
We look forward to seeing you next month at
the PTO meeting on March 11th at 6:00 pm in the Alpha Space. Pizza and Babysitting are provided!
Friday, February 7, 2014
Hundredth Day of School and Portfolio Share
On Thursday it was our Hundredth Day of School. We made special glasses and crowns for the day. We sang a 100th day song. We had a special visit from Zero the Hero to talk to us about the importance of the number 0 and how it has value. We played some games in math and talked about the hundreds grid. The class had a great time and came in today asking about the 200th day of school:)
On Friday we had the opportunity to share with our families our Portfolios which represented the hard work that we have done this year. Students also shared their number corner journal, math journal and writing folder. I'd like to thank the parents who were able to make it in to see these. For those parents who could not attend, I am sending home the portfolios for the weekend and would appreciate it if they could be returned on Monday so that we can continue to add work to represent our time between now and the end of the year.
Check out the photos from our 2 special days this week!
A reminder that students can begin bringing their Valentines in next Tuesday. Also they will be previewing the book fair on Monday and will have time buy books on Tuesday.
On Monday we will attend the Kindergarten Dress Rehearsal for their concert.
Have a great weekend,
Nancy
On Friday we had the opportunity to share with our families our Portfolios which represented the hard work that we have done this year. Students also shared their number corner journal, math journal and writing folder. I'd like to thank the parents who were able to make it in to see these. For those parents who could not attend, I am sending home the portfolios for the weekend and would appreciate it if they could be returned on Monday so that we can continue to add work to represent our time between now and the end of the year.
Check out the photos from our 2 special days this week!
A reminder that students can begin bringing their Valentines in next Tuesday. Also they will be previewing the book fair on Monday and will have time buy books on Tuesday.
On Monday we will attend the Kindergarten Dress Rehearsal for their concert.
Have a great weekend,
Nancy
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