I hope you got a chance to enjoy that last burst of summer earlier this week-wow!
We had a blast with place value math centers, our first WIN time (intervention time) rotations with Mrs. Stover's and Mrs. Bernier's classes, and continuing our work in literacy and writing. This week's STEM lesson was all about rainbows, and we even made our own rainbows using a flashlight and a prism. I am sending home a prism on Monday for each child to use/keep-see if they can explain how white light enters a prism and the colors disperse and refract to make a spectrum. :)
Book orders were submitted and should be here in ten days or so. Thank you for ordering!
School shirt order forms were sent home last week-proceeds benefit our Cultural Arts Committee's work and provide opportunities for cultural experiences for our students.
Thank you for sending a written note in the morning if your child's dismissal will be different. I am supposed to send a written note with children to the cafeteria if they are not usually dismissed on that day, per school policy. Thanks for your help!
We're bringing home several pieces of writing to review with our families. Things to look for are:
-complete thoughts
-correct use of upper/lower case letters
-beginning to use punctuation consistently
-multiple thoughts/sentences per page
-carefully formed letters
-sight words spelled correctly
-all sounds in a word are represented (even if the word isn't spelled correctly)
-no scribbling; colorful, detailed illustrations
Our Mystery Reader this week was...Mr. Joe Swenson! Mr. Swenson is an actor, author, and consultant. He is also a dad of two little boys and friends with Maine author Chris Van Dusen! We enjoyed his reading and hearing about how he goes about writing his books.
Congratulations to Rosie, Amelia, Clemmie, and Aubrey for earning the privilege of hosting Darla and Kola for the past 2 weekends!
We are close to earning 25 "Caught You Being Good" cards! I wonder what the kids will choose as their celebration???
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I had a meeting all day on Saturday in Augusta, but I did manage some outdoor time on this beautiful October Sunday, visiting friends on their farm in Union, Maine and spending a few hours at the ocean.
:)
Becca
