Thursday, January 30, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Sea Creature Jokes
The kids enjoyed these today and asked that I post them to our blog. Here they are:
1. What is the strongest sea creature?
2. What did the Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean?
3. What sea creature goes well with toast?
4. Which fish lights up at night?
1. a mussel
2. Nothing. It just waved.
3. Jellyfish
4. Starfish
1. What is the strongest sea creature?
2. What did the Atlantic Ocean say to the Pacific Ocean?
3. What sea creature goes well with toast?
4. Which fish lights up at night?
1. a mussel
2. Nothing. It just waved.
3. Jellyfish
4. Starfish
Friday, January 24, 2014
Kid Blog Day
The children used iPads today to do one posting on their sea creature. As they were working to label their illustrations in the title section of their post, one student had the idea that they could use their sea creature posters to guide them on how to spell their creature for their post. This is a picture of them all in the hallway doing this. The idea spread like wild fire! I will send an email to our parent group giving you the directions on how to get to their kid blogs again. Have fun! Feel free to have your child post on their blog is they want to. We are using Kid Blog this year to get them writing in another exciting way....so....let them write:)
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
What's Happening Now
These kids are rockin' and rollin'! They truly enjoy our motivating Sea Creature unit and have learned many new facts about various sea creatures. This unit is cross curricular which means they are reading and writing as well as being mathematicians and scientists with sea creatures. I have altered some of our math games to incorporate these creatures into the math learning. In Reading Workshop this week, the focus continues to be on informational text. We have read many books about Polar Bears and the kids are recording their "WOW Facts" on different types of organizational writing tools. Next week we will move to questioning before and after reading informational texts. In Writer's Workshop, the kids are continuing to work on proper sentence structure and have been writing books galore on various "True" topics (factual) about things that they have knowledge about. Next week, they will begin writing a book about the sea creature that they did their reports on. Below is a photo from today's Reading workshop. The kids wrote one "WOW FACT" each about Polar bears to add to a classroom poster. I was so impressed with everyone's sentence structure!
January PTO Notes
January PTO Notes & News
Fundraising Update
▪ 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 - packets will be distributed January 21st, orders due back February 3rd and pick up on March 14. We earn $5 profit on each item sold. If every family buys or sells 2 items, we will earn $5,000 for our spring grants program which funds things such as the visiting artist program, books, iPads, Kindles, classroom equipment and more!
▪ Red Wagon Plants Fundraiser - packets will be distributed March 28th, orders due back April 11th and pick up on May 22nd
▪ Red Wagon Plants 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.
Help Wanted
▪ International Pot-Luck Dinner – January 24th – help with set-up, clean-up and during the event. Contact Courtney Tharpe if you are able to help at ctharpe25@gmail.com
▪ Book Fair – February 10-14th - help needed during the school book fair. Contact Kate Danforth if you are able to help at kate.danforth@gmail.com
▪ Get Out the Vote – March 3rd - help e-mail/call SCS families reminding them to vote on March 4th. Contact Courtney Tharpe if you are able to help at ctharpe25@gmail.com
▪ Bulletin Boards – help keep the boards updated with more information that is useful to the parents. Contact Lisa Williams if you are interested in helping at lisawvt@hotmail.com
Highlights from Principals Report
▪ Discussed the burst pipe right before the holiday break. Great flexibility to move around class’s and great thanks to the maintenance crew
▪ GeoBee: Josh Gamble was the overall winner and Emma Rosenau was the runner up
▪ Kids are out running around the circle at mid-day due to excessive ice on the playground. Thanks again for flexibility until the ice melts
▪ New memorials are in place to commemorate Trish Alden
▪ Fiddler on the Roof rehearsing for February 19th and 20th performances.
▪ FEED conducted a taste test of some wonderful vegetable/turkey soup that was created by students and FEED volunteers.
▪ GeoBee: Josh Gamble was the overall winner and Emma Rosenau was the runner up
▪ Kids are out running around the circle at mid-day due to excessive ice on the playground. Thanks again for flexibility until the ice melts
▪ New memorials are in place to commemorate Trish Alden
▪ Fiddler on the Roof rehearsing for February 19th and 20th performances.
▪ FEED conducted a taste test of some wonderful vegetable/turkey soup that was created by students and FEED volunteers.
Mark Your Calendars
1/21 – Community Budget Forum @ 7:00 pm in Town Hall
1/22 – Speaker Series at Williston Central School - Parent in World of Computers, Video Games, Smartphones and Tablets from 6:30 – 8:00 pm
1/24 – International Pot-luck Dinner from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
1/29 – Parent Ed Night with Detective Nash - Keeping our Children Safe on the Internet @ 6:00 pm
2/3 – Red Barn Orders Due
Other Business
▪ Winter Gear Drive – is still happening! There is still a need for all sizes of winter gear. Please drop off any gear you may have in the bucket outside the front office
▪ Parent Survey – Last month to fill out the survey and the PTO needs your feedback! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5TSTHSL
▪ “Like” Shelburne Community School Facebook Page
We look forward to seeing you next month at the PTO meeting on February 11th at 6:00 pm in the Alpha Space. Pizza and Babysitting are provided!
Friday, January 17, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Learning About Snowflakes
Today our class had Hands On-Nature. They learned about types of snowflakes and of course Snowflake Bently.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Kindergarten Concert Announcement
Kindergarten Concert Reminder
January 8, 2014
Dear Parents:
Just a reminder: The Kindergarten students will perform their winter program on Tuesday, February 11th.
Please join us in the SCS large gymnasium at 9AM as we perform a variety of songs, and movement activities.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Diana Burritt
Jude Olson
Mary Nelson
Monday, January 6, 2014
New Unit of Study
During the months of January and February, the kindergarten classes here in Shelburne will work on a common unit about Sea Creatures. This unit has been written to incorporate many reading and writing expectations from our new Common Core state standards. The kids will be having fun learning new facts about sea creatures while being readers, writers, and scientists. Here are some photos from today of the kids writing down what they "think they know" about sea creatures on a graphic organizer.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Happy New Year!
Your little thinkers listened to a read aloud book about New Year's Day today. We talked about new year resolutions and each child set a goal for themselves which will be turned into an art display in the classroom.
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