Good Morning. Happy Sunday everyone. The weekend flew by with numerous graduation parties and gatherings. Tis the season!
We had a great Field Day on Friday. The weather was perfect. The kids had a blast. Especially at Drip, Drop, Drip! The games were fun and spirits ran high. Only two and a half days to this week. On Monday, I will be on the Whale Watch with the fifth grade. We finally get to go! Ms. Jenn will be with the kids and the kids are excited about that. The state boxes look great, and we will start sharing tomorrow and finish up on Tuesday. Remember, Wednesday is a half day and the kids will be dismissed at 12:00. The report cards will be coming home electronically. Please have the kids bring in a bag for Tuesday, as we will be cleaning out desks and taking down projects. On Wednesday, I plan to have a small farewell party and celebrate our two summer birthdays. I have farewell gifts for the kids and a surprise in the making. I can't believe this is the last time I will be writing for the Dunking Donuts on this site for this year. Where did the time go? It was a great ride. Thank you for sharing your children with me. What a fantastic year. We had so much fun and the kids learned so much. I told all of them to come back and visit. Thank you for all of your support this year. It will be sad to let the kids go, but I will keep them in my heart forever. Hopefully I will see you around and I told the kids to come back and visit anytime. Have a great rest of the weekend! Good morning everyone. Happy weekend! We are enjoying our company from Pennsylvania. They are both teachers also. Getting very excited about the game tonight! Go Celtics!
The whale watch, though a little damp, was a good one. The kids had a great time and didn't mind the weather at all. Once we got out to Jeffery's Ledge, the rain stopped. Nine put on a real good show for us! This week there is so much going on. On Monday, the High School is coming to put on a play for us. In the afternoon, we will be going down to the rec field to celebrate our end of the year reading challenge. Please remind the kids to bring a towel and a water bottle. On Tuesday, we will celebrate our last Community Meeting of the year. It will be held in the gym at 8:30. If your child is performing, please feel free to come and join us. Please allow some time to sign in. On Thursday, grades one, two, and three will be having their field day from 8:15 until 11:30. Volunteers are still needed. Please make sure the kids have sneakers, a hat, sunscreen and a water bottle. Ms. Jenn will be a sub for me that day because I will be on the 5th grade whale watch. Yes, I get to go again! The last day of school will be June 15th and the kids will be dismissed at 12:00. This next week in the classroom we will be finishing up some whale stuff and some state stuff. Don't forget that the state boxes will be due at the end of the week. Have a great rest of the weekend. Enjoy the beautiful weather. Good morning everyone on this beautiful Sunday. I hope you are all enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. The pool is finally open and lots of yard work has been going on up on the Mud Hill.
The next couple weeks of school will be looking a little bit different from our regular school days. We will be focusing on our states and learning all about whales. Some of us have learned all fifty capitals already. Nice job. We have a quiz every Friday to see how many capitals we can get. Remember to be working on your state boxes at home. Tuesday morning, we are going to be treated by local author Marty Kelley. The kids are very excited about him coming to school. We made a special bulletin board for him having to do with messy desks. Thursday morning at 8:20 in the music room we will have "Our Morning With the Presidents." The kids did a great job on their research and they are ready to wow you. The presidents will speak in order and it should take about an hour. The kids may come to school dressed as their presidents and then just bring a change of clothes. I think Ms. Brown might be planning a preview of field day and it might involve some water. Everyone is invited to attend our president event. Hope to see you there. On Friday will be our whale watch. There will be a note coming home on Tuesday night. Our chaperones are all set. Unfortunately, it takes 6 to 8 weeks for the finger printing process. I'm asking that chaperones be in the classroom by 8:00. It would be nice if the chaperones could car pool because parking is very tight when we get there. The chaperones will be filling out some needed information on the Tuesday notice. Let's hope for some decent weather. Remember it could be 80 degrees here on shore, but 30 degrees cooler 40 miles away from shore on the ocean. Please have the kids dress in layers. I will try to keep the remaining days of school as normal as possible. LOL! We will be busy everyday. I have been invited to go on the 5th grade whale watch by the kids, so I will be away on Thursday the 9th. I will be taking Ms. Jenn's class and she will be with my class for field day. Mrs. Winchell is still looking for volunteers for that day. Have a great rest of the weekend. If you are traveling, be safe. I hope to see you on Thursday morning at our presidential event. Good morning everyone. Lots of heat today. AC is in and on. I don't mind the heat, but I can't stand the humidity. It will be better for the school week.
This week in Wonders, we will be doing Unit 6-week 2. Our new spelling words are listed on this site on the spelling page. This week we will also be doing our Aimsweb testing. We will test on math and language arts. The kids are very familiar with this assessment. In math we are finishing up unit 8 and will soon be ready for unit 8 assessment. We have started our State Unit. The kids are working on their flags and they are doing a great job. We had our first capital check-up on Friday. Our goal is to learn all fifty capitals. Some of us are already half way there. For a home project, (last one of the year), I would like the kids to create a state box. Keep it smaller than desk size. The kids may decorate their box on the outside anyway they would like. Flag, bird, animal, tree, anything. On the inside of the box, I would like them to find three things from their state. Keep it simple. Coins, hats, shirts, books from authors from your state, music, fruit, canned good, anything from your state. Pictures, postcards, etc. Remember , keep it simple and have fun with it. The boxes will be due on June 10th. On May 27th in the gym, our Memorial Program will take place at 9:00. Each class will preform a song. It is a very special event. Friday the 3rd is our Whale Watch. Please hope for a nice day. June 6th is our school wide reading challenge event at 1:00. June 7th is our last Community meeting, live in the gym, at 8:30. Our Field Day is on June 9th. Mrs. Winchell is looking for volunteers if anyone is interested. Ms. Jenn will be with my class that day, as I will be with the fifth graders on their Whale Watch. I am very excited. Remember our last day of school is on June 15th and it is a noon dismissal. Have a great day everyone. Stay cool! Go Celtics!!! Good morning everyone. Happy Sunday. Air conditioners are in! Probably don't need AC today. LOL! It got too hot too soon! Sorry about the Bruins, but I am so excited about the Celtics. Nervous, but excited. Can't wait for the game.
We will be doing the writing portion of our SAS test on Monday and Tuesday. We did a practice essay on Friday altogether. The kids have a great attitude and I know they will do their best. We are going to do Wonders spelling this week, also. They will be from Wonders Unit 6-week 1. We will finish up presidents this week and we have all picked a state to study. For a home project the kids will have to decorate a box and put three things from their state inside the box to share with their classmates. We have talked about the numerous possibilities for "stuff" in the box. Most of our other work on states will be done in class. We will have a quiz every Friday to see who can master the fifty capitals. We are all very excited to tackle this project. For math, we continue on geometric shapes and mastering our multiplication facts. In science, we continue our unit on forces. We had fun with our slide and all the objects that either went down or got stuck. We learned a lot about friction. Have a great week everyone. Good morning and Happy Sunday. Happy Mother's Day to all of our moms and grandmas. I hope you are able to have a wonderful day with your friends and families.
Starting tomorrow, May 9th, Monday we will begin our SAS testing. This is a different kind of assessment than the kids are used to. We have practiced all week to prepare the kids. The tests will include math, language arts and a writing piece. The tests are done on the computers. The writing part of the test will be held on next Monday the 16th and Tuesday the 17th. We will not be testing on Friday, May 13. The writing part has two parts to it and I want the kids to do it back to back days instead of having to wait over the weekend. The kids are excited about the test, but also a little nervous. SAS testing starts in third grade. I told the kids to take the test seriously, but also to have fun with it. Please make sure they get a good night's rest and that they have something to eat in the morning before they come to school. If any of the kids want to bring in special treats or special snacks they are welcome to do so. All of the third graders will be testing at the same time. Our testing time is first thing in the morning for two hours. We will start off with reading on Monday and Tuesday. We will tackle math on Wednesday and Thursday. Please please encourage the kids to do their best. I know they will! We have three spots left for chaperones on the Whale Watch which will take place on June 3rd. Chaperones cost will be 25.00. The kids are all paid for with Michaelmas money. Our "Afternoon With the Presidents" will be coming up at the end of the month. I will send home an invite to the ceremony within the next couple of days. Have a wonderful Mother's Day everyone. Good morning everyone. happy last day of spring break. I am excited to get back to the classroom to hear about all the fun adventures the kids had over vacation. We did dog duty for my son and his girl friend so they could go off to Disney World. We did get to go to Connecticut for a few days to visit Mystic Seaport, the aquarium and visit with friends.
This week for reading, we will be in Wonders, unit 5-week 5. The genre this week is expository text. The new spelling words are listed on the spelling page of this site. In math we will be starting a new unit and trying to master all of our multiplication facts to prepare for fourth grade. In social studies, we will be wrapping up the presidential unit and writing our speeches. In science, we will be continuing with forces. This week we will be practicing for the SAS test which will begin for us on May 9, Monday, The test is a week long and the kids will be tested on Reading, Math and Writing. This is a very different assessment from which the kids are used to. It has short answer questions and a lot of reading. Please see that the kids get a good nights rest and have something to eat before they come to school. Our testing period is first thing in the morning for about two hours. I told the kids to do their best. Again, it is very different from the assessments we do in class and it is just one more assessment that we can use for data purposes. The kids are very excited to begin. We did a practice math session last week. I would like to wish all of the moms, and grandmothers a very Happy Mother's Day. Enjoy the last day of your vacation. I look forward to seeing you on Monday. Good morning everyone. Happy Easter. It has been a busy weekend here at the Mud Hill. A birthday celebration for this big guy yesterday and Easter today. The kids came with Blue for a surprise overnight visit. We also celebrated on Friday in class. Mrs. Mud surprised us with a cake.
We are going to stray away from Wonders this week. We will be doing some other things to prepare for the SAS test which will take place the week of May 9th. There are no spelling words for this week to be tested on either. We will work with words in class, but no spelling test on Friday. In math, we are still working on fractions and multiplication. In science, we are working with force. We did a fun experiment with push and pull last week. The kids got to make Hoppers and launch pads. On Friday of this week, the PTA will be giving us our ice cream party. We are celebrating our first place win. We also won 100.00 in books. Thank you so much for your generous donations. Have a wonderful Easter with your families today and have a great week ahead. |
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