This is an important week for many towns due to tomorrow's vote.  I hope everyone has a chance to get to the polls to exercise their right to vote.  :)

This week's spelling pattern involves silent letters.  Students will have a spelling cafe choice each night for homework.

We will continue studying fractions for the next two weeks.  Students will have a math worksheet for homework every night this week.

Students have enjoyed the start of our Simple Machine Unit.  We have a new machine up on our bulletin board today.  Kids had the opportunity to make a guess about which type of simple machine it is and then placed their guess in the box.  We will pick one of the correct answers from the box and that person will win a prize.

No school on Friday due to teachers' workshops.  Have a great week!

"March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb."

We started our week with a visit from Bridget Brunet, the current reigning Miss New Hampshire.  She came to class to help us celebrate the annual Dr. Seuss Read Across America Day.  She also happens to be Madisyn's aunt!  We had a great time visiting with her and learning about her accomplishments.

We have our spring music concert tonight.  I am so excited to watch our class perform!  Please remember to bring a canned good (or two) as admission to the concert.  We will not have math homework tonight due to the concert, but please expect it on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Our spelling rule this week involves the -sion and -tion pattern.  Students will have a spelling cafe choice each night for homework.

We will begin our Simple Machine Unit this week.  Students will learn about wedges, inclined planes, pulleys, screws, levers and the wheels & axles.

Thank you to all my parent volunteers and those who have donated items for the classroom.  I am very appreciative of all of you!

Have a terrific week!

We will arrive at Ellis Island tomorrow morning!  It has been a long, exhausting journey!  Our immigrants will be landing at 9:00am in the cafeteria.  Thank you to parents for donating both time and money to make this experience a great one.

On Wednesday, we will watch a presentation titled "Motion: Forces and Work".  This program relates directly to our Simple Machine Unit which we will begin after vacation.

We will have a math homework assignment each night this week along with a spelling cafe choice.  Our spelling rule focus on words with -ph and -tch.

Our class is still running low on plastic silverware and disinfectant wipes.  Thank you to those who have donated recently.

I'm looking forward to our Music in the Schools concert coming up on Monday, March 3rd.  Please have your child here by 6:45 that evening.  Children will meet in the cafeteria and will walk down to the gym together as a class when the concert is ready to begin.

Have a fantastic week and a fun filled vacation!  See you all in March!  :)

We had another great start to our week!  Students enjoyed Brain Gym this morning and took a spelling pre-test.  Our rule this week involves words ending in -ce, -ge, and -dge.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

Math homework will be a EDM Homelink related to fractions each night this week.  We've continued to practice solving problems using division with denominators.  We will cut out fraction cards later this week to help us visually understand comparisons and find equivalent fractions.

Students boarded their steamships today and left their homelands in search of better lives.  They will be documenting their journey in their journals and sharing their experiences in steerage.  Our simulation will occur next Tuesday morning.  We will be the first class to land at Ellis Island.  I anticipate our class participating in the experience from 9-9:45am in the cafeteria.  Please remember to donate $2.00 if you're able to support the cost of food for all students.

We are currently running very low on plastic silverware and disinfectant wipes.  Please consider donating, if you are able to this month.  Many thanks!

Have a wonderful week!  :)

"Away in a meadow all covered with snow
The little old groundhog looks for his shadow
The clouds in the sky determine our fate
If winter will leave us all early or late."
- Don Halley

We will continue to study immigration this week.  Students are working on their third journal entry involving the trip to the port city in their homeland.  Please continue to send in signed permission slips if you'd like to volunteer at our Ellis Island simulation.  We are also asking for a $2.00 donation to help with the cost of food and drinks at the end of the experience.

Students have been introduced to fractions and have begun working on division facts.  Thank you for your continued support with math homework.  Students will receive a worksheet each night for homework this week.

The spelling rule for the week involves the hard and soft sounds of c and g.  Students will have a spelling cafe choice each night for homework this week.

Have a fantastic week!  :)

The February calendar went home today.  You'll notice that our Ellis Island simulation has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 18th.  I also sent home an informational sheet asking for a $2.00 donation and parent volunteers for this event.  Please let me know if you're interested in helping out on that morning.

Students have a spelling cafe choice and math worksheet for homework each night this week.  We spoke about homework effort on Monday and I saw a drastic improvement today.  Thank you for your continued support in regard to your child's at home assignments.

Please remember to keep your child's report card, and to sign and return the gold envelope it came in as soon as possible.

Thank you and have a wonderful week!  :)

Happy New Year and welcome back to school!  We will be continuing with our multiplication and division unit this week.  Students will have a math homelink each night for homework.

Our spelling rule this week involves double vowel syllables oi, oy, au and aw.  Students will choose a spelling cafe assignment for homework each night.

We will be doing an experiment this week called Testing Foods for Starch.  Students will be using iodine to test various foods for starch.  Please ask your child about their results.

Have a wonderful week!  :)