December 19-January 2

Dates to Note: 

Monday, December 18th: Polar Express Day! Details below.

Tuesday, December 19th: Field Trip to Wonder

Tuesday, December 19th: Schoolwide Sing-a-Long (please join us and sit with your child while we celebrate the season together!)

Wednesday, December 20th-January 2nd, 2018: Winter Break!! Enjoy your time with friends and family.

Wednesday, January 3rd: Classes resume!

We are in desperate need of recess equipment. Our bin is empty!! If you are able, it would be greatly appreciated!! Great gift idea for your child's teacher!

Monday, December 18th we will be enjoying the movie, The Polar Express. After the movie will be rotating through some fun STEM activities that accompany the movie. We are in need of some donations for that day:
1. Skinny Pop
2. Candy Canes
3. Hot Cocoa 
4. Cranberry Ginger Ale
5. Cranberry Sprite

     Our field trip to the movie Wonder trip takes place on Tuesday. We will be leaving around 9 and returning around 12:20. After that, we will have sack lunches in classrooms and recess. To conclude the day, we will join the school for the sing-a-long. We hope to see you there!!!

December 11 -- December 15

Dates to Note: 

Friday: Word Study Test

Monday, December 18th: Polar Express Day! Details below.

Tuesday, December 19th: Field Trip to Wonder

Tuesday, December 19th: Schoolwide Sing-a-Long (please join us and sit with your child while we celebrate the season together!)

We are in desperate need of recess equipment. Our bin is empty!! If you are able, it would be greatly appreciated!! Great gift idea for your child's teacher!

Monday, December 18th we will be enjoying the movie, The Polar Express. After the movie will be rotating through some fun STEM activities that accompany the movie. We are in need of some donations for that day:
1. Skinny Pop
2. Candy Canes
3. Hot Cocoa 
4. Cranberry Ginger Ale
5. Cranberry Sprite

Word Study Update

Our Representivites are:
Shifflett: Ryan Davison, Lia deGoa alternate 
Canalichio: Larry Foster, Lauren Peregoy alternate
Elsie: Creighton Doherty, Isabella Harrison alternate.

Reading Update

  The students are really enjoying the Making Meaning lessons. We are working on unit 4, focusing on narrative texts. The picture book highlighted this week is Chicken Sunday.

Writing Update

The students are really enjoying the procedural writing unit. Ask your child what they have decided to write about!

Math Update

The Fluency homework note went home last week. Make sure your child is really practicing those facts. Another way you can help at home is to have your child practice finding perimeters around the house. 

Content Update

It is hard to believe, but this will be the last week in this rotation. 

Mrs. Canalichio: Virginia Geography to Ms. Shifflett's Class. Test Thursday!!!
Mrs. Elsie: Technology Tibit Project to Mrs. Canalichio's Class. 
Ms. Shifflett: Force, Energy, & Motion to Mrs. Elsie's Class. Projects due Thursday!!!

December 4 -- December 8

Dates to Note: 

Tuesday: Word Study Test

Wednesday: New Word Study Lists

Friday, December 15th: Word Study Test

Tuesday, December 19th: Field Trip to Wonder

We are in desperate need of recess equipment. Our bin is empty!! If you are able, it would be greatly appreciated!! Great gift idea for your child's teacher!





Word Study Update

We will be testing Tuesday and starting another list on Wednesday.  We wanted to get two lists in before the Winter Break. We will also be selecting a representative from each class for the school Spelling Bee. This is an optional activity in each homeroom. Students will be given a written spelling test cold, meaning they have had no practice with any of these words. The students who spelling the most words correctly will be the classroom representative. 

Reading Update

  The students are really enjoying the Making Meaning lessons. We are starting unit 4, analyzing text structures, on Monday. The picture book highlighted this week is Thundercake. 

Writing Update

  We are beginning a unit on procedural writing. This writing encompasses recipes, game directions, science experiments, and basic how-to directions. 

Math Update

Content Update

We are enjoying our units!! Ask your child what kinds of new information they have learned!.  

Mrs. Canalichio: Virginia Geography to Ms. Shifflett's Class.
Mrs. Elsie: Technology Tibit Project to Mrs. Canalichio's Class. 
Ms. Shifflett: Force, Energy, & Motion to Mrs. Elsie's Class.