Please note, before allowing access to this blog, I will be sending home a form asking your permission for what I could post: special creations, art projects, special creations with your child in the picture, art projects with your child in the picture, classroom activities, etc.. Only our class will have access to this blog. No names will be directly attached to students to respect privacy.
I am hoping to hear by the end of next week what the student username and passwords would be for their Google accounts, so that I can set those up as the logins to the Student Works blog. We will not be using these accounts for Gmail, Gmail will be blocked until further notice (possibly indefinitely at the elementary level). I understand that not all parents have Google accounts and it is not fair to ask you to do so. (This is also why I have been waiting on the students' username and passwords so that everyone may have the same opportunity to access the blog.) If you do have an account I will add your email to the permission list.
If you have any questions, concerns, ideas, suggestions, please email me!
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Share Time
Starting tomorrow (9/29) we will be following a more traditional share time. When it is your child's turn to share, they may bring in one item that fits in their backpack for them to share with the class. If they do not want to bring in something, they may tell us a story or a special event that is happening in their family. Students then ask questions to learn more. If they bring a share, they may also share it at Free Choice Centers at the end of the day. This activity helps students develop their speaking and communication skills.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Volunteer Form - In Class and Chaperoning!
It is District policy that all chaperones or volunteers for in school events must complete and have on file a volunteer form. I strongly encourage all parents to fill out and submit one so that it's on file and will permit you to help out at anytime in the classroom or on future field trips. The form needs to filled out once for each school year.
One was sent with your child's Whittle's Farm field trip. If you need another one for another parent, please click here!
One was sent with your child's Whittle's Farm field trip. If you need another one for another parent, please click here!
Field Trip to Whittle's Farm Wednesday October 7th!
We are excited to be going to Whittle's Farm in Groton Wednesday October 7th in the AM! Permission slips have gone home. Please sign, fill in emergency contact information during the field trip, and return to school! If you would like to chaperone, please fill out the attached volunteer form!
At the farm, we will walk through the apple orchard and pumpkin patch. Sneakers are required (maybe boots if it rained recently as it can get muddy on the trail and in the fields). Students will get to pick one apple and one pumpkin to keep!
At the farm, we will walk through the apple orchard and pumpkin patch. Sneakers are required (maybe boots if it rained recently as it can get muddy on the trail and in the fields). Students will get to pick one apple and one pumpkin to keep!
Sunday, September 13, 2015
In-Class Celebrations Option
Our Food Services Department is now offering to provide healthy treats for class celebrations (like birthdays). Cost is from $12-$18 charged to your child's MealPayPlus account or by check/cash to Ms. Dodson our school's kitchen manager!
Click here for more information.
Click here for the order form.
Click here for more information.
Click here for the order form.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Homework Policy
In general, homework will be attached to the weekly newsletter on Monday. In the newsletter will be a suggested time frame for completing the homework (for example, a specific Math HW might be assigned later in the week because they will learn about it the first couple of days in the week). All homework is due Friday! You may leave it in your child's folder if you finish early and Ms. Beatty will collect it.
Book Bags - Please return them Friday if you want to keep the books all week. Of course, your son/daughter may return them earlier in the week if they read them all and want new stories.
Book Bags - Please return them Friday if you want to keep the books all week. Of course, your son/daughter may return them earlier in the week if they read them all and want new stories.
Summer Reading Logs due Friday 9/11!
Extra Summer Reading logs went home today if you haven't filled one out (you can include this week's readings). Students who send in logs by Friday this week will be invited to the ice cream social on Friday next week! There's some leeway with K since some K students may not have gotten logs for over the summer :).
Monday, September 7, 2015
Book Bag Homework
Reading every night to your son or daughter every night has proven benefits in their development of language, vocabulary, and early literacy skills. It is a Groton expectation that every student reads or be read to at least 20 mins a night. Of course you may use books from home or the local library to do this, but to help give you more choices, our class has Book Bags! Your child will choose 5 books from our classroom Library to bring home Monday and keep for the week. They must be returned Friday to change out books for the following week. Your child may exchange them at any time during the week if your family reads through them and wants new books. Once we start reading groups, your child will also bring home a guided reading folder periodically with books they have learned to read and school and must practice reading at home!
September 8, 2015 Newsletter
Please click here for this week's newsletter:
September 8, 2015 Newsletter
September 8, 2015 Newsletter
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Open House Tuesday September 8th at 6pm!
On Tuesday September 8th, we will be having Open House at 6:00 pm. We will be meeting in the Gym to start off. More information to come!
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