Friday, January 26, 2018

1/26/2018 Fourth Grade


1/26/2018

Dear Families,
We have had a wonderful week in fourth grade ELA.  Here is an update:

Reading:  We started our nonfiction unit by focusing on the various text structures writers use.  In combination with our study of Vermont we are reading an nonfiction book on Phineas Gage.  We encourage you to ask your student about who Phineas Gage was!

Writing:  We have been focusing on responding to a prompt.  Students are learning how to begin with a 'hook' and provide evidence to support their opinions.

High/Low
High- we got to play Gladiator Ball, we had indoor recess most of this week and could play prodigy
Low- Almost passed out after PE!
High- Being able to do Gladiator Ball, and getting to shelve books with Mrs. Moore
Low- indoor recess, got hit in the eye at gladiator ball
High- Gladiator Ball, we are almost done with ABC book, It’s Friday
Low- indoor recess
High- we played Gladiator Ball!  We are so close to finishing our ABC books
Low- couldn’t go to Mr. Smoller’s
High- Yesterday we did kickball and Gladiator Ball
Low- It’s super sunny out
High- It’s Friday, we played Gladiator Ball
High- We played kickball yesterday, I made a homerun
Low- It’s Friday
High- I was able to be here on Friday and Monday
Low- I have been sick
High- I got Student of the Month and we played Gladiators in PE yesterday
High- I memorized a song on my saxophone, we are almost finished our ABC book
High- We played kickball and Gladiator Ball, It’s Friday
Low- Indoor recess
High- We are one word away from finishing our ABC books and we got our 20 sticker acknowledgment
Low- indoor recess
High- We completed our ABC book just need to format,
Low- we couldn’t go outside all week
High- we are really far into our ABC book
Low- we aren’t finished with it yet, and I was absent when we played kickball and Gladiator Ball
High- I memorized the 50 states
Low- I got a cold
High- I was absent 2 days
Low- I was sick 2 days
High- Indoor recess, I didn’t slip on the ice.
Low- It’s completely icy and cold
High- We played gladiator and kickball
Low- Hard to find all of our letters for our ABC book
High- We played Gladiator Ball in PE and I’m almost done with my ABC book
Low- I was absent one day
High- Starting Phineas Gage
Low- Indoor recess and lots of kids absent
High- Being back with you this week

Low- Phineas Gage description of the accident


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Thursday, January 25, 2018

1/25/2018 Third Grade

1/25/2018

Dear Families,
We have had a wonderful week!  Here is what we have been doing:

Reading: We are continuing our nonfiction reading unit. We worked in our nonfiction reading partnerships to find the main idea and supporting details in our books.

Writing: We are finishing up our descriptive shoe pieces! Students spent the week using a checklist to improve their writing and then type them. They are learning how to insert pictures into their documents.

Upcoming Dates:
2/9 Early Release Day

High/Low
High- typing club
High- hockey in PE
High- Working with Ms. Maroney
Low- science and PE because they are hard
High- typing club
High- shoe piece
Low- bus
High- Playing secret zombie tag
High- playing secret zombie tag
High- Math prodigy and typing club
Low- the icy playground
High- floor hockey
HIgh- everything
High- getting a folder
Low- hard stuff in science
High- PE
Low- didn’t get to do typing club
High- doing secret zombie tag
High- typing club
Low- no MIT
High- Playing at recess
High- walking around and watch you pull out the main idea and sub-topics for boxes and bullets
Low-  having so many absent kids!
High- bucket drumming
Low- wasn’t here on Monday or Tuesday
High- PE tomorrow
Low- the rain we had making things icy
High- Kids using the checklists to make their writing better

Low- math has been a struggle for my class



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Friday, January 19, 2018

1/19/2018 Fourth Grade

Dear Families,
We have had a productive week in humanities!  Here's an update:

Humanities:  We are working on writing thorough responses to prompts using evidence.  To do this, students are working on opinion pieces with the topic, "Who was more important to Vermont, Ira Allen or Ethan Allen." We finished reading How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay.  We will be moving into our nonfiction unit.


High/Low
High- making plaster masks in elective, brought paper roller coaster home, outdoor recess all week
High- almost done my abc book, found  a cool design
Low- I was sick
High- almost done my abc book, I was absent a day
Low- Missed snowshoeing and skiing
High- nearly finished our abc book
High- we went snowshoeing and skiing
Low- I was sick
High- we are making masks out of plaster, I went skiing without any poles
Low- we’ve had one indoor morning recess
High- we got to go skiing
Low- I was sick yesterday
High- We are doing Happy Birthday on ukulele, we went skiing and snowshoeing
Low- only one indoor morning recess
High- almost done our abc book
High- Mr.  Colin is our guest teacher, We’ve had outdoor recess, we got to go snowshoeing and skiing
High- Mr. Colin is our guest teacher
Low- not done my abc book
High- we are done our abc book, we went skiing and snowshoeing
High- We added extra details to our abc book
Low- lessons were cancelled because Mrs. Maroney was absent
High- skiing and snowshoeing
High- I got to do a lot of work on my abc book
Low- Mrs. Maroney wasn’t here for lessons
High- I get 10 stickers for handing off my skis first and we got 22 stickers
Low- I haven’t gone out for recess
High- I get to go skiing with Ms Jesmouth’s class
Low- I was sick
High- We made masks in 3d art and only 2 more slides to go on my slideshow
High- I get to bring the roller coaster home
Low- not the end of the day yet
High- starting prodigy, flute practice
Low- flute practice
High- I learned how to type not looking at the keyboard
Low- I was really sick this week
High- I started prodigy and I’m in second place, outdoor recess with sleds
Low- I was sick a day
High- Ira/Ethan Allen paragraphs were pretty good for a first effort
High- summarizing Tia Lola

Low- it’s Friday



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Thursday, January 18, 2018

1/18/2018 Third Grade

1/18/2018

Dear Families,
We have been working hard in third grade!  here is an update...

Reading:  We are continuing with our nonfiction unit.  Students are working with a nonfiction reading partner to practice the strategies taught during lessons. 

Writing:  Writers have been learning how to had sensory details to their work.  They will be rewriting their shoe pieces to add more description. 

Upcoming Dates:
2/9    Early Release Day

High/Low
High- skiing
Low- the cold weather
High- having an extra day off
Low- having to go outside
High- going snowshoeing
High- Skiing today
Low- the cold weather
High- skiing
High- going with Mrs. Jesmouth
High- skiing/snowshoeing
Low- the bus
High- snowshoeing and skiing
High- we are going to ski and snowshoe
High- skiing
Low- cold weather
High- PE tomorrow and skiing
Low- I was out yesterday
High- snowshoeing and skiing today
High- snowshoeing and skiing
High- skiing tomorrow
High- skiing and snowshoeing tomorrow
High- bucket drumming
High- playing at recess
High- I am going skiing
Low- snow is starting to melt
High- snowshoeing and eating the breakfast cookie
High- students remembering their red folders
Low- students not attending to precision on their word study
High- Bucket drumming
High- going to go skiing tomorrow
High- Ms. Franklin explaining picture captions

Low- students not attending to precision on word study




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Friday, January 12, 2018

1/12/2018 Fourth Grade

Dear Fourth Grade Families,
It has been a long time since we have been able to do a fourth grade meeting and write a blog!  We hope you had a wonderful break and survived that cold snap.  Here is an update:

Humanities:  We finished our historical fiction narratives, set in Vermont, that continued on with the next chapter of Cave of Falling Water that we read.  We are continuing to focus on Vermont, and are working on summarizing stories.  We are using the read aloud, How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay to practice this strategy.  This book is also set in Vermont and follows a family from the Dominican Republic, who move to Vermont from NYC. 


Upcoming Dates:
1/15  No School

High/Low
High-  Ms. Maroney checked my saxophone and it can be played, we got to go out and use the sleds, yesterday Mr. Currier let me use his shows
Low- forgot my shoes both PE days
High- Almost done with ABC book pics, I got to do hockey in PE and we won 2-1
Low- On the sled I crashed
High- We are done with our roller coasters, we finished for 20 stickers and get to do gymnastics
Low- we almost didn’t finish our roller coasters
High- we got to go outside and have good weather
Low- my team lost in hockey
High- we got all 20 stickers and are doing gymnastics and the ropes, abc books
Low- no extra outdoor recess
High- we played PIG and I won all of the times
High- recess
Low- recess today being indoors
High- we got 20 stickers in PE
Low- it’s pouring
High- it’s raining out
Low- no extra recess
High- we practiced a little bit of hockey
Low- no hockey game and no 20 stickers
High- it’s Friday
Low- It’s supposed to rain all day so no outside
High- we are doing ABC books
Low- we didn’t play hockey
High- It’s been outdoor recess and we got to sled
Low- we had to switch from extra recess because of the rain, no hockey in PE
High- We found milky way candy online when making our ABC books
HIgh- it’s raining
High- we did Mrs. White’s challenge and made all the abc animals baby animals
Low- done roller coasters
High- orchestra is today, we had outdoor recess for most of the week
Low- no outdoor recess today
High- we were able to take the sleds out, indoor recess
Low- we can’t go outside for extra recess
High- Indoor recess
Low- I have to do math instead of the board games with Mrs. Locarno, it’s Friday and I don’t want to leave you guys for the week yet
High- almost finished my ABC book
High- I am doing computer games
High- we took the sleds out, we earned our twenty stickers, we get to do our ABC books, we get to do the ropes in PE
Low- We have to do gymnastics
High- the number of people who worked hard and stayed focus and met the goal on TMP
Low- we aren’t able to acknowledge you by taking you out
Low- the RAIN

High- Personal narratives are done and printed out!






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Thursday, January 11, 2018

1/11/2018 Third Grade

1/11/2018

Dear Families,
After a very short week back, we had a wonderful FULL week!  Here is an update:

 Reading:  We began our nonfiction unit focusing on text features.  Students are really engaged in our read aloud about ferocious animals.  I encourage you to ask them about it!

Writing:  We are continuing our work with adding description.  This week we focused on sensory details.

Social Studies:   We focused on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this week

Upcoming Dates:

 1/15  NO SCHOOL


High/Low
High- doing hockey in PE
High- doing the marble roller coaster
High- Marble roller coaster
High- Cold weather going away
HIgh- The pacers in PE and the roller coaster
High- Doing hockey
High- finished my roller coaster, doing the pacers in PE
High- finishing my roller coaster and we go to play hockey in PE
Low- doing the pacers
High- nonfiction text features, I got to 44 on the pacer
Low- the cold weather
High- everything
Low- cold weather
High- pacers
High- pacers
High- we finished our roller coaster
Low- the pacer
High- pacing test
High- everything
HIgh- doing the roller coasters
High- playing at recess
High- it’s finally warming up
Low- the rain tomorrow
High- seeing students becoming more responsible with red folders and clothing and Julia is back!
High- seeing kids create their roller coasters

Low- being out on Tuesday






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Thursday, January 4, 2018

1/4/2018 Third Grade

Dear Families,
We hope you had a wonderful vacation.  We both spent time with our families and were very busy!  It's nice to be back to school and back in the routine of things.  Here is what we have done (so far) this week...

Writing:  We have started a descriptive writing mini unit.  Students were asked yesterday to write about their shoes!  We will use these pieces to learn various strategies authors use to write descriptively.

Reading:  We are starting a new unit on non fiction! 

Social Studies:  We will continue learning about holidays and traditions around the world.

Upcoming Dates
1/15  No School

Since we only had one day of school so far we decided to do our High/Lows on our vacations!

Vacation High/Lows
High- Going to Maine
High- Going snowmobiling with my dad
High- Going to Carter’s house and playing Xbox 2
High- Zackary coming over to my house with Justice and playing Watch Dogs
Low- not playing tablet games
HIgh- Going over to Garrison’s house
High- Getting a new pillow and a new blanket
Low- The cold
High- Having fondue
High- Going to Santa’s Village
Low- it was a long drive
High- Getting a PS3 for Christmas
Low- Not getting to my game
High- getting a new sled
High- getting a hamster for Christmas
Low- missed one day of my tournament to go to Disney on Ice
High- going to my cousin’s house to get a PS2 for Christmas
High- getting new games
Low- the cold
High- Going to Bolton Valley
High- Sledding
High- Getting toys and a game boy
Low- missing one of our games
High- Getting a drone for Christmas
Low- Not flying it
High- Getting a drone
Low- I don’t know how to drive it
High- Getting a Wii
Low- we both broke it
High- New Year’s
Low- getting shot in the eye with a nerf bullet
High- seeing all the presents under the tree
Low- the cold
High having four Christmas’s
Low- Having to try cranberry sauce
High- Spending Christmas and New Year’s with my family
Low- I was sick the whole time!
High- Getting engaged
Low- coming back to the cold
High- My dad visited me for Christmas
Low- I was busy
High- Going to NYC for a concert

Low- Not being able to use my new ski boots because of the cold



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