We are very excited to climb Bald Pate tomorrow and the weather is cooperating with us! We want to thank all of our volunteers for signing up to help us with the trip! We are also starting an exciting research project that will end in a presentation on the Earth Constantly Changing. LEA came in and did two great lessons on soils to prepare us for our trip.
In Math we have started unit 3 and we have just learned how to use protractors to measure all kinds of angles. We also learned the names of the angles such as acute, obtuse, straight, and reflex.
In Social Studies we are working on an exciting project with the high school that involves using technology as well! Some high school Social Studies students are creating books for our kids that will explain the events that led up to the Revolutionary War. We are using Skype today to video conference with the high school students. We can't wait to do this!
In English, we hare finishing some writing for Halloween, The Mystery of the Missing Class. We have also practiced writing with sequencing and we studied proper nouns.
Please continue to practice multiplication facts! We use them all year long!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Enjoy This Beautiful Fall Weather
We have started a soils study. Ms. Morrison from LEA has come in this week to enhance our soisl unit. There will be a district assessment following. We'll keep you posted.
In Math we'll start unit 3 next week and it is on Geometry. We'll study the use of protractors and compasses.
Fri. Oct. 29, we have our Bald Pate field trip. All parent volunteers are welcome. Some will need to follow us in their own cars. 2:15. This is also a school meeting day. School Meeting begins at
In Social Studies, Mr. Woodward, Mrs. Woodward's husband and our local selectman, came in to teach a lesson on the ten different ways to be Effective Citizens of SBES, Bridgton, Maine, and the U.S. We will play a game of memory, draw posters, and also be assessed on this lesson.
Have a great fall weekend!!
In Math we'll start unit 3 next week and it is on Geometry. We'll study the use of protractors and compasses.
Fri. Oct. 29, we have our Bald Pate field trip. All parent volunteers are welcome. Some will need to follow us in their own cars. 2:15. This is also a school meeting day. School Meeting begins at
In Social Studies, Mr. Woodward, Mrs. Woodward's husband and our local selectman, came in to teach a lesson on the ten different ways to be Effective Citizens of SBES, Bridgton, Maine, and the U.S. We will play a game of memory, draw posters, and also be assessed on this lesson.
Have a great fall weekend!!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Rain, Rain Go Away!
After a week of NECAP testing and a long holiday weekend, we started back with lots of excitement!
We are loving our new reading program. We meet every day with our whole group and work on skills like making connections to other reading, our lives, and inferring information that the author shares with only clues from the text. We then need to interpret this information using our background knowledge. We also meet in small groups every day, and practice our fluency and comprehension.
In Science we played Bingo with our vocabulary words and finished our unit on the layers of the Earth.
In Math we learned to multiply with our favorite method, the Lattice Method! We also practiced another method called partial products. In the end, kids can use the method with which they have the most comfort.
Mr. Phillips, our Superintendent, joined us again on Friday, and we shared our story endings that we started when he was last here, based on a story that he wrote called, The Land of the Free. This all started with a lesson on taxation without representation. We had a great day sharing our writing and enjoying some M & M cookies! Thank you Mr. Phillips for coming in to share this lesson with us and thank you Mrs. Boody for making some yummie cookies!
We are loving our new reading program. We meet every day with our whole group and work on skills like making connections to other reading, our lives, and inferring information that the author shares with only clues from the text. We then need to interpret this information using our background knowledge. We also meet in small groups every day, and practice our fluency and comprehension.
In Science we played Bingo with our vocabulary words and finished our unit on the layers of the Earth.
In Math we learned to multiply with our favorite method, the Lattice Method! We also practiced another method called partial products. In the end, kids can use the method with which they have the most comfort.
Mr. Phillips, our Superintendent, joined us again on Friday, and we shared our story endings that we started when he was last here, based on a story that he wrote called, The Land of the Free. This all started with a lesson on taxation without representation. We had a great day sharing our writing and enjoying some M & M cookies! Thank you Mr. Phillips for coming in to share this lesson with us and thank you Mrs. Boody for making some yummie cookies!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Testing All Week
We are having NECAP testing all of this week. The kids are tested in reading, math, and writing. This lasts all week, Monday through Thursday. Please get lots of sleep and eat a great breakfast each morning.
Friday, Oct. 8th is a Teacher Workshop Day and Monday, October 11th is Columbus Day. No school Friday or Monday. Have a great long weekend and maybe enjoy the Fryeburg Fair!!
Friday, Oct. 8th is a Teacher Workshop Day and Monday, October 11th is Columbus Day. No school Friday or Monday. Have a great long weekend and maybe enjoy the Fryeburg Fair!!
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