Wee Folk News:
The
Wee Folk have been getting into our routines. Our movement block has kept us busy playing with a parachute
and balloons, dancing the limbo, and working our way through an obstacle
course. Our guided discoveries
have us learning about the music and math centers. Aside from our regular centers, we will try to have special
projects and activities to go with our theme. One of the books we read this week was Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister. This particular
book lent itself nicely to our ocean theme, but also helped us talk about
respect and kindness. During
centers we made our own rainbow fish and used fish and sea stamps.
Our
Kindergartners have been learning about their calendar jobs. These next couple of weeks will involve
playing with math materials to get a closer look at what skills students
already have. For Language we’ve
been getting to know each other by interviewing “our pal” of the day. We’ve taken a closer look at each
person’s name focusing on how letters make up our names. For theme we learned about the
following physical characteristics of the ocean: oceans are salty and cold, there are four oceans, there are
different layers of the ocean including the sunlight, twilight, and midnight
zone.
Please find book orders attached to
this newsletter. Book orders are a
great inexpensive way to get books into your house. They make wonderful gifts and help earn points for free
books for our classroom. Please
send in checks made out to Scholastic-no cash. Kindergarten parents should send snack money made out to
Tinmouth School. The fee is $40.00
for the year and can be paid in two payments. Also, if your child would like milk for snack, it is
available only if you have a milk card.
This milk does not include free and reduced lunch/milk. If you would like your child to have
milk, please send in money for a milk card. Checks can be made out to Tinmouth School.
All
in all we are off to a super start of school. Have a great weekend and please don’t hesitate to call if
you have any questions.
Primary News:
It’s
hard to believe we have just finished our second week of school! We are pleased to announce we are now
fully into our regular schedule.
Kasey and Kameron
enjoy playing a math game.
You
will see either a stop and think sheet (to be signed by a parent) or a message
of GREAT NEWS for proper behavior in homework folders today. Please review/praise your child for
their actions. We are focusing on
these three adages: be kind, be
respectful, be responsible. Use
those terms at home to reinforce these expectations.
Our
Human Body theme began this week.
Students have been using their noticing skills and their senses to learn
more about themselves. This week
we made faces using those skills and went on a scavenger hunt to notice
features of classmates that were either same of different, such as eye or hair
color.
Our
sharing schedule begins next Monday.
Instead of weekly sharing, students will be sharing once a month as
follows:
Sharing
Schedule
Alli, Amanda, Colby,
Justin, Jaron:
9/8, 10/6, 11/3, 12/8, 1
/20 (Tues.), 2/9, 3/16, 4/20
Kameron, Addison, Alicia,
Savannah:
9/15, 10/13, 11/12
(Wed.), 12/15, 1/26, 2/23, 3/23, 4/27
Morgan, Noah, Jenee’,
Nevada, Cole:
9/22, 10/20, 11/17,
1/5, 3/2, 3/30, 5/4
Kayle, Kasey, Maddie,
Jessy:
9/29, 10/27, 12/1,
1/12, 2/2, 3/9, 4/6, 5/11
Please
note that the days are Monday unless otherwise noted. Also, there will be no makeup days if a child forgets,
because the rest of the week is planned for other instruction at morning
meeting and our days are filled! A
schedule to go on the refrigerator is in homework folders to help you remember!
Have
a great weekend!
3/4 News
In
Art clean up is going better.
Everyone is helping. We are
getting done faster because we are working together. For example, people are helping cut out things
together. We are working on a
hermit crab. We made a paper and
decorated it. Then we drew a
hermit crab and cut the pieces out.
Tomorrow we will glue them together and the project will be done.
The
whole school is talking about being respectful. People are keeping their space. People are not saying, “No, you can’t play.” Now we are not fighting as much.
Reporter:
Brian
News from the Science and Math Room
Week two and things are
really beginning to take off. We are all well underway with both science and
math. This past week has been filled with activities to assess the skill level
and concept understanding in math. We have also been continuing to review some
older material so as to refresh our brains and get used to using the habits of
mind that are characteristic of active learners. The routines are now set and
students seem to have already adjusted to the demands and expectations of this
classroom. In third and fourth grade math we have been working on solidifying
our understanding of place value and reviewing the skills necessary for a
successful year, such as mastering of math facts. The younger group of students
is beginning to realize that math is an active learning time that requires them
to take risks and learn from mistakes. The ability to think about their
thinking and share it with the group is an important aspect of this class and
students will need time to get used to the idea that everyone has great ideas
and mistakes are wonderful learning opportunities. In the fifth/sixth class we
have been working on expanding our understanding of factors and prime and
composite numbers. Students have been exploring division and multiplication and
generating rules that allow them to estimate divisibility. We are also
reviewing order of operations.
In
science we have gotten our notebooks organized and have begun to dig into the
content that is embedded in the topic of natural systems. Students used
metacognition (thinking about your thinking) to determine what they already
know or think they know about the topic. The have also reworded the enduring
understanding, begun developing vocabulary lists and have generated questions
that they would like to find the answer to. Next week, we will be learning or
reviewing some research techniques and will likewise begin to think about how
to set up a SCAP project.
Have
a great weekend. Enjoy the fair or the waning days of summertime warmth.
Parent request:
Natalie Mitiguy would
like to continue dance class with Ileen Blackman. I am looking for anyone else with an interest to share
transportation. Classes are on
Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:00 PM in downtown Rutland. Please call Mary Mitiguy at 235-1452.
Salad Bar on Tuesday and Thursday
Lunch Menu –
Monday 9/8 – Spaghetti with meatballs, tossed salad, apple slices
Tuesday 9/9 – turkey roll up, tomato, lettuce, cheese, chips, banana
Wednesday 9/10 – macaroni and cheese, celery sticks, pears
Thursday 9/11 - sloppy joes, cole slaw, orange slices
Friday 9/12 – potato salad veggies, rolled turkey, apple crisp
Fruit and vegetable served daily
Milk served with each meal
Alternate sandwiches: Cheese or Sunbutter & jelly
Please remember that we are now a “no nut” school.