Dear Third Grade Parents and Families, During the first weeks of school, I chose to keep all Accelerated Math work in the classroom. This allowed me to see exactly where each student is in terms of his/her math skills and has informed my teaching and grouping. Now that we have these systems in place, I’d […]
Kindergarten Families, It is hard to believe that we are beginning our ninth week of school. Please keep in mind the Saint’s Parade will be here soon. Send in the name of your child’s Saint this week. We have to make banners for your children. Our field trip went quite well. The bus was a […]
Fiesta week has arrived and we look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday as we work, play, eat, and enjoy entertainment while we raise funds for our school & parish. Thank you for your generous response to our request for time in the game booths; roomparents will be contacting you with final arrangements. Be sure […]
The Ventura Suburban Kiwanis Club will deliver their Wishing Well on Friday, October 22 and it will remain in the library for one week. All coins placed in the Wishing Well spiral down the side in an entertaining manner and join with others to support two important local projects: Penfield School & Community Memorial Hospital […]
We finally finished Wayside School is Falling Down, the second book in Louis Sachar’s classic Wayside School series. Our class was in stitches upon discovering that the Wayside kids were, in fact, not experiencing an earthquake but an invasion of cows! We will be examining “fantasy” as a genre within fiction literature next week.
After returning from the Science Lab we came up with a list to describe what a cross section of celery looks like: Bubbles, snake skin, pimples, chicken pox, cells, and really small eggs. After working with our vocabulary words one student said, ” Everything comes together when you use vocabulary words, that’s really cool.”
Fourth graders have been enjoying our Gooseberry Park vocabulary and character tree. Each leaf of our brightly colored fall tree carries a vocabulary word from the book. Students have searched the internet for chocolate labs, squirrels, and other exciting characters that have been part of our days for the last 5 weeks.
Today our class will be in the Science Lab moving water in celery. We are going to collaborate together, predict and observe what happens when celery is put in water with food coloring.
The faculty has spent a great deal of time discussing the importance of field trips in the educational experiences of our students. During the 2010-11 school year, each class will go on four off-site trips that specifically relate to standards addressed at the grade level. Each class will be well-prepared for the field trip and […]
Sixth graders are now divided randomly into two math groups: the Cool Cubes and Apple Pi. We are working on pattern recognition and algebraic expressions. Seventh graders will have their test this Friday and then they will be divided into two groups. The eighth graders are already in two math groups: the Negative Nerds and […]