Celebrate a Teacher And Support the BEF

Persuasive Writers Have New Animal Visitors!

Room 103 has been practicing our persuasive writing skills.  We persuaded Cian, the leprechaun to visit our classroom and leave treasures.  We persuaded Ms. P to bring us a new animal visitor.  Both a toad and some frogs arrived today!
Our confidence as persuasive writers is growing.  Some of us are writing persuasive notes to our parents asking for new toys, play dates, outings and even a new ipad!

We were thrilled when we discovered the treasures left for us by Cian.  Our letters persauded him to leave items in specific spots.

With our growing confidence we were eager to write more persuasive letters!

Frodo, the toad arrived today!

Ms. P. took a few minutes to introduce us to our new visitor and teach us how to care for him.  Frodo has rough, light brown  skin, webbed feet, and likes to jump!

Spaghetti and Meatball are the frogs that are visiting.  They too have webbed feet, but their skin is smooth and darker.  They tend to be faster than Frodo, so we observed them in a container so they could not leap away!  Both the toad and frogs like to eat crickets.  We can not wait until we get to watch them eat!

We Love Shake Breaks!

Friends in Room 103 love dancing to Go Noodle songs during our shake breaks!

Crazy Sock Day

TOMORROW is...

Crazy Sock Day

to

help raise awareness for Down Syndrome!

Sport your CRAZIEST socks to school on Tuesday, March 21st!

$1 donation is welcome, but not mandatory.  All donations will be given to the National Down Syndrome Society

Authors, Illustrators and Bookmakers!....and Readers!

Authors, Illustrators and Bookmakers!....and Readers!

Students are bookmakers, authors, illustrators and readers! We have created books on colors, nursery rhymes, holidays, greeting cards, counting fish, leprechauns, pumpkins, Thanksgiving and more! And there are more to come! You may be wondering what to do with all the books your son/daughter have brought home this year.  Here are some suggestions.

First - Keep them handy.  K students worked hard at producing these projects and they are quite proud of themselves.  Encourage them to read and re-read their books.  The rereading will help them build fluency! Re-reading familiar texts helps young readers become more confident and they practice reading with an appropriate voice.

Second - Encourage them to hunt for specific words in the books, to read them to others and to add details to them! As the year progresses we learn more and more new things that can motivate us to reflect on previous projects! As we begin to learn about digraphs, students can hunt for them in their completed projects.

Finally - Find a special place to keep them.  You and your child will enjoy them for many years.  Mrs. Hoyt’s eldest is in college now, but the books made in Kindergarten are special keepsakes.  They were fun to look back upon as she prepared to graduate high school.  A large rubber tote container works great to help store everything!

With 3 months left in our school year there are many more publications to come!  

Student Council Fundraiser Reminder

Pillow Pet Fundraiser!

Let’s work together to raise money to help children at Mass General Hospital!

When:

Friday, March 17th

Donations:

$1 donation required to wear pajamas.  

$2 to wear pajamas and a stuffed animal.  

Additional donations welcome!

All the money will be used to buy Pillow Pets for children at Mass General Hospital!

Thank you for your support

PG Student Council

Electrifying Assembly

Last week a lot of energy about electricity was generated!  Mr. Musselman and Ms. P of the Burlington Science Center gathered the entire school for an exciting assembly about electricity!

Students learned about circuits, conductors and insulators!

With the assistance of a volunteer student and a balloon we learned about static electricity and then two students experiments with that electricity causing the balloons to repel.

Mr. Musselman sparked our attention by introducing us to the Van De Graaff Generator.

The electricity flowed through our student volunteer and caused his hair to stand on end!  It did not go down until he grounded himself by stepping off of the rubber crate!

Our assembly ended with a special guest appearance by electricity science wizard, retired BPS teacher,  John Papadonis!  He introduced us to the Tesla Coil!  What an exciting assembly!