Classroom News

What an interesting start to the week!  Students were excited to share stories from the wind storm!  I hope that everyone has power or gets it back very soon!

Today, we had our first all-school celebration since we filled our school PBIS “tree”.  Ask your child what activity they participated in.  Also, a big thanks to Joseph and his family for sharing a delicious popcorn treat for snack this morning!

During our literacy times, we read an interesting Scholastic News article about animals that sound scary, such as the ghost bat and the skeletorus spider.  We learned lots of new information about these animals, which helped us form our own opinions about whether or not they are really frightening.  This article will come home in the next Friday folder.  It would be great if students can reread this article at home and share their facts and opinions about these creepy creatures with you!

Tomorrow, we are planning to go outside for an ECO mapping lesson.  Please help your child come prepared to spend part of the morning outside.  Students should have a jacket or coat, outdoor shoes, and warm layers. They may also want to bring a hat and gloves so they stay warm.  

Please let me know at conferences if you are interested in helping out with future ECO lessons.  These lessons will usually take place on Wednesday mornings or Thursday afternoons, but this may vary depending on weather.

Also, please help your child keep their Halloween candy at home.  This helps everyone stay healthy and focused during the school day.  Thanks!

EMES Holiday Feast:

The EMES Holiday Feast is this Friday, November 3rd.  If you are planning to attend, please return your form to the cafeteria so they can plan for the correct number of guests.  Hope to see you there!

Conference Day: Friday, November 10th:  (no school for students)

Conference confirmation forms are coming home today. If you haven't signed up for a time, please send me an email with some times that work for you.

Circus Residency and Performance:

EMES will participate in a Circus Residency from November 6th to 17th.  Please join us for the circus performance at U32 on Thursday, November 16th!

Upcoming Events and Reminders

Open House:

Thanks to everyone who was able to join us for the EMES Open House last night!  We had an incredible turnout!  I am sending home copies of the math games so kids can continue playing them at home. 

EMES Monster Mash:

The Monster Mash will be on Friday, October 27th from from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.  The games will be from 6:00 to 7:00 pm and dancing from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.  The cost is $5 per family and the proceeds go to support the EMES PTNO.

EMES Holiday Feast:

The Holiday Feast will on Friday, November 3rd.  Hope you can join us for this wonderful event!  The schedule is:

• 11:15-11:50:  PreK/Kindergarten
• 11:50-12:25:  Grades 1-3
• 12:25-1:00:  Grades 4-6

Conference Day: (no school for students)

Our first conference day of the year is coming up on Friday, November 10th.  I will have some other evening times available for conferences as well.  Please keep an eye out for a conference sign-up this week.

Circus Residency and Performance:

EMES will participate in a Circus Residency from November 6th to 17th.  Please join us for the circus performance at U32 on Thursday, November 16th!

Scholastic Book Order:

I am sending home the October Scholastic book order.  Please return your form and payment by next Friday, October 27th. Let me know if you need any help with your order.

Enjoy the beautiful weekend!

P.E. Lab at the Millstone Trails in Barre!

On Wednesday, we participated in our very first P.E. Lab with Mr. Blanchard.  Students did a fantastic job setting goals, trying out new skills, and having a "growth mindset".  It was wonderful to see students challenging themselves and having a fun time with classmates and adults.

A big thank you to Mr. Blanchard for organizing this trip and sharing his expertise in rock climbing!  Also, thanks so much to our wonderful parent volunteers, Bobbi-Jo, Darci, Marlena, Rosemond, and Shawn, who drove students to Millstone and helped them as they tried rock climbing, slacklining, and hiking!  I appreciate everyone's support with making this special opportunity possible for our students!

Photos and News From Our Classroom!

Math Class:  We have been continuing to learn about place value by building and writing two- and three-digit numbers.  We have also practiced using efficient strategies to solve addition problems.  Students have done an amazing job sharing their math thinking with their classmates!

Choice Time and Class Celebrations:  We love our daily snack and choice time!  It is a fun time to chat, play games, and build with Legos and construction straws!  When we fill our classroom "tree", we often vote for extra indoor and outdoor choice times.  This week, however, we chose to have our celebration be a Comfy Cozy Day with stuffed animals.  It was so fun to meet our new stuffed animal friends during our morning meeting greeting! 

Literacy/Writing:  Last week, Mrs. Christy visited our class and taught us how to create Heart Maps about the people, places, things, and events that our important to us.  We had an opportunity to share  our Heart Maps during a "gallery walk", which gave some of us new ideas about things that we want to add to our own maps.  We will keep our Heart Maps in our writing folders to help us when we are looking for new topics for our "small moment" narratives.  This week, we will continue to learn how to stretch out our narrative stories to include meaningful details.

Read Aloud with Ms. Lyford:  On Tuesday, Ms. Lyford visited our class to read the book, Sixth Violin, by Hana Hashimoto.  This story connects with our classroom and PBIS group discussions about growth mindset.  We have been talking about how it can take time to learn something new and that there may be challenges along the way, but that having a growth mindset allows us to set and reach goals for new learning. 

Meeting with our class buddies!  On Thursday, we had our first meeting with our 5th and 6th grade buddies from Mrs. Shedd's classroom.  We started off with some partner reading time and then went outside to play.  What a fun way to end the school week!