Classroom News

Dear Families,

The students earned a celebration for positive behavior! They voted on "nap time". On Tuesday afternoon, we will have a quiet, rest time. Students may bring comfortable clothes or blankets and they will be allowed to draw, read, or rest for 30 minutes. 

On Wednesday, we will have Kinderbuddies and on Thursday, we will ski in the afternoon. 

Global School Play Day will be on Wednesday, February 6th with the whole school. Click here to read about it. 

On Friday, February 8th, we will lead All School Morning Meeting and then go to the Flynn. 

Students experimenting with potential energy. 

Classroom News

Working on our energy unit with Rubber Band Racers. 

Getting comfortable on our skis with a game of soccer!

Important Dates

Monday, 1/21 No School

Monday, 2/11 Guest Author Visit, JASON CHIN! 

Wednesday, 2/13 Late Start

Monday 2/11 through Friday 2/15 ~ "I Love to Read and Write week"

Friday, 2/22 ~ Last day of second Trimester

Tuesday, 3/5 ~ School and Town Meeting Day

Wednesday, 3/13 ~ report cards go home

Friday, 3/15 ~ Half Day for students ~ conferences in the afternoon

Classroom News

Hi Families,

 Family Math Game Night is Thursday, January 17th from 5:30-6:30 pm!

Boston chaperone letters were mailed on Friday. If you requested to have your name in the lottery to be a chaperone and did not receive a letter, please contact me. Unfortunately, we could only take 13 chaperones and we had many more parents that wanted to go.

Cross-country skiing was a blast! Enjoy the pictures.

Classroom News

Dear Families,

This week we will go to the Flynn Theater on Monday to see The Phantom Tollbooth. Click here if you would like to learn more about the performance.

There is a late start this Wednesday.

We will start our cross-country ski program on Thursday. The weather looks like it will cooperate to allow for us to get outside and start skiing!

Our next writing and reading unit will be adapting and writing fairy tales. Fairy tales allow us to emphasize a clear event sequence that unfolds naturally, and the use of dialogue and description to develop the events, the language that signals event order. For example, as children read and think about phrases such as ¨Once upon a time,¨ ¨Later at Grandma's house,¨ and ¨Just then, along came a wolf,¨ fairy tales are perfect for teaching transitional phrases to glue scenes of their stories together. Our read-aloud for this unit will be The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer.

Enjoy your week,
Mrs. Carter

Classroom News

Dear Families,

Our cross-country ski program will start on January 10th. Please fill out the emailed ski waiver before the first session. All students were fitted for boots already. Scott Berkley, from the Ski Cubs Program at the Catamount Trail Association, will be the instructor and students will be in small groups. Parents are welcome to join us, however, Scott would need to be notified before you come. Please send me an email if you plan to join us.

We are going to do the lottery system for Boston chaperones this week. Unfortunately, we cannot bring everyone that requested to go. We had over 30 parents request to chaperone and we can only bring 15 chaperones.

Enjoy the pictures below!

Gifts for the students.



Making lanterns for the Winter Solstice.


Stringing cranberries for the birds.


Cooking bread over a fire!



Students make a seesaw! It really works!


Teamwork and focus on detail!


Holiday crafts and cookie decorating.