We've had another busy week in Room 115! We have learned a little about Wampanoags and Pilgrims. We read a story called “Tapenum” about a young Native American. We also read a story called “Samuel Eaton’s Day” which is about a day in the life of a Pilgrim boy. We will read a similar one called “Sarah Morton’s Day” which is about a day in the life of a Pilgrim girl. We talked a lot about the chores Pilgrim boys and girls had to do and I tried to encourage them to be helpful at home too! Our focus was where we live and the different kinds of homes we live in. We compared our homes to those of the Native Americans and Pilgrims.
We read a couple of archived Scholastic Let’s Find Out readers this week about Pilgrims and Wampanoags. The online version has some great videos that we watched to learn more about what their lives were like. I would encourage you to watch them at home with your children to further discuss homes, chores, and being thankful.
The website is: http://letsfindout.scholastic.com/
The password is: kindergarten115
You can type “Wampanoags” in where it says “Enter Keyword.”
The students wove placemats, decorated Native American tipis, and started making turkeys in the art area this week. They completed two class books about where they live and what they are thankful for. These books will be circulating around to homes along with all of our previous ones. Please be sure to read the books with your family and send them back to school as soon as possible for others to enjoy. The students also wrote about the Pilgrim boy we read about and did some more rhyming activities too. Another writing project included writing facts about the changes that are happening in the fall. Students wrote about leaves falling, harvesting pumpkins, apples, and potatoes, and how animals (including bears, geese, and chipmunks) prepare for winter. These will be coming home soon.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving will be a half day of school. Dismissal will be at 11:15am. A form went home this past week for you to complete and return that will let us know if children will be riding home on the bus or getting picked up by parents. Please return the form as soon as possible. We will not be eating lunch at school on Wednesday.
We will not be going to library next week because of the half day of school. The Wednesday after Thanksgiving will be our class’s turn to visit the Scholastic Book Fair so we will not be borrowing new books that day either. Students can either bring money from home to shop at the book fair or they can make a wish list that they can bring home to share with you. If you would like to buy books from the book fair, you can either purchase them online or visit our school library/book fair on conference day.
I am looking forward to meeting with you for conferences the week after Thanksgiving. Please be sure to check the schedule and let me know if you can’t make it.
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
Also… Please make sure your child brings warm clothes to wear outside for recess now that the weather is getting colder and please help them practice putting all their stuff on too!
From the Superintendent's Office...
Greetings everyone,
This is a reminder that Parent University will be taking place this Saturday at 8:30 am at BHS. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Christopher Willard (drchristopherwillard.com) who will be presenting on mindfulness and building resiliency in students.
Additionally, we will be running two workshop sessions with both faculty and community resources presenting on a variety of topics. The full list of presenters and the schedule can be found at the website: https://bpsparentuniversity2018.sched.com/
Registration is still open for parents at: https://www.burlingtonpublicschools.org/parents/parent-university
Thank you!
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