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Week of 9/18

This year the school would like to implement a school wide working (healthy) snack for grades 1-5.  Students would need to provide their own healthy snack from home.  We will start snack next week.  In math we continued place value with using a number line to round numbers.  Each student has an account for our online math book  (www.pearsonsuccess.net)  Visit the online math book site and have your child show you about the site and his/her progress.  On September 17th it was Constitution Day.  We learned about the Constitution and its importance.  Also we signed a class Constitution.  Your child can share with you what we learned in his/her Google drive.  In science we will started our study of erosion and weathering and how they affect the surface of the  Earth.   Every student has an account for our online science book at www.discoveryeducation.com.  Have your child show you the site.   Don’t forget to ask your child to share his/her work in Google Please take the time to read with your child.  Your child should read for at least 20 minutes nightly.

READING TIP OF THE WEEK:

Ask your child what he/she is reading.  Ask what it is about and what is enjoyable about the book.  Ask your child to describe it to you.

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Important Dates:

Monday, 9/21 West Springfield Day at the Big E (after school)

Friday 10/2 Field Trip, Skinner State Park

Monday, 10/12, No School, Columbus Day

Schedule of Specials:

Tuesday- Physical Education (PE)   Wednesday- **Arts Block  Thursday - Computer   Friday (PE)

Room 27 News

LEARN LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY

Week of 9/11

We started the year with the daily class routine and using our agenda for organization.  The agenda should be signed by a parent/guardian every night.  In addition the front inside page of the agenda needs to be filled out and signed by parent/guardian indicating the student handbook was read.  This year the school would like to implement a school wide working (healthy) snack for grades 1-5.  Students would need to provide their own healthy snack from home.  We have netbooks in our class and each student has a Google account.  We use the the computers in all subject areas.  Ask your child to share his/her work in Google.  In math we started place value with comparing and ordering numbers.  Each student has an account for our online math book  (www.pearsonsuccess.net)  Visit the online math book site and have your child show you about the site and his/her progress.  In English Language Arts, we discussed just right books and monitoring our thinking while we read using stick on notes.   Also we worked on reading and responding to questions using evidence from the story.   In social studies we started map skills with latitude and longitude.  In science we will start our study of erosion and weathering and how the earth is constantly changing next week.   Homework will be given Monday-Thursday.  Please take the time to read with your child.  Your child should read for at least 20 minutes nightly.

Important Dates:

Open House at Coburn School, Thursday, September 17, 2015

5:30 pm -7:00 pm

Field Trip, Skinner State Park, Friday, October 2, 2015

Early Release:  Dismissal at 1:15 pm, Monday, October 14, 2015

Schedule of Specials:

Tuesday- Physical Education (PE)   Wednesday- **Arts Block  Thursday - Computer   Friday (PE)

Contact information:  jcanata@wsps.org or 413-263-3318

We performed our play at the end of the year.  See photos below.

To go along with our study of immigration, we completed a study of Ellis Island.  Mr.  Noonan transformed the classroom into Ellis Island.  Students needed to come prepared with a passport from their country, a bag of items from their country, be able to answer questions about why they came to America, and what they hoped to find in the new country.  In addition students were asked questions and had to be inspected such as an eye examine along with their features measured.  Students experienced part of what it was like to come through Ellis Island to America.  Some students received a passport into America while others were deported.  As a follow up, students were asked questions, particularly about their experience of the day.  See pictures below.
   

      Eye examine

  Questioning

         

      Passport check
                                                                      

     Passed! Welcome to America                                        

                 

        The deported

Congratulations to Maddie

 Bully Poem Winner! 

Acceptance

        When you bully you lose a friend

    But when you accept you’ll gain one again

                 Don’t be a bully , it’s just rude

      You’ll make more friends with less attitude

       Accepting others is the right thing to do

    Friends and family will agree with you too

        I don’t get why people bully each other

           So take a step up to help one another

                     SO JUST , ACCEPT !

                                              By: Maddie

We completed a project on the regions of the United States.  We created a Voice Thread to share our work.  See examples below.