1st and 2nd Grade Whole School Morning Meeting

Students shared the definition of pitch, medium, and  vibration.

Shared how to books on how to make their instruments. 

And played their instruments while singing. 

First and Second Grade News

First and Second Grade News

February 20, 2015

Dear Families,

Hopefully we’ll all be getting some outside time this week whether you’re flying south or waiting for the sap to run.  We finished our unit on sound and have the instruments displayed in the hallway along with “How To” books and reports.  The students have worked hard this month and both classes have earned celebrations for today.   The first and second graders led the all school Morning Meeting today and did a great job!  Please check out all the wonderful writing first and second graders are doing when you come for Town Meeting!

We will be launching our Science and Informational writing unit after the break.  Students will be writing reports about their individual ECO animals along with other writing about ecosystems.

In Reading Workshop we will be reading across genres in first grade and exploring different texts on the same subject.  The second graders will be deepening their knowledge in non-fiction reading as they work in reading clubs for the month of March.

In Math first graders will be diving into a measurement unit and continue learning strategies for solving addition facts.  The second graders will begin a fraction unit, I will introduce the concept of halves, thirds, and fourths, and will continue to practice their problem solving skills. 

Dates to Remember:

Fun Fitness Friday – March 6^th

Pi Night – Thursday, March 12^th, 6-7pm

ECO – 3/10 Raynor, 3/17 Levangie

Have a wonderful break!

Best,

Lisa and Randilee  

First grade math

Measuring our right feet! Today we read How Long is a Foot? and learned of the king's trouble when he tried to have a bed made for the Queen using his own foot as the unit of measure. 

February 12, 2015

Dear Parents of First & Second Grade Students,

         

I am excited to announce that I am pregnant and my family of three will be growing to four. My intention is to work until the end of the school year; as the baby is due to arrive in the beginning of July.  I will be taking a year leave of absence to be at home with my family.  In the meantime, I am excited to keep working hard alongside your students every day. 

The teacher assigned to take over the class in my absence is not known at this point, but we will be working very hard to find a year-long substitute who is a good fit for the first and second graders.  Please keep an eye out for communication from the office regarding the search process, including a call for parent volunteers.

 I am planning to discuss the upcoming changes with your children before the break.   I hope that our conversations will offer children, especially our first graders, reassuring information that will help them make the easiest possible transition to a new teacher next year.  If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me here at school.

Thank you so much for your support.

Sincerely,

Randilee Raynor

1^st & 2^nd Grade Teacher

rraynor@u32.org     

802-454-7777 ext 312

FFF CANCELLED

Fun Fitness Friday is CANCELLED for this week, Friday, February 13^th  due to forecasted cold temperatures.

The high temp in Calais is forecasted to be minus 3 degrees.

Our final FFF is scheduled for Friday, March 6^th.

Unfortunately, ECO has been cancelled for tomorrow, because our instructor, Angie, is sick with the flu.

First and second grade marching band

100th Day Fun

Students portraits of themselves at the age of 100. Come stop by the hallway soon to see all of them ondisplay!

100th day glasses

100th day shared snack

Report cards and SOUND

Report cards were sent home Friday. Report card envelopes should be signed and returned to school next week. You will also notice that the pink forms below were included with report cards, give your kiddo a lil valentine at school to remind them how much you love them!  Please be sure to send these pink forms back into school as soon as you can so we can prepare valentines. <3

Students exploring the great homemade instruments their classmates created! 

Mr. Owens even stopped in for a visit while we were sharing our homemade instruments! 

Exploring large and small tuning forks and writing lab reports.