Jogathon and Sophie Finishes Fastt Math!

Tuesday was a terrific day for the Jogathon.  We ran around the school circle for our jogging time and spent some time cheering for other classes while we weren't jogging.  We enjoyed an outdoor lunch on the playground with all the other elementary classes and spent some time dancing to music being played by the DJ.  Everyone did a fantastic job and had a fantastic time!
Today we celebrated Sophie's accomplishment of finishing Fastt Math addition.  Mr. Madden joined our class to present Sophie with her certificate.  Sophie will now move on to subtraction.  I have challenged the class to work hard and do their Fastt Math daily this summer to see if we can get everyone ready for subtraction in second grade.
As part of Movement May our class spent some time today doing Zumba and Hula Hooping.  It was a nice way to finish off Movement May.
This Wednesday, June 5th is our Firefly Team Picnic.  Please bring your own meal and beverages and join us at the Shelburne Beach at 5:30.  We will be celebrating summer birthdays at the team picnic.
K-2 Field Day T-shirts came home yesterday in backpacks.  Please make sure your child wears his/her T-shirt to school on Tuesday, June 11th for the K-2 Field Day.  If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email sometime this week.  We already have four people signed up to help out.  Please look in this week's Friday Folder for a list of end of year events for the Firefly Team.  The week of June 10th will be Spirit Week for us.  Monday will be "Wacky Hair Day", Tuesday will be "Be a Reader Beach Day", Wednesday will be "Board Game Day" and Thursday will be "Backwards Day".  Friday, June 14th is the last day of school.  It is a half day with an 11:35 dismissal time.

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Zoe Finishes Fastt Math!

Firefly First Grade worked hard this week finishing up our assessments.  Both Literacy and Math are now completed and everyone did a fantastic job in both areas.  We now look forward to spending the remainder of the school year reviewing and extending our learning in all areas of the curriculum.
We also look forward to the rescheduled Jog-a-thon on Tuesday of this coming week.  A reminder to send your children to school that day dressed appropriately, already sun screened and with a water bottle.  With any luck this wet weather will move out of the area by then.
Unfortunately our School Outreach visit from Shelburne Farms has had to be cancelled due to the Jog-a-thon rescheduling.  We are working with Shelburne Farms to try to find an alternative date for this, however they are pretty booked at this time of year and it may not be possible.
This week we will finish up our Science Unit about pollination by using the knowledge we have gained through this unit to act as agricultural engineers and create our own hand pollinators.
Congratulations to Zoe for finishing Fastt Math addition.  She will now join Claire in working on subtraction.  I can't wait to see who is our next hard worker to persevere through all those lessons and have the opportunity to feel proud of this accomplishment. I know there are several students who are very close to moving to subtraction!
I hope everyone has a terrific long weekend!

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Jog-a-thon Date Change

The SCS Jog-a-thon has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 28th.

Evacuation Drill

Today SCS participated in an evacuation drill.  All K-8 staff and students walked to the Field House for this procedure to practice and prepare for the possibility of a real evacuation in the future.  Everyone did a terrific job during this important procedure.
In science this week we learned about various problems apple tree farmers face with pest management and how they are able to solve those problems through Integrated Pest Management.  Ask your child why Integrated Pest Management is a good solution for farmers to use.
Our class spent a lot of time doing spring assessments this week.  We completed our fact fluency assessment, the Common Math Assessment for first grade and have also been working on Literacy Assessments.  We will continue with Literacy Assessments and hopefully finish up by the end of next week.
A reminder that the Jog-A-Thon will take place this Thursday.  Please remember to send your child with a water bottle, sneakers, and appropriate clothing.  Please also sunscreen your child before they come to school that day.

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Summer Online Math Course Open To Parents

Here is an opportunity from Stanford University that is free, flexible and on-line over the summer...

I am already registered to take this course, but it is also open to parents!  If you are interested in gaining a stronger understanding of current math practices and would like to gain some strategies to support your child at home, this will be a great opportunity!

Hands On Nature

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We enjoyed a terrific Hands On Nature lesson about bees and pollination this week.  We learned about insect parts, the honey bee dance and enjoyed honey and crackers at the end of the lesson. This was our last Hands On Nature lesson of the school year.  A huge thank you to our Hands On Nature parents for helping us learn more about nature this year.
We also began our new Science unit about insects, plants, pollination and agricultural engineering.  What a nice connection to Hands On Nature!  At the end of this unit we will be designing our own hand pollinators.
We finished our Farm Unit in math this week. We celebrated today by inviting Mrs. Nakhleh's class and Pam Cyr's fifth grade class to come see our farms.  This was a wonderful opportunity to share our learning with our peers.  The farms are coming home today.  Everyone is so excited to share with their families!  Please take some time over the weekend to take a look at all the hard work that went into your child's farm.  They all did a fantastic job!
Once again, this will be the last week for homework!  My hope is that everyone will continue to read daily through the summer.  I would also like everyone to continue to work hard on Fastt Math.  Other than that, homework is to play and have fun outdoors!
Have a great weekend!

Zuma Zuma!

Lily's Farm  From Home

Kody's Adventure Out West

Sophie's Dophin Adventure in Mexico

What a terrific week it has been!  Nice weather, some great shares from vacations over break, extra recess, and a fantastic field trip to the Flynn to see "Zuma, Zuma"!  Be sure to ask your child about this terrific performance.
Our Social Studies unit finished up this week with Hyperstudio presentations by all first and second graders.  Please enjoy this slide show of these presentations:

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We also welcomed our new classmate, Solie. She has been such a nice addition to our class!
We will have two more weeks of homework and that will be it for the school year!  Homework for the next two weeks will NOT include a reading record to be signed.  Hopefully, nightly reading has become a regular routine at this point.
During the next two weeks we will finish up our Farm Unit, begin a unit called "The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators" in Science and continue our narrative work in Reader's and Writer's Workshops.  We look forward to our last Hands On Nature lesson this Friday.
Please check this week's Friday Folder for information regarding some end of year activities.  Firefly Spirit Days will be posted at a later time on the blog.  These will take place the last week of school.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather!