Good Afternoon,
I hope you all had a pleasant long weekend. I spent half of my time in Portsmouth, NH watching a few soccer games and the latter half of the weekend working around the house. I love doing lawn work and find it very fulfilling.
I have received payment for our field trip for 8 of the 14 students. Please send in the $1.50 this week. It looks like we have enough driver's on the 6th of June. We will be leaving around 10:15 and arriving back by 1:30. Tomorrow, I will be asking kids who needs a school lunch for that day. If your child will need one provided, please let them know.
End of year testing. I was in the class all day today but was testing kids 1:1 in math and will do the same tomorrow for reading. Sally Utter is also in the room with me to help the kids through the day.
Have a great week.
Peace,
Tommy
May 30, 2017
May 24, 2017
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Good Afternoon,
Your child will be a bit excited about their homework. They will each have a pair of paper binoculars and their science log. They are being asked to observe the moon once over the next week. They should then draw what they saw and explain their observations. Some have asked if they can observe more than once. I am fine with that but want you to control the number of times because they may need to stay up later than usual to do this observation (hence the ability to do it over the weekend). I ask that you send the science journal and binoculars back by next Wednesday.
Field Trip Update:
We will be headed to TBPS on the 9th and then up to Little River State Park. I NEED $1.50 from each kid. It costs us $0.50 to get into the park and then I am using the other $14 to buy ice cream for the class afterwards. Unfortunately, due to costs, the TBPS kids could not do Ben & Jerry's, so this will be a happy compromise. Please send in the money by 6/2/17. Checks can be made to Waitsfield Elementary School.
We will head to Harwood on June 6th. I am still looking for 1 more driver. Barb, Kasara, and I will drive. Students can order a bagged lunch from our school or bring their own that day.
Have a great Wednesday afternoon.
Peace,
Tommy
Your child will be a bit excited about their homework. They will each have a pair of paper binoculars and their science log. They are being asked to observe the moon once over the next week. They should then draw what they saw and explain their observations. Some have asked if they can observe more than once. I am fine with that but want you to control the number of times because they may need to stay up later than usual to do this observation (hence the ability to do it over the weekend). I ask that you send the science journal and binoculars back by next Wednesday.
Field Trip Update:
We will be headed to TBPS on the 9th and then up to Little River State Park. I NEED $1.50 from each kid. It costs us $0.50 to get into the park and then I am using the other $14 to buy ice cream for the class afterwards. Unfortunately, due to costs, the TBPS kids could not do Ben & Jerry's, so this will be a happy compromise. Please send in the money by 6/2/17. Checks can be made to Waitsfield Elementary School.
We will head to Harwood on June 6th. I am still looking for 1 more driver. Barb, Kasara, and I will drive. Students can order a bagged lunch from our school or bring their own that day.
Have a great Wednesday afternoon.
Peace,
Tommy
May 15, 2017
Monday, May 15
Good Afternoon,
Today we started our final opinion pieces. The students are working on the writing portion of their Pokemon cards. We will have an evening, in June, where all of you will be invited to explores some of your child's writing from this semester as well as vote on your favorite new Pokemon card. More details to come on this in the coming weeks.
This afternoon, the tooth tutor cam in to talk to our class about good practices and how to best clean your teeth. She has been visiting all of the classrooms.
The next few days will be quite sunny and you may want to start thinking about applying sun screen to your child in the morning. We will be outside at various times over the last few weeks of school.
FIELD TRIPS:
*We will be headed to Harwood Union on the morning/afternoon of June 6th. We will be working with a freshman english class as we share our writings and get editing suggestions. I am looking for drivers to help get kids to and from on this day.
*We will be going to meet our pen pals in Waterbury on Friday, June 9th. We will pick them up at TBPS and then head to Little River State park to hike. We will eat lunch at the park and then head to Sunflower to get creemes. Your child will need $1.50 for this trip. I am looking for any and all volunteers for this. So far I have Brynley's mom signed up to go.
Tommy
Today we started our final opinion pieces. The students are working on the writing portion of their Pokemon cards. We will have an evening, in June, where all of you will be invited to explores some of your child's writing from this semester as well as vote on your favorite new Pokemon card. More details to come on this in the coming weeks.
This afternoon, the tooth tutor cam in to talk to our class about good practices and how to best clean your teeth. She has been visiting all of the classrooms.
The next few days will be quite sunny and you may want to start thinking about applying sun screen to your child in the morning. We will be outside at various times over the last few weeks of school.
FIELD TRIPS:
*We will be headed to Harwood Union on the morning/afternoon of June 6th. We will be working with a freshman english class as we share our writings and get editing suggestions. I am looking for drivers to help get kids to and from on this day.
*We will be going to meet our pen pals in Waterbury on Friday, June 9th. We will pick them up at TBPS and then head to Little River State park to hike. We will eat lunch at the park and then head to Sunflower to get creemes. Your child will need $1.50 for this trip. I am looking for any and all volunteers for this. So far I have Brynley's mom signed up to go.
Tommy
May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
Good Afternoon,
I am sorry I didn't get a post out yesterday. Over the last two days, the students teamed up and worked on editing their writings about the school's hat rule. They were asked to use an anchor chart (about persuasive writing) that allowed them to check for all of the elements within their writing. Most groups found that they were missing introductions in their pieces. Ask your child about our "Hamburger" format in writing.
Field Trip Update: I am working with our pen-pal teacher as we set up our final pen-pal celebration. We are looking at June 9th. We will go to Little River State Park and hike. Tom and I are working out the final details. I will get back to you with more information and cost. Any and all chaperones would be welcomed. Please let me know if you want to come along for the fun in the (hopefully) sun.
Yesterday we set a new record on our power walk. The kids powered through the "snowy conditions" and were proud of their achievement. We stopped by the VG on the way back and celebrated with a cup of hot chocolate for each kid.
I hope you have a great week.
Peace,
Tommy
I am sorry I didn't get a post out yesterday. Over the last two days, the students teamed up and worked on editing their writings about the school's hat rule. They were asked to use an anchor chart (about persuasive writing) that allowed them to check for all of the elements within their writing. Most groups found that they were missing introductions in their pieces. Ask your child about our "Hamburger" format in writing.
Field Trip Update: I am working with our pen-pal teacher as we set up our final pen-pal celebration. We are looking at June 9th. We will go to Little River State Park and hike. Tom and I are working out the final details. I will get back to you with more information and cost. Any and all chaperones would be welcomed. Please let me know if you want to come along for the fun in the (hopefully) sun.Yesterday we set a new record on our power walk. The kids powered through the "snowy conditions" and were proud of their achievement. We stopped by the VG on the way back and celebrated with a cup of hot chocolate for each kid.
I hope you have a great week.
Peace,
Tommy
May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017
Good Afternoon,
We welcomed a new student to our class on Wednesday. Zack Berry comes to us from Barre City School and is a 2nd grader. He has two sisters and a brother. He likes basketball and to have books read to him. He is a great addition to our class and look forward to these last 30 days with him.
We continued writing persuasive pieces this week. The students finished their pieces on why students should or should not wear hats in school. The kids were a bit divided on this and had some interesting reasons for their stance on the issue.
Yesterday, the class joined Mr. Van Dine's group as they presented their books that they made in French class. The kids split into smaller groups and listened as the 5th and 6th graders shared their stories.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
Peace,
Tommy
We welcomed a new student to our class on Wednesday. Zack Berry comes to us from Barre City School and is a 2nd grader. He has two sisters and a brother. He likes basketball and to have books read to him. He is a great addition to our class and look forward to these last 30 days with him. We continued writing persuasive pieces this week. The students finished their pieces on why students should or should not wear hats in school. The kids were a bit divided on this and had some interesting reasons for their stance on the issue.
Yesterday, the class joined Mr. Van Dine's group as they presented their books that they made in French class. The kids split into smaller groups and listened as the 5th and 6th graders shared their stories.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
Peace,
Tommy
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