From Mrs. Vaughn:
January 19: Liam WApril 14: Maxwell HMay 17: Mrs. Foley
May 19: Stella B.
May 21: Anthony D. & Amanda W.
May 23: McKinnon N.
FRENCHTOWN NOTES
- Our last Fun Friday for the year is this Friday, May 22nd. AM K will run from 10:30-11:10 am, and PM K, Grade 1 & Grade 2 will run from 1:00-2:00 pm. Please sign up to volunteer HERE.
- First and second graders will be doing an outdoor activity and suggestions are welcome! Please contact the class liaisons if you have any ideas (Howard Faunce and Linda Settipane for Grade 1 and Judy Hart, Denise Lopez and Donnah Plante for Grade 2).
- Send a thank you to a teacher you appreciate and Target will donate $25 to Frenchtown! It's easy to do - just click HERE and follow the instructions.
- Thank you for your generous Jump Rope for Heart donations. We raised $1,995!
- Field Day is coming to Frenchtown on Wednesday, June 10th and Ms. Carr needs volunteers to make it a success. Read more and sign up to volunteer HERE.
- Upcoming events:
- May 18th: Jester & Pharley Visits
- May 22nd: Fun Friday
IN THE CLASSROOMS
Kindergarten
Science:
- We are working on Balls & Ramps. We will be discussing force, gravity, bouncing and rolling.
Other:
- Make sure you are using Reading A-Z with your student. If you've lost your login information, please let us know.
Grade 1
Math:
- We continue to work on strategies for adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers.
- The students have been reading word problems and learning to pick out key words and phrases to help solve the problems.
- They are also learning multiple ways to show how they know their equation to be true, using either words or pictures and symbols.
- We continue to work on spelling and conventions in written language.
- Children should be able to start a sentence with a capital letter and end with proper punctuation.
- We continue to learn bout rocks in our science kit.
- The children have learned about various ways to sort rocks and will soon sift earth materials to see the various sizes of rocks (large/small rocks, pebbles, gravel, sand, silt).
Grade 2
Math:
- Students are continuing to practice using mental math to add and subtract two one-digit numbers.
- At this point in time, they are aware of different strategies to solve multi-step addition and subtraction word problems.
- The students are continuing to research and take notes on their assigned insect.
- They should be thinking about what supplies to collect in order to start working on the insect poster. Please let your child's teacher know if you are having problems finding supplies.
- Each class has been observing the larvae stage of the painted lady butterfly. They are all anxiously awaiting what happens next!
