Math, Science and Number Corner

    In math this week we did story problems and building arrays! We did some story problems about a girl named Maggie on a farm and we built arrays with base ten pieces to figure them out. Also at the end of the week we did a page in our student workbook independently where we had an array to build and find out the product for it.

    In science this week we read different problems and we tried to figure out systems are working in them. For example, “A teammate kicks the ball to you during a soccer game and you kick it across the field and make a goal.” In this problem a lot of systems work together. Also we wrote questions down about the human body on a piece of paper and then we gave them to Kristy and she chose some to ask the class. We did this because we are finishing our human body unit and on Friday we did a test.

    In number corner this week we talked about our calendar which has 4 quadrants on it and a triangle that is moving around those 4 quadrants.  We talked about the vocabulary we can use to describe the triangle’s different movement each day. For example, rotate and slide. Also, we talked about how each day of the month we have been adding 6 inches to a meter. To keep track of this, our number corner keepers have filing in a chart.

 Reading and Writing

    In reading this week we have been finishing up our summary of the blood cells article. We are basically taking the main idea and the 3 supporting details from the planning sheet and making them into a summary. We have also been reading in our just right books and still continuing with our book talks as usual.

    In writing this week we have been working on our narratives. A lot of us are almost done and all that needs to happen is Mrs. Crowther edit it, but some of us are taking our time and succeeding as well. We also did a lesson on dialogue. We learned about quotation marks and that you need to put a comma before you put a quotation mark. That when you're writing and you want someone to talk in your writing, you need to use quotation marks.

 Other Important News and Events

    -Thanksgiving Break!!!
    -It’s too late to hand in forms, but the pie sale at the Holiday Craft Fair is December 1st.
    - On Friday November 30th at 6:30pm Jenny Land is having a launch party for her new novel The Spare Room at the Flying Pig.
    - And just to tell you this is our (Maddy Krupp and Greta Powers) last blog. We had  fun writing it and now new kids are going to write it. I hope you enjoyed it!

 PTO Notes & News for November 2012

We've sold 28 LOCAL COUPON BOOKS. They are still available (c:
sweeneyrs@gmail.com) and they'll be for sale at the Holiday Fair.

HANNAFORD HELPS SCHOOLS program continues through 12/1. Please remember
to bring in your "Hannaford Helps Schools" receipts to the office or put in the kiosk
at Hannaford.

We made over $700 on business listings for the SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Please solicit
these businesses listed in the back of the directory that have supported our school!

There will be a table collecting donations for the Shelburne Food Shelf at the
HOLIDAY FAIR. Please consider bringing something to donate.

The FALL GRANT COMMITTEE will meet on Thursday, 11/15 to decide on PTO
grant recipients.

The COAT DRIVE is still on. You can drop off gently used winter gear in the box in
front of the office.

Congratulations to DELANEY BRUNVAND for her published piece in the Young
Writers Project anthology.

Librarian KARI AHEARN was quoted in the e-zine, Amplify regarding the success of
e-reading at our school.

Joplin James has again brought the IMAGINATION PLAYGROUND to our school.
Thanks to the Green Mountain Children's Museum for their donation of this!

RED RIBBON WEEK, the week of 10/29 was a week to "stand proud and loud
against drugs and bullying". The week included presentations by middle school
students from Project LEAD, a middle school assembly and a faculty flash mob!
Check out the video on the SCS library page (https://sites.google.com/a/cssu.org/
scslibrary/)

Thank you to David Southworth for organizing a schoolwide MOCK ELECTION.
Students were given the opportunity to experience registering to vote and
completing a sample ballot. Interestingly, the mock election results mirrored the
actual election results.

UA CURRICULUM NIGHT was very well attended - over 150 families!

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS has included harassment policies
training, common core development specifically for math and language arts, and
Functional Behavior Assessment training.

PTO sponsored speaker MARILYN NEAGLEY gave a wonderful talk last night
about Mindfulness and how it's being used in classrooms (here at SCS!) and
at home. If you weren't able to attend you can check out her website (http://
www.talkaboutwellness.org/) for more information on this very interesting subject.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
• Holiday Fair - Saturday, 12/1, 9:30a - 1:30p

HELP WANTED:
• Math Counts Coordinator (contact Allan Miller )
• SKAT Class leaders - Needed for cooking class, science class and UN
Delegation class (contact Sue Schaefer - sschaefer@cssu.org)

THANK YOUS:
• Dawn Fragola for coordinating the most lucrative Newberry Bake Sale ever!
• Everyone who helped at the Newberry Cup or donated baked goods.
• Everyone who helped distribute Genevieve gift wrap..
• Mark Fragola for printing up our colorful Holiday Fair.

By Maddy Krupp and Greta Powers