Update March 20th

Hello Students & Families!

I've attached another video to share with your children.  In this video I share what we've been up to at our house.  

Mrs. Conway Update 2, March 20

Yesterday, we had Fairy Tale day. We watched a few YouTube videos to learn about the elements of a Fairy Tale.  Here are the videos we watched:

Fairy Tale Elements 1

Fairy Tale Elements 2

We also watched a Fairy Tale.  We chose to watch the movie "Into The Woods" and we talked throughout about what made it a Fairy Tale.

Throughout the day, Arya picked books from our bookshelf for us to read together.  All of the books we read had to be Fairy Tales.

We also did the Fairy Floss Yoga on Cosmic Kids Yoga together.

Fairy Floss Yoga

Finally, we began writing our own Fairy Tale last night before bed.

We really had fun with our Fairy Tale Day.  If you would like to do some or all of these ideas, please do!  Have your parent send me a picture or video of you!

Update March 17th

Good Morning! You will receive more information from the district later this week/early next week about optional learning experiences students can do while at home for this extended time.  

This morning, Arya, Kit and I made a video about what we've been up to and we read the book "Pigeon Needs a Bath" by Mo Willems.  Check it out!

https://youtu.be/50EtEDzVOZg

We are going to try out this Mo Willems Lunch Doodle that was posted yesterday.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8

You could try it out too!  Feel free to send pictures of what you're doing while at home to my email, cconway@westfordk12.us

Update March 6th

*The Online Sign-Up for parent teacher conferences will go live at 3:30PM this Friday, March 13th. Conferences will take place from 2-8pm on Monday, March 23rd and 8:15-10:30am on Tuesday, March 24th. You can visit the Robinson School webpage on Friday to find the link to sign up for my conferences.
Robinson School Webpage

*On Friday, March 13th, our 4th Grade Book Buddies from Crisafulli will come to Robinson to read with us.

*In Writing, we will begin using an editing checklist to edit our Weekend News.  Students will focus on adding punctuation to the end of sentences.

*In Math, our focus is on fact families.  We will use dominoes and fact triangles to find the two addition facts and two subtraction facts that are in the family.  For example:

5, 3, 8

5+3=8

3+5=8

8-3=5

8-5=3

*In Social Studies, we are focusing on the different traditions that our families have for special days.  It would be helpful if you could have a conversation with your child about the traditions you have for:
*Birthdays
*Snow Days
*New Year
*Weekends

We will also begin to learn about symbols that we have for America. The symbol we will learn about this week is the Statue of Liberty.

*I am looking for donations of crayons.  I'd like to refresh our crayon boxes.  I have the standard 8 crayons colors.  I would love to restock with fun colors.  Boxes of 64 would be great!  Thanks.

Looking Ahead:

Monday, March 23rd- No School 2-8pm Parent/Teacher Conferences

Tuesday, March 24th- 2 Hour Delay 8:15-10:30 Parent/Teacher Conferences

Update February 28th

Hello!  Next week is a busy week as we celebrate Read Across America week.  A flier went home earlier this week with details on the week.  Here is the quick review of our Spirit activities.

Monday- Wear Red & White, Stripes or any Dr. Seuss attire.

Tuesday- No School, Green Eggs and Ham at home (lucky you!)

Wednesday- Wear wacky clothes, backwards clothes, just about anything goes!

Thursday- Wear clothes that have words.

Friday- Dress up as you who/what you want to be OR wear something with your favorite college/career.

This week, we will begin a new unit in Math.  Our focus will be on number families.  For example if I have the number 2, 3 and 5, I can make 

2+3=5

3+2=5

5-2=3

 5-3=2

We will also begin a new unit in Social Studies, called History: Unity and Diversity in the United States.  We will learn about what makes us the same, different and all part of this country.  We will begin the week by reading the book Families, Families, Families by Suzanne Lang.

We will complete our Opinion Writing unit by writing an opinion letter to make a change at home or school.  

Update February 7th

*On Monday, we will celebrate the 100th day of school.  We will enjoy fun, 100th day activities in Daily 5, Math and Writing.

*On Friday, we'll celebrate Valentine's Day with a party in the afternoon. Here is the signup genius to sign up to be a volunteer or to donate food.  Please note, you need to have an approved CORI in order to volunteer:  Valentine's Sign Up
 I sent home a class list today. Please remember to send Valentine's into school by Friday (no candy included.)

*On Friday, our 4th grade Book Buddies will come to Robinson to read with us!

*In Math, our focus will be on double facts (5+5=10, 3+3=6) We will also focus on making 10 to solve harder number sentences.

*In Science, we will focus on how sound travels.

*In Writing, we will learn how to write a letter.  Students will use a graphic organizer to write a persuasive letter.

Looking Ahead:

*No School, February 17-21

Update January 31st

We had a great week of Kindness with the Great Kindness Challenge at school this week!  Students showed they cared about other classmates, family, friends and teachers.  I hope these kind acts can continue throughout the school year.  You can view videos of all of the days of celebration on the Robinson School facebook page.

*Wednesday is a 12:20pm Early Release day.  We will not have lunch at school, but please send students with a snack!  I am still looking for mystery readers for the World Read Aloud Day.  I have a couple of time slots available.  Please email me if you can come in.  We will be reading Mo Willems books.

*We will continue our Science unit on Light and Sound this week.  Our focus will be on making shadows and how sound is made.

*In Writing, we will begin writing about something the students want to change.  They will also think about who the audience will be for their change.  For example.  I will ask my parents to change my bedtime. 

Looking Ahead:

February 5th- Early Release

February 14th 1:45pm- Valentine's Party- I will send out an email shortly with information

February 14th-Book Buddies at Robinson

February 17-21 No School, Winter Break, Return to School on February 24th

Update January 24th

*We had a great time visiting our Book Buddies at Crisafulli today. Some of my first graders even got to see their siblings while we visited.  The walk over was peaceful and fun walking through the snowy path!

*We have a busy week coming up as we will be participating in the Great Kindness Challenge.  Throughout the week, we will talk about kindness, focus on a kindness quote each day and read books about kindness.  We'll also participate in kindness activities and have school spirit days each day.

Monday: Wear Crazy Socks or Mismatched Shoes   

Our class will read "Slumberkins Big Foot" 

Teachers and Staff will make a kindness tunnel as students come into school in the morning.

Tuesday: Wear read!

Our class will read "Swimmy" by Leo Lionni

We will write kind opinions about a friend/cousin/parent/sibling/grandparent that we think is best!

Wednesday: Wear a tie-dye shirt or a tie!

 Our class will read "Because Amelia Smiled" by David Ezra Stein

We will tell a classmate why we think they're super!

Thursday: Wear your favorite superhero shirt or colors (no costumes, please.)

Our class will read "Spork" by Kyo Maclear

We will make cards for an adult in our school.

Friday: Wear Robinson School Shirt/Red & Black

Our class will read "Friends to the End" by Bradley Greive

*In Science, we will continue learning about how light and how in travels through fabrics.

*We will finish up our Mid Year Math assessment this week and finish up with Unit 5 of Everyday Math.  We will continue to compare numbers and find the difference in numbers.

*A new spelling list will go home on Monday.  There are activities shown on the back to give as examples for your child to practice.  You can do as many nights of practice as your child needs.  If they only need one night, that's fine!  If they need four nights of practice, that's fine too!  

*Most Tuesdays and Thursdays I will send home a math homework to be returned the next day.

*The class is doing an awesome job during reading groups and I'm so happy with the growth I've been seeing.  Many students are beginning to read books with chapters (2-5 chapters.)  Please take a look at the reading log I send home with students before they begin reading.  Most nights I send students home to read one or two chapters a night.  Please only read what is assigned so we can focus on different strategies each reading group, such as making predictions, making connections and reading with fluency.