It has been a wonderful week of learning here at Rick Marcotte Central School! This week, we began a new reading unit on nonfiction. To begin this unit, we learned that nonfiction readers notice details in their texts and put all of these details together to grow some understanding. Then, readers ask questions that they want to further explore. Now, we didn't start our unit with any old text, we started by reading nonfiction texts of all kinds, including maps, models, posters, skeletons and big books. Here is a peek at our first week of learning:
This week in writing, students switched their roles from authors to editors. We have chosen one piece to fancy up and publish. Students worked with their editing peer to give and get thoughtful feedback on how to make their writing even stronger and more clear. Here we are working with our partners:
A Note from Mrs. Wheeler:
Our school counselors, Carol Wheeler and Meaghan Rice are hosting a number of parent coffees this year. They will be here at school on Tuesday mornings, 8:05-8:45, and we hope you will join us for the first one, scheduled for November 6th . As parents, you play the primary role in promoting healthy relationships and preventing child abuse, and it serves our children well when the adults use similar vocabulary and approaches. There will be a short presentation by Lori Howe from Prevent Child Abuse Vermont about the contents of the Healthy Relationships Project we teach at RMCS. We’ll also have time for conversation to help us plan the contents of future get together's. Young children are welcome, as this is very informal and relaxed time to learn together. Special take home bonus: there will be a free mindfulness tool for your family to add to your home peace corner.
Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
- Rolling for minutes
- Knights in Shining Armor
- Pathways to 100
- Teacher station during math menu
- The Kingdom of Wrenly
- Adding 10 to any number on a number chart
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kelly
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