Week of March 18-March 22

Whew!

What a week! We had a snow day, report cards, first day of spring, first week of Book Club...lots going on in 1S! I hope you and your family has had time to relax this weekend and enjoy the extended sunshine.

 

Students creating a picture of something that reminds them of spring using tissue paper and vinegar

MyMATH

HMS would like your parent input on our math program that our class has piloted this year. Please take a few minutes and click here to provide us with your honest feedback.

REPORT CARDS

If you have any questions about your child's report card please do not hesitate to call me 746-3473 or send me an email at ssurrette@hopkintonschools.org

And since I wasn't able to meet with you this fall I'd love to meet with you this spring to discuss your child's progress and our goals for the remainder of the year. I can be available from 7:15-3:30 on most days. If you'd like to set up a conference please let me know.

BOOK CLUB

1S has begun the Book Club challenge! On Friday students selected books from around the room that they were interested in reading at home. Some of the books may be from their reading group, something that we've read in class or a new book about an interesting topic. The goal of Book Club is to inspire a passion for reading in and out of the classroom. These books can be enjoyed alone or with a family member. They can read to you, you can read to them or you can take turns reading together. Be sure to keep track of the minutes your child spends reading. Turn in the recording sheet on Thursdays with the books and we'll replenish the bag every Friday. 

If your child spends time reading literature that is not in the bag you can record those minutes as well. Our goal is for each student to read at least 500 minutes from now until the end of the year!

Happy Reading!

March 15th Post

Hello Families!

This week our class wanted to tell you about St. Patrick's Day and our theatrical field trips. One of Bella's favorite parts of the week was creating a leprechaun puppet! Gelson explains, "You had to color it in first. Then you had to cut it out and then glue it on a bag with a glue bottle and wait for it to dry. Then when it was dry we could play with it."

Field Trips
We also went on 2 field trips within the past 2 weeks. Our first trip was to the Capital Center for the Arts in Concord. We saw How I Became a Pirate. Brandon says, "The show was good and the singing was funny."

On Thursday this week we went to see Stone Soup. Ally describes, "There were two knights who were hungry. They were actually girls. They tricked the town people into making them soup. A boy pretended that he caught the 2 dragons. The knights got really mad at him. The king and queen didn't like the dragons and there were old people shaking their bottoms while they were singing 'Magical Soup'. It was funny."

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In this picture we are beginning the process of creating our multimedium St.Patrick's Day pictures. We drew the details of our picture in crayon and filled in the larger areas and background with water color. 

Scholastic News

You'll see in our Scholastic News this week we talked about Ireland! Scholastic News also offers a digital issue where we can view videos, play a comprehension game and look up vocabulary related to the text. This is a great activity for our Interactive Whiteboard in the classroom. At home you can also click here to view our Saint Patrick's Day Scholastic News online. Please let me know if you have difficulty viewing this edition.

Have a great weekend!

~Mrs. Surrette & 1S