Posted on May 15, 2012 by rogersp
As well all know the end of the year is a very busy time. We are busy with activities both in our classroom and out, so I’ve decided to send you a list of these dates.
- May 17th: Chorus/Band Concert: MBS gym@6:30pm
- May 18th: Math Assessment: Unit 12
- May 21st and 22nd: Gates MacGinities Reading Assessment
- May 23rd and 24th: Math Assessment: End of Year
- May 30th: DARE projects and presentations
- May 31st: Fort Ticonderoga: All parents are welcome
- June 1st: Step-Up-Day: Students will go to CMS
- June 5th DARE graduation: 6 pm @Colchester High School
- June 7th: Barbecue at MBS: All parents invited
- June 8th: Bayside Day: All parents invited
- June 11th: Talent Show: All parents welcome
Wow!! Lots of activities and assessments. Please note: I realize that there are many assessments this time of year and I do balance these with much less stressful activities such as walking on the playground to gain miles toward the Long Trail and group reading and math activities.
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Posted on May 10, 2012 by rogersp
As you know the students in our classroom have been doing DARE classes with Officer Fontaine. All students are required to do a DARE project. The students’ homework for this week and next is to complete the project at home. The students can choose the format of the project, for example a writing piece, a poster, a PowerPoint, Glogster etc. There are three questions that the students must answer and they are on page 26 of their DARE book. Also, all the information taught is in that book. I recommended to students that they use that book to help them with their project. The students will not have much other homework in order to give them time to complete the project. Please let me know if you have questions.
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Posted on April 29, 2012 by rogersp
Posted on April 19, 2012 by rogersp
We will be going to Fort Ticonderoga on May 31st, which is a Thursday. So sorry about this change. We scheduled our tour for Fort Ticonderoga and just found out that there were no busses available. With this new date, we will be arriving back at school after the busses leave. More info to follow after vacation.
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Posted on April 17, 2012 by rogersp
Thanks to Heidi Echo for noticing my mistake. Our field trip to Fort Ticonderoga is WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD. Hopefully this has not inconvenienced anyone.
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Posted on April 17, 2012 by rogersp
Just want to let you know that Mr. Renner’s class and our class will be going to Fort Ticonderoga on Wednesday, May 25th. We will leave school at 8:30 am and return by 2:45 pm. All parents are invited to come and spend the day with us. If you would like to go and haven’t filled out a volunteer form for this year, please let me know and I’ll get one to you.
Also, for Home Reading this week, students are picking out a poem and practicing it so that they can read it at our Poetry Cafe on Friday. This will be a fun way to say goodbye to Ms. Kelley whose last day is this Friday. Also, as part of the celebration, the students voted to have a pizza party. They will only need to bring or buy lunch if they do want to have pizza with us. Of course, everyone will eat in the classroom on Friday!
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Posted on April 8, 2012 by rogersp
This week Ms. Kelley will be doing her solo week. After many weeks of observing, team teaching and planning lessons on her own, for the next week Ms. Kelley will be the only teacher in the classroom. This is her final step of student teaching and she as well as the students are excited about this. If you have any questions or concerns about school this week, you could email Ms. Kelley at kelleyk@csdvt.org, write her a note, or you could email me and I can get a message to her. I will be in the school and checking in with Ms. Kelley often during the week.
Sadly, Ms. Kelley’s last day will be April 20th. Please look for a note that will come home early this week on what we plan to do to say goodbye to her.
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Posted on March 26, 2012 by rogersp
I just wanted to update you on the activities in our classroom. We have not done Spelling for the last couple of weeks and will not do it for the next two or three weeks. We have already completed the spelling expectations for 5th grade. At this point, we are spending more time on writing where the students are practicing the Spelling skills that they have learned. Last week the students completed personal narratives and starting this week the students will do a unit on writing mysteries with Ms. Kelley.
In reading, the students are enjoying the mysteries that they are reading. We are having great discussions in our Guided Reading Groups around mysteries, clues, suspects, and Red Herrings.
We are just about finished with Unit 9 in math. The test is scheduled for Thursday. We will be reviewing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Science, the students are very excited about the Ecosystem Unit even though we have more than the normal amount of fish die. We will be getting more fish on Tuesday and we are expecting that they will be healthier. This week the students will be writing poems with their science partners about Ecosystems and if all goes well, we will be using a computer program called Photostory to record their poems and images that they students have chosen. Next week, we will be studying about the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the students will be learning about pollution from the point of view of farmers, factory workers, or ordinary citizens. Then the students will be teaching their classmates about what they have learned. We’ll wrap up the unit with a debate about cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay on Young Writers.
As you can see the “Rock ‘N Roll Rogers’s” are very busy!! As always please contact me with questions or concerns.
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Posted on March 19, 2012 by rogersp
Posted on February 17, 2012 by rogersp
It’s hard to believe that next week is the last week of school before vacation. After vacation, we will be doing Ecosystems in Science. The students enjoy this unit because they create an aquarium and terrarium. In order for this to happen, we need about 50 2-liter clear bottles like the one pictured here. I know that many of you might not have bottles like that. I asked the students if maybe they could ask neighbors or friends. It would be great if each student could bring in two of these bottles. If someone happens to have more and are willing to donate them, it would be so much appreciated.
And … Parent Conferences will be on March 6th, from 12 noon to 8 pm. You can sign up by calling the office at 264-5900 during school hours. Or if this date does not work for you, please let me know and I’m happy to schedule a time that is convenient for you.
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