Character Analysis-Painted Essays

Students in our class are working hard typing essays that explore how main characters grow and change throughout a story.  Your child is learning how to find evidence to support an idea, and how to cite that evidence by quoting and paraphrasing textual evidence.  At the same time, we are learning important keyboarding skills.  We will continue to work on typing, editing, and revising our Painted Essays over the next few weeks.  Here is a link to the Vermont Writing Collaborative for more information on the Painted Essay:  http://vermontwritingcollaborative.org/Essay.html

Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences on March 22

It's that time of year again!  I sent home forms for you to indicate the best times for us to meet.  Students will once again, lead conferences with their parents and myself to reflect on and highlight their strengths and challenges here at school.  Please return forms as soon as possible.  Thank you!

Pictures from "Gluskabe and Old Man Winter"

Gluskabe and Grandmother Woodchuck in front of Old Man Winter's Wigwam

 Thank you for sending in photos of our play!

Entire cast about to sing their original song "Pushing Up the Sky" written with Paul Boffa.

Summerland people with their crow guards

Gluskabe and Old Man Winter

The sun thaws a frozen Gluskabe

Play 3/7/13

Tomorrow we will perform Gluskabe and Old Man Winter on the UES stage at 9:15 and 1:50.  Families are welcome to attend.  We hope to see you there!

ECO CANCELLED FOR MARCH 8

We will not have ECO on March 8 because we will see a puppet show that will be coming to our school.  Thank you for your understanding!

Gluskabe and Old Man Winter: March 7

Our class will be performing the story of "Gluskabe and Old Man Winter" on our stage Thursday, March 7.  Come see our portrayal of the Abenaki folk tale that explains how the seasons came to be!  We will have a morning and an afternoon performance, times yet to be determined.  Save the date!

Target Unveiling Ceremony

Our class has worked for weeks on snowball targets.  We will unveil them to the school in two assemblies this week, and you are invited to attend if able.  The first assembly will be tomorrow, Tuesday, February 19 from 2 to 2:20pm, and the second will be Wednesday, February 20 from 8:40am to 9am.  The kids are very proud of their hard work, and I hope you are able to attend.