What's Bruin at Pierce School?

Health and Wellness

Next week Mr. LeGraw will be back.

News from Ms. Besson

A short and sweet week but we sure do love squeezing in some fourth grade buddy time! Don’t forget to stop by the craft fair to see what we created!

News from Ms. Powell

In Mrs. Powell’s class this week, it might have been a short week, but we got a lot done! We continued working on the Floss Rule and knowing when to double the consonants at the end of a word such as with the word ‘bell.’ In math we have been learning how to solve story problems. We worked in pairs and made up our own math stories based on pictures and created equations from them!

Area and Poetry

This was a short week, but a wonderful week for Ms. Sutton’s class. We spent time exploring area with square units and found the missing numbers in both addition and subtraction equations. We worked on writing summaries for the Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back as well as poems. We topped the week off with ornaments for the PTO craft fair! Come support Pierce School and find your child’s ornament.

4th Grade Happenings

Our trip to Great Bay has been rescheduled to Friday the 14th.

In preparation, we learned Great Bay is a unique water body called an estuaries how critical their

health is to many plant and animal species. Students came back excited to share what they had learned about this important body of water.

The Ladybug Awards are Back!

In the Pierce Library this week, we've been focusing on the story choices for this year’s Ladybug Picture Book Awards, a program of the NH State Library. When we’ve read them all, Pierce students will use a special picture ballot to help choose the statewide winning book!

We've responded to many of the books using writing and drawing, with speech bubbles and sentence starters. Pierce students have produced so many creative, interesting, and kind ideas! Their work will be going up on the hallway bulletin board for everyone to enjoy.

Some classes have also practiced organizing fiction and non-fiction titles with a partner activity based on a library skills game called Shelver.

Enjoy some cozy reading time over the long weekend!

Working Together Makes Great Things Happen!

Thanks to all the families that scheduled a time to meet with me last week so that I could give you some helpful tips and supplies to use at home with your students. Together as a team, we can achieve great things!

If you are interested in setting up a quick meeting with me to get some tips or supplies to use at home, please email me at apope@conval.edu. I am typically available at 3:00 pm on most days. I can also meet you between 8:45 and 9:00 am if that is easier for you,

In Kindergarten, several of our students have returned their completed home practice sheets for the Alphabet Letter Name and Sound Cards routine we sent out last month. Ms. Besson and I have seen that this coordinated effort has really helped the kids! Please reach out if you need a new form or help with this routine.

Please Be On The Lookout for a new home activity for Kindergarten Coming Soon.

First Grade students should also Be On The Lookout for a new home activity coming home soon as well!!

Thanks for watching our Lady Redundant Videos! The school is ABUZZ with interest!

Mrs. Pope