April 10, 2026

On April 2nd Spotlight Kids theater group performed the show Aladdin Kids. It was a great success! Thanks to all who helped out, and congratulations to the cast and crew. Here is the link to the show.

Speaking of amazing performances, our amazing Fifth Grade Band and Fourth and Fifth Grade chorus made beautiful music these week on the big stage at Ledyard High.

Third graders are learning about area and perimeter in math. They use different manipulatives, like tiles, to help them learn about this concept. Miss Engel's class were creating tables that could seat 20 people.

For their End-of-Module Task, third grade students wrote a multiparagraph essay explaining why artists or scientists explore the sea. This task requires students to use information from one of the module texts to explain why people, including artists and scientists, explore the sea and to demonstrate their ability to write organized paragraphs.

Fourth grade students have been learning about mountains. Then, they created a display for hikers who are starting at a Visitor's Center before hiking a mountain to teach them why a mountainous environment is extreme.

Students in the GFS Crazy 8's Math Club, worked on arranging cubes to make patterns. The cubes had different colors or shapes on each side, so the students had to flip them and rearrange them to make the design that they were assigned!

April 13th-April 17th- Spring Break

April 20th- PTO Meeting at 5:00

April 21st- April 22nd- Grade 5 NGSS Testing

April 22nd- Purple Up Day- Wear Purple

April 28th- 29th- Grades 3-5 SBAC ELA Testing

Please find the following links with helpful Math program information, Bridges, for your students' grade level. Each link will give an overview of the topics covered for the year with a more in depth strategy page based on the unit your students class is currently working towards mastering.

Please note that Breakfast is not served on Delayed Opening Days.

Congratulations to the fourth and fifth grade chorus and band members, Mrs. Comstock-King and Miss Tetlow, on a fantastic performance at their Spring concert this week!