May 23, 2024 ~ 5:30-7:00
Mark your calendars for an evening filled with excitement! Join us for a special event featuring our very own resident author and environmentalist, Susie Spikol. She'll take us on a captivating journey through her writing adventures and introduce her latest book.
Get ready for an immersive experience as we delve into the world of literacy with forest-themed games and activities inspired by Susie's book. Not only will it be a blast for the whole family, but it'll also nurture your child's reading skills in a playful and engaging way.
Stay tuned for more details! 🌲📖
Learning and Growing
Our week in kindergarten and first grade has been great! We finished addition and subtraction in math for kindergarten and 1st grade this week. Next week, we will be doing measurements in both grades! We continued our read-a-thon!! As a class, we have read 310 books in the past 2 weeks! Students are working hard and enjoying their time reading! We had our second guest reader Friday morning. It was our former teacher Mrs. Mann! We will have our last guest reader next Friday! The boy and girls also had their second Cornucopia gardening class this week! This week, they learned about the parts of a seed and planted some asparagus and kale! The sunflower plants that we are taking care of in our classroom are sprouting! The boys and girls are doing a nice job taking care of them. We also had a new friend join our class this week. The boys and girls have been very welcoming!
Backyard Games and Keeping Healthy
This week in PE, all grades got to explore some backyard games as they worked hard on their final two units of the year, scoop ball and frisbee. Both games work on hand/eye coordination and hitting a stationary target. They practiced their scoop ball skills with station rotations, while to practice their frisbee skills they played around of frisbee golf. The final two weeks of PE students will get to review some of the units we've learned and practiced throughout the year, while also playing some fan favorite games.
In health this week kindergarten and first grade wrapped up their unit on the respiratory system and how to take care of their lungs. Second grade loaded onto the Magic School Bus to learn about the importance of gravity and how it both helps and creates a barrier on performing a slam dunk. While fourth grade started to explore the topic of adolescence and keeping healthy as they age into the middle school years.
It's time for the Francestown Elementary School Read-A-Thon!
Our school Read-A-Thon begins on Monday April 29, 2024 and is sure to be a fun and exciting event.
We understand that your time is valuable. We also know that providing the best education for your child is important. That's why we are encouraging everyone to activate their student's Read-A-Thon account as soon as possible. The instructions are straightforward, making it quick and hassle-free, and it should take less than 5 minutes of your time.
Watch a short video to see how to signup your reader.
This account will serve as a hub for recording and monitoring your child's progress as a Reader in the event, and for you to share their Read-A-Thon message with friends and family. Use the link below to activate your student's Reader account.
Thank you so much for your participation and support. Together, we can make this Read-A-Thon an amazing experience for our young readers!
Thank you,
Francestown Elementary School
Notice about bug spray and sunscreen:
With Spring weather comes ticks, bug bites, and sunburns! Please apply sunscreen and/or insect repellent to your student before school in the morning, if you wish to do so. Additionally, it is important to perform daily tick checks on your student, as they do spend time outdoors daily at school and ticks tend to travel to warm areas of the body that are not visible without a thorough check. Thanks for your help!
- Nurse Alaina
