Thursday, March 31, 2016
Kindergarten Museum
The students proudly showed off all their amazing artwork today at our Kindergarten Museum. We were so thankful that so many of you were able to visit and see all the art projects. Our classroom was transformed into a contemporary art exhibit. The other rooms had portraits, Egyptian Art, Impressionism, and multi-cultural artwork. Each classroom worked on different projects and they looked absolutely stunning when they were all mixed together!
Science Center Trash Presentation
Mr. Musselman and Miss P. From the Burlington Science Center presented "Our Trash, Our Choice" to our entire school. They brought all the trash from Monday's lunch in the cafeteria into the gym and dumped it all out on a big tarp. Several students had the unique opportunity to put on special suits and sort everything into three groups: recyclables, food waste, and trash. It was amazing to see the different piles and especially how much food waste there was!
Mr. Musselman and Miss P. talked about how we can reduce the amount of food waste and trash. They have been at Francis Wyman every day this week helping students to separate their trash into those three barrels and have been weighing the trash each day. We have been doing very well! They encouraged the students to eat more of their lunches or bring unopened or uneaten food back home to reduce the amount of food waste and suggested that students use reusable water bottles and baggies to reduce the amount of trash. The students have enjoyed the challenge each day and are carefully making good choices about their lunches and trash. They have also been eating more of their lunches!
Mr. Musselman and Miss P. talked about how we can reduce the amount of food waste and trash. They have been at Francis Wyman every day this week helping students to separate their trash into those three barrels and have been weighing the trash each day. We have been doing very well! They encouraged the students to eat more of their lunches or bring unopened or uneaten food back home to reduce the amount of food waste and suggested that students use reusable water bottles and baggies to reduce the amount of trash. The students have enjoyed the challenge each day and are carefully making good choices about their lunches and trash. They have also been eating more of their lunches!
Thursday, March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016 Newsletter
Dear Parents,
We have been very busy wrapping up our projects that will be displayed at our Kindergarten Museum next week. We hope you are able to visit our museum on Wednesday from 8:30-9:15am to see some of the children’s amazing art work! Admission is one penny! Each Kindergarten classroom will be a different exhibit room. One room will have all the students’ portraits, one will have Egyptian art, one will have contemporary art, and the other two rooms will be full of the students’ Impressionist artwork and some multicultural artwork too. It’s all going to look amazing! The students have much to be proud of! The students will be available to give you a tour during your visit to the museum. If you know you aren’t going to be able to make it, please let me know so I can be sure to have another person available for your child to show around.
Our focus this past week was on Egyptian art. I brought in pictures and some artifacts from my trip to Egypt a few years ago and the students made pyramids, mummies, and even wrote their names in hieroglyphs. They enjoyed learning about animal mummies and Egyptian pharaohs. We also made animal sculptures out of model magic.
The students have enjoyed working with measurement and making comparisons in math this week. They particularly enjoyed the lesson on capacity and experimenting to see which containers held the most water. If your son/daughter asks to play with water bottles and measuring cups in the bathtub...that’s probably why! We started a new topic in math today on sorting, classifying, and categorizing data. It will be an easier topic and a nice break for the students.
I checked students’ addition fluency math facts this week. They have been making great progress! I will send the subtraction math facts home next week for them to start practicing. I would encourage you to continue practicing the addition facts so they don’t forget them.
I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Museum on Wednesday. Don’t forget your pennies! I’m also looking forward to our conferences which start next week and go into the following week. Please check the schedule and be sure to be prompt! Thanks!
I hope you have a wonderful long, holiday weekend!
Melanie Duncan
We have been very busy wrapping up our projects that will be displayed at our Kindergarten Museum next week. We hope you are able to visit our museum on Wednesday from 8:30-9:15am to see some of the children’s amazing art work! Admission is one penny! Each Kindergarten classroom will be a different exhibit room. One room will have all the students’ portraits, one will have Egyptian art, one will have contemporary art, and the other two rooms will be full of the students’ Impressionist artwork and some multicultural artwork too. It’s all going to look amazing! The students have much to be proud of! The students will be available to give you a tour during your visit to the museum. If you know you aren’t going to be able to make it, please let me know so I can be sure to have another person available for your child to show around.
Our focus this past week was on Egyptian art. I brought in pictures and some artifacts from my trip to Egypt a few years ago and the students made pyramids, mummies, and even wrote their names in hieroglyphs. They enjoyed learning about animal mummies and Egyptian pharaohs. We also made animal sculptures out of model magic.
The students have enjoyed working with measurement and making comparisons in math this week. They particularly enjoyed the lesson on capacity and experimenting to see which containers held the most water. If your son/daughter asks to play with water bottles and measuring cups in the bathtub...that’s probably why! We started a new topic in math today on sorting, classifying, and categorizing data. It will be an easier topic and a nice break for the students.
I checked students’ addition fluency math facts this week. They have been making great progress! I will send the subtraction math facts home next week for them to start practicing. I would encourage you to continue practicing the addition facts so they don’t forget them.
I’m looking forward to seeing you at the Museum on Wednesday. Don’t forget your pennies! I’m also looking forward to our conferences which start next week and go into the following week. Please check the schedule and be sure to be prompt! Thanks!
I hope you have a wonderful long, holiday weekend!
Melanie Duncan
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Comparing Weight
The students enjoyed working in groups this morning to compare the weight of different objects!
Friday, March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016 Newsletter
Dear Parents,
We have been busy finishing up some of our projects for our museum on Wednesday, March 30th. We hope you are able to come to it! We finished our mosaic flower pots and even did our own impressions of some famous impressionist paintings, including Monet’s “Waterlilies.” We also learned about pointillism and made our own paintings out of dots! We have also started learning about Egyptian art. The students will be making pyramids and have been writing their names in Egyptian hieroglyphs! Mr. Levin even showed us a Reading Rainbow video about Egyptian mummies and Egyptian artifacts found right at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston!
We have been working on a unit about measurement in math. The students have enjoyed comparing objects and have done a great job using a lot of our new math words. I would encourage you to keep practicing the addition fluency facts with your child. I will be assessing students next week and will be getting ready to send home the subtraction fluency facts cards for students to practice.
We have been doing a lot of work with our sight words in school but I would also encourage you to continue practicing these words with your child at home. The more he/she sees them and reads them in different contexts, the more familiar the words will become. I sent a list home with the students this week of the words your child knows already.
We have just recently set up our next field trip. We are going to the Big Apple Circus on Wednesday, April 13th! The circus theme will be focusing on acts from the different continents, which we have been learning about! More information about the cost, chaperoning, and what your child will need will go home the beginning of next week.
I am looking forward to meeting with all of you at our conference soon. Please try to be on time so we can stick to the schedule. If you can’t make it, please let me know and we can reschedule.
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
We have been busy finishing up some of our projects for our museum on Wednesday, March 30th. We hope you are able to come to it! We finished our mosaic flower pots and even did our own impressions of some famous impressionist paintings, including Monet’s “Waterlilies.” We also learned about pointillism and made our own paintings out of dots! We have also started learning about Egyptian art. The students will be making pyramids and have been writing their names in Egyptian hieroglyphs! Mr. Levin even showed us a Reading Rainbow video about Egyptian mummies and Egyptian artifacts found right at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston!
We have been working on a unit about measurement in math. The students have enjoyed comparing objects and have done a great job using a lot of our new math words. I would encourage you to keep practicing the addition fluency facts with your child. I will be assessing students next week and will be getting ready to send home the subtraction fluency facts cards for students to practice.
We have been doing a lot of work with our sight words in school but I would also encourage you to continue practicing these words with your child at home. The more he/she sees them and reads them in different contexts, the more familiar the words will become. I sent a list home with the students this week of the words your child knows already.
We have just recently set up our next field trip. We are going to the Big Apple Circus on Wednesday, April 13th! The circus theme will be focusing on acts from the different continents, which we have been learning about! More information about the cost, chaperoning, and what your child will need will go home the beginning of next week.
I am looking forward to meeting with all of you at our conference soon. Please try to be on time so we can stick to the schedule. If you can’t make it, please let me know and we can reschedule.
Have a great weekend!
Melanie Duncan
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Portraits and Self Portraits
The students have painted self portraits and portraits of friends. They used white, black, red, and yellow paint to mix their own skin colors and used other colors to add all the other details. They take their painting very seriously and have so much to be proud of! We are busy finishing up several other art projects and getting ready for our Kindergarten Museum on Wednesday, March 30th. We hope you can come!
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Monet's Water Lilies
We started learning about Impressionism and some of the famous Impressionist painters and their artwork. The students made their own versions of Monet's Water Lilies. They look amazing and will look wonderful on display in our very own Kindergarten Museum at the end of the month!
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