Essex Junction Fire Department Field Trip

Hi Families,

Today we visited the fire station.  The students learned many important fire safety tips.  They also had a chance to explore the station, get into the trucks, and try on the bunker gear.  Thanks to everyone who joined us today!

Updates and Events

Dear Families,

Tonight is our Open House/Curriculum Night.  This is your opportunity to see what your student has been doing at Summit Street School.  Your child will bring you to the classroom from 6:00-6:30 and show you the many learning opportunities they have been participating in.  Then, at 6:30 your child will go to the gym to be supervised and engaged in activities, while you remain in the classroom to learn about specific curriculum areas.  This is a fun, informative, and important event.  We hope to see all of you here!

Letters for this week

 Cc, Oo

Previous Letters
Tt, Ff, Bb, Nn, Mn, Ii, Uu

Snap Words

he, go

Previous Snap Words
a, I, like, see, the, is, my

September

•  Tuesday, September 25th 6:00-7:00pm-Open House.  Parents and children are welcome to come and visit the classroom.  Children will give you a tour of what we have been working on and parents will get to learn more about our curriculum.
• Wednesday, September 26th-Fire Station Walking Field Trip.  We are heading to the fire station at 8:35 am.  Parents are welcome to join. Please make sure you have signed up to be an approved volunteer.

                                    October

·     Wednesday, October 3rd-Pumpkin Field Trip to Whitcomb Pumpkin Patch.  Information will be in the Friday Folders.  Parents are welcome to join as long as you are signed up as an approved volunteer.  We will be leaving at 8:30am and returning by 11:00 am

·     Wednesday, October 17th-Picture retakes. If you would like new pictures taken from the school photos, they will happen on this day.  We are also doing class pictures on this day.  The classes did not take them on the original picture day.

·      Thursday, October 18^th- No School for students and Parent/Teacher conferences.  Please look for the sign up in your child’s Friday folder and return it to me as soon as possible to ensure you will get a time that works for you.

·      Friday, October 19th-No School for students 

·      Tuesday, October 23th-PTO Spaghetti Dinner at 5:30 pm.  More information to come from the PTO about the dinner

·      Friday, October 26^th – Fun Run (Details to follow soon)

Four Winds:

Last Friday we learned about leaf eaters.  Some animals make holes, some scallop edges, some roll the leaves into tubes to eat them.  When we watch a leaf eater feeding on a leaf we are seeing the flow of energy from the sun to the plant to the animal.  These interactions are evidence of a food chain or food web.  Thank you to Karen Hergesheimer and Adam Cole for a fabulous presentation.

Below are some pictures of our Four Winds volunteers engaging with the students to learn about “leaf eaters.”

Self Portraits

Hi Families,
Yesterday  the students did a special arts integration project.  They made self portraits using oil pastels, markers, and paint.  We look forward to displaying these wonderful works of art at Open House, next Tuesday, at 6:00pm.  We hope to see you there!

Updates and Events

Dear Families,

Through the Fundations Program, we will be working on learning how to identify, write, sound out, and visually represent each letter of the alphabet.  I will update you weekly as to the letters we have done and the ones that are coming up.  Also, your child has been working on snap words in the classroom.  These are words we are learning in a snap.  They are also known as sight words.  We do not sound these words out, instead we recognize them by sight.  Again, I will update you as to the words the students are learning.  They have each received a ring of words for their book box here at school.  A ring of words will also go home shortly as part of the Home Reading Program.  We will talk more about this at the Open House.  Thank you.

Letters for this week

Ii, Uu

Previous Letters
Tt, Ff, Bb, Nn, Mn

Snap Words

is, my

Previous Snap Words
a, I, like, see, the

September

• Friday, September 21^st – We will have our first Four Winds presentation on “Leaf Eaters.”  We are very excited.
• Tuesday, September 25th 6:00-7:00pm-Open House.  Parents and children are welcome to come and visit the classroom.  Children will give you a tour of what we have been working on and parents will get to learn more about our curriculum.
• Wednesday, September 26th-Fire Station Walking Field Trip.  We are heading to the fire station at 8:35 am.  Parents are welcome to join. Please make sure you have signed up to be an approved volunteer.

                                    October

·        Wednesday, October 3rd-Pumpkin Field Trip to Whitcomb Pumpkin Patch.  Information will be in the Friday Folders.  Parents are welcome to join as long as you are signed up as an approved volunteer.  We will be leaving at 8:30am and returning by 11:00 am

·        Wednesday, October 17th-Picture retakes. If you would like new pictures taken from the school photos, they will happen on this day.  We are also doing class pictures on this day.  The classes did not take them on the original picture day.

·        Thursday, October 18^th- No School for students and Parent/Teacher conferences.  Please look for the sign up in your child’s Friday folder and return it to me as soon as possible to ensure you will get a time that works for you.

·        Friday, October 19th-No School for students 

·        Tuesday, October 24th-PTO Spaghetti Dinner at 5:30 pm.  More information to come from the PTO about the dinner

Partner Reading!!!

We are learning how to:

·         Sit side by side

·         Put the book between us

·         See-saw read (take turns)

·         Look for pages in our book that make us say “wow”

·         Reread to learn more

Below are some pictures of partners practicing their skills.  More partner reading pictures coming soon!

Show and Tell!!!

Dear Families,

We have filled our class sun band jar.  We have earned a share time or show and tell as it is sometimes called.   Please have your child bring his or her share item in tomorrow, Friday, September 14th.   We will share in the afternoon.  These items can include special toys, stuffed toys, books, pictures, and so on.  Please limit it to one item and consider leaving the really valuable or sentimental things at home as I would not want anything to happen.  Thanks so much.  This is super exciting!

Ms.  Mahoney

Recycle Rhonda!

Today we had a very special guest from The Chittenden Solid Waste District.  Recycle Rhonda is a popular visitor here at Summit Street School.  She came into our  classroom to talk about what goes in the trash, the recycling bin, or the compost bucket, especially after we finish our snack.  She will return a few times this year to continue to teach us about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle.  

Remy the Therapy Dog

Hello Families, 

Today we got to meet Deborah and Remy.  Remy is a certified Therapy Dog of Vermont.  He is 18 months old and is an Australian Labradoodle.  He was born right here is Essex Junction!  Deborah and Remy will be joining students in the Learning Center on Mondays to read with them. This morning we had a chance to pet Remy and learn all about him.  We look forward to future visits!  

Ms. Mahoney

A Guest Reader

Today Mrs. G visited our classroom to read her favorite book.  She read A Fine, Fine School, written by Sharon Creech and illustrated by Harry Bliss.  We enjoyed the story very much and we loved having our principal as a guest reader!