Conferences Update in Case of Snow Storm

Look in backpacks tonight for conference reminder slips. I have written in your conference time and date. If you are planning to conference Wednesday or Thursday, the bottom portion of the slip says the following:

If the weather should be bad enough to cancel school, my conferences will also be cancelled and postponed. If your conference is on Wednesday, I will hold your conference at the same time next Wednesday, March 19^th.  If your conference is on Thursday, I will hold your conference at the same time, but on Tuesday, March 18^th.  If the rescheduled time doesn’t work for you, please contact me immediately, so we can reschedule. Thanks for your flexibility. I will be glad to see this snow gone for another season.

Cross your fingers that the weather will cooperate, so that we can meet. If for any reason you cannot make it and they are not cancelled, please either email me or call the office and leave a message for me. Thanks for your help!

Beth

Quick Updates

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry for my absence in posting to the blog this winter. Things have been extremely hectic in my life, but they are settling down and I will be posting much more regularly for the rest of the year.

I have a few things pieces of info to get out to you before the weekend.

First, conferences are coming the week of March 10-14. The PTC fast site will be live as of 3pm on Friday. The blocks are 40 minutes from start to finish and you will be doing 2 rotations like last time. Students will start by sharing work in the hall for 20 minutes and you will conclude by talking with me. I plan to send a schedule for you to choose times if you do not plan to sign up online. Please DO NOT send back the printed schedule if you are booking your slot online.

Next, I want to clear up confusion I'm hearing from students regarding REACH testing. Mrs. McBride, the coordinator of our Gifted/Talented programming has sent a letter to all parents of third graders in the district. There are criteria listed in the letter for students to receive REACH instruction next year.

If you think that your child may be eligible for gifted/talented services in math and/or language arts, please complete the form at the bottom of this letter and mail it back to the address provided.

Please note that we are seeking students who have demonstrated academic achievement or

potential far above that of their peers, and whose needs can not reasonably be met in the
regular classroom. State law allows us to serve no more than 5% of the class.
 
Last, the playground fundraiser for the basket raffle is underway. Baskets will be on display during conference week. Please get your donated items for our ICE CREAM BASKET to school by March 5. A memo went home earlier in the week, but let me know if you have questions before the 5th.

Thanks and hope to see everyone during the conference week.

Beth Earle

 

 

Friday December 20--Extra Snack

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the lateness of this post. I mentioned to the students at dismissal that they can bring an extra snack to eat during our movie afternoon if they wish. It was a late day decision and I didn't have time to communicate any other way. This is a snack for them and not to be shared. We finished our latest read aloud today and will watch the movie version tomorrow with Ms. Tompson's class. They can bring popcorn or any other snack you have available. Don't feel you have to send one if you would rather not.
I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. I can't wait to see what the new year brings!

Beth

Art News from Ms. Wright

3^rd Grade Art News

http://wpsart.blogspot.com/       

 

Dear Parents,

 

Here is a snapshot of what we have been doing this fall. 

 

What We’ve Learned

 

For the first project of the year, each student drew a still-life, an arrangement of objects that doesn’t move.  They could choose which still life arrangement that they wanted to draw.  Each one has fruit and/or vegetables.   They had to draw large and fill the space and show that one object was in front of the other to show depth.  Then they used watercolors to color them.  Shadows were added to show value.

 

Elements of Art:

        -line

        -shape

        -space

        -color

        -value

 

For the next project, the students made a drawing of an “illuminated beast”, a type of art created in the Middle Ages.  The students enjoyed combing different parts of animals to create their own “beast”.

 

Currently we are continuing on our medieval theme, and the  students are drawing their own castle.   We are doing this project to learn about different types of architecture.  Architects are artists that design buildings. 

       

 

Please check out my art classroom blog!  I will be posting updates of what we are doing in the art room.  This is a great place to see what is happening during a particular project, instead of just the end result. 

 

http://wpsart.blogspot.com/      Consider following this blog so you will get emailed every time I post.  Thanks for looking!

 

-Ms. Wright

rwright@rsu14.org

 

Parent-Teacher Conferences Sign Up Clarification

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry if my double communication was confusing. If you sent back the paper sign-up for conferences, that is all you need to do. I have highlighted the time I'm planning on seeing you and have written "see you then" in the yellow highlight.
If you would prefer to sign up online, follow the link in my last blog post. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with me. Thanks,

Beth

Electronic Sign Up for Parent-Teacher Conferences

Dear Parents and Guardians,

You are now invited to sign up for your child’s conference.  Use the following information, to go onto a secure website to schedule your conference.  Please reserve the night times for families who are unable to attend during the afternoon.

Please remember when choosing a time online that the conferences are for 40 min from the start time listed. The site doesn’t allow me to book conferences on a staggered start. If you choose 1:30-1:50 please know that you will actually be conferencing from 1:30-2:10 as listed on the form sent home on Friday.

To pick a time slot:

1.     Click the link below or enter the URL into your browser: http://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Windham_Primary_School_1
(please note the “underscores _” in the address)

2.    Select a teacher from the list.

3.    A window will popup asking for some information: the child’s last name, first name, parent name, and the email you want all correspondence to go to.

4.    Submitting this information will generate a confirmation notice sent to the parent’s email (Please check spam, junk folders, it might end up there).

5.    In the first confirmation email will be an individualized code number and a new web address

6.    Going to the new web address it will ask for the individualized code number (this is a different code from last year).

7.    Once you fill in the code number it’s then the time schedule will appear so the parent can select the open slot they desire.

8.    After hitting the done button on the bottom of the page a second confirmation email is sent.  Confirming the date and time of the conference.

This is first come first serve, so please be timely so that you can get a conference time that works best for you.

I look forward to seeing you!

Beth Earle

Growth Mindset

I will be at a conference on Friday (tomorrow). The class had a discussion today about how they could have a growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset when tackling a day with a sub. They all spent about 10 minutes reflecting today and wrote out some ways they can adopt a growth mindset to help them have a successful day. I was impressed with what they came up with. Feel free to talk to your student tonight about how they plan to tackle the day tomorrow.

Info coming next week about conferences. This has been a very hectic week and I haven't had time to communicate much. Sorry. I promise to get you information shortly. Thanks for your patience.

Beth