Hello, everyone, and welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed your holidays and long vacation. The next six weeks will, in many ways, be defined by the Schoolhouse play. We will be reading through the play on Tuesday, and students will audition on Thursday. We will be asking students to make their choices about what parts they'd like to try out for by Thursday so that I can organize the auditions. Many students will be involved in a play short course or even two. It might be a rehearsal short course, props, or sets. There will also be after school rehearsals on Wednesdays beginning January 14. Not all students will need to attend everyday. Someone from the play committee (I think) will notify you about your child's after school rehearsals.
On January 7, students will be watching a performance by New Kids on the Block. Please see the information in your mailboxes.
January 7th and 8th are make up parent conferences. If you haven't already signed up, please do so. If none of the times work for you, check in with me and we can set up an alternative time. Conferences begin at 1:00 and will last for 45 minutes. The last fifteen minutes of your conference will be with Fran.
There is no school on January 19th for MLK day.
January 27th is a half day for teacher inservice.
On January 28, we will be taking a field trip to the Firehouse Gallery in downtown Burlington to participate in an interactive art exhibit by Terry Hauptman.
Sometime this winter...I was wondering how many of my students have snowshoes at home. I am hoping to take the class on a nature walk around the wetland once we get some snow. Please let me know at your convinence. This may be the precursor to a mapping unit later this year.
We are picking new job partners for the second half of the year on Monday.
EXTRA< EXTRA!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!
The Omega classroom will be getting an intern from UVM. Her name is Corinne Ann Scoppe (she goes by Cory) and is majoring in human development. She has been interning at Central School in South Burlington for the first part of this year and is looking to have a different experience. She will be with us Mondays and Fridays all day and Wednesday mornings. Cory will begin by observing in the classroom and will slowly try out various roles in the classroom (1-on-1 instruction, small groups, a whole group lesson, maybe even a series of lessons by May). She will start here on Monday, January 12th. I have invited her to Community Meeting next week to meet all of you. In the meantime, if you see her, say hello. She is about my height, in her early twenties, and has long red hair.
Okay...instruction...Omegas are going to begin Literature Circles this week. We will be choosing books Monday and getting set up. Hopefully, we will be able to begin circles on Tuesday. I have put the students in groups this time around, and there is two or three book options for each group. Please be aware that your child may start bringing home literature circle work as homework if the going is slow here. I'll do my best to keep you posted about that so you can support it getting done. Really, the kids should all know what to do. You may just need to help your child find a quiet space good for working or maybe just remind him/her to get busy with it.
Writing instruction will be a bit more formal for a little while as I conduct mini-lessons with specific students based on their needs. Students will continue to write narratives adn respond to simple prompts in their journals during this time. The next two genres of writing we will focus on as a whole class is procedures and persuasive pieces.
Of course, spelling instruction will flow as normal.
I think that's all for now.
Happy New Year!
Rachel
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