Wow! Our first full week!

Dear Families,
     It has been an incredible start to the school year.  What a treat to get your children back in the classroom and ready to learn! We are totally immersed in our read aloud because of mr.terupt, and are having a love hate relationship with all the characters and hanging on the edges of our seats as every chapter ends with some foreshadowing that makes us want to keep reading!  Reading, we have been able to squeeze in 30 minutes of uninterrupted silent reading at home and I hope that we are all reading at least 20-30 minutes nightly (I'll take 5 nights).  Our first of monthly, share themes came home today.  Each child has a day that they will be "buzzing" about a book that they have read and would like to recommend.  The criteria is listed on the form below and there is a planning sheet on the back of the form to help out your child!

We know you’ve all read a great book over the summer, or even more recently!  We want to hear about it!  Your September Share is to tell us about a book!!

In your share, please be sure to:

• Provide a summary,
• Read an excerpt of the book to us (this could simply be a line or a paragraph).
• Tell us why this book was a great book.

This share can be a verbal share, or you can make a poster to go with it!  Please be sure to plan and practice your presentation either way.  You should be prepared to share in front of the class on your scheduled “Share Day”.  You can use the back of this sheet to draft your summary and outline your ideas. Can’t wait to hear about your book! (Please try not to duplicate books your classmates have already shared.)

Here is the schedule:

Date	Mrs. Crowther’s Class	Vasanthi’s Class
Wednesday, Sept. 9	Talulla & Max	Kate & Dylan
Thursday, Sept. 10	Kat & Maddy	Emma B. and Tess
Friday Sept. 11	Saad and Betsy	Kylee and Robbie
Monday Sept. 14	Anders and Burgess	Chloe and Abbie
Tuesday Sept. 15	Colin & Luke	Logan H. and Jack
Wednesday Sept. 16	Anna M. and Emma M	Eliza and Ben
Thursday Sept. 17	Sasha and Jake	Jameela and Lily M.
Friday, Sept. 18	Riley & Miranda	Nora and Bevan
Monday, Sept. 21	Logan P and Caroline	Harrison and Ian S.
Tuesday Sept. 22	Lily S and Carly	Trey and  Faith
Wednesday Sept. 23	Sam and Lexi	Chris & Haley

     Our Ecosystems unit has kicked off, we worked as scientists to get our observation and illustrations skills back to work.  We developed a checklist for our science notebooks to help us do our best when we are in the field as scientists.  This week we will take a walking field trip to the LaPlatte River to study the river ecosystem right here in Shelburne.  We will be noticing the members of this community - the plant and animal species.  We will use the knowledge we have gained from some reading activities to find all the abiotic and biotic components, look for food chains and food webs and notice where the energy in this ecosystem in coming from and how it moves through the system.  We will be building a model of a watershed this coming week!

    Homework/Goal Sheet came home today.  Please look over it with your child, they also planned out their week and what they will accomplish nightly.  It is all due back by Thursday am.  Please make sure that they do their reflection at home by Wednesday night.  Thank you!  Email me with any questions.

     We hope everyone has a safe, responsible and respectful weekend.  These three words are the backbone to SCS's Everyday Expectations.  Ask your child about these new expectations and how they have been implemented across the school in all classroom and all settings, like the cafeteria and the playground!  These Everyday Expectations have led us all to a smooth start to ur 2015-2016 school year. 

~Vasanthi