Day 1 of Nature's Classroom!

Hello from the greatest classroom in the world!  We have all arrived safely at Nature's Classroom in Charlton, MA!  We've unpacked our bags, had some delicious lunch of chicken nuggets and french fries, and now the students are out on their first Field Group Hike!   Please enjoy some of the pictures and videos of the experiences we've ALREADY had! (And we've only been here for 4 hours!

Everyone pitches in!

They already put us to work!

Thank you for packing a small bag!

Luggage Line!

All hands on Deck!

C'mon, we want to see our rooms!!

What a beautiful,straight line!

Standing with our Responsibility Buddies

Yes!!   Food!!

We're Hungry!

Yummy!

The Nature's Classroom Principal, Eli

This table's waitron is doing her job well!

After lunch entertainment, a fun song!  

Today's Waitrons doing the "Ort Report" dance!

HW Sept 30-Oct 3

Grade 4: Continue reading and summarizing  Jake Drake. Monday chapter 5, Tues. chapter 6, Wed. chapter 7 and Thurs. chapter 9. Also, we will be having a S.S. test on the New England states. Flashcards and a map went home in the binder on Friday. The test is Wednesday. Please make sure your child knows the state, the capital, and the abbreviation for the state. Spelling/capitalization  counts!The test is a map just like the one sent home/seen below. They will have to know the location of each of the 6 N.E. states. I will not be assigning any math homework. Your child may have Gym several times this week!!! Please have them wear sneakers or comforatable shoes. Thanks!Mrs. Kennedy

This worksheet should be in the binder. The test looks very much like this.

HW Sept 23-26

Grade 4: Finish Snot Stew Monday night and summarize. Tues. read chapter 2 of Jake Drake Bully Buster and summarize. Wed chapter 3 and Thurs. chap 4.
Grade 5: Cont. with Shiloh. Monday chapter 11 and so on. We should finish the book by Friday.

HW Sept 16-19

Grade 4: We will continue reading and summarizing Snot Stew: Mon - Chapter 7, Tues chapter 8, Wed chapter 9 and Thurs chapter 10.
Grade 5: We will continue reading  Shiloh in class and reading and summarizing a chapter a night at home. Also, the students will have a quiz on the continents and oceans on Wed. Monday night a quick project: make a compass rose out of anything you would like (not food, though). 

Open House is Tuesday. Grade 5 will be with Mrs. Kennedy at 6:00pm  and Grade 4 will be with Ms. Allen at 6:00. Meeting with Mrs. Fritz in the gym is at 6:30. Grade 5 will go to Ms. Allen at 7:00 and Grade 4 will go to Mrs. Kennedy at 7:00pm. 

HW Sept 9-12

Grade 4: We will continue reading and summarizing Snot Stew: Mon - Chapter 3, Tues chapter 4, Wed chapter 5 and Thurs chapter 6.
Grade 5: We will be starting Shiloh in class and reading and summarizing a chapter a night at home.