Mr. Ward’s Message:
With each passing month it is with great pride at Freetown Elementary School that we continue the deep, embedded tradition of Student of Month ceremonies. With each month a student from each classroom is nominated by peers and/or their teacher. Students nominated have put forth their best efforts in their school work, behavior, and efforts. For the month of March these students best exemplify what it means to be a Freetown Elementary Student. Congratulations to the March students that were nominated…
Kindergarten: Autumn Sylvia, Teagan Miranda-Brown, Morgan Nollner, Elijah Farah, Zayden Espinola
Grade 1: Kinsley Crossman, Carter Frias, Anneliese Carreiro, Cadence Veiga-Jones, Eli Amaral
Grade 2: Adrian Simao, Charlotte Carreiro, Emma Lafferty, Desmond Johnson, Alexandra Lakey
Grade 3: Gracie Duarte, Kenley Grandfield, Isabelle Everman, Evelyn Westgate, Jaxson Aguiar, Daniel Russell
Specialists: Sonia Bobek
Upcoming events:
April 8: April PTO Meeting from 6:30 - 7:30 PM
April 12: No School
April 15-19: No School - April Vacation Week.
FES News and Happenings…
Many students will be participating in the Solar Eclipse next Monday, April 8th as many of our students have gained permission to participate in this event. From 2:00-3:00 PM our students will go outside with their classmates, classroom teacher, and volunteers to view the Solar Eclipse using special designed Solar Eclipse glasses to view the Eclipse. Your child will also be coming home with the glasses if you, too, would like to view the Eclipse. The optimal viewing time is 2:00 - 4:00 PM for our area.
Next week our Grade 3 Scholars will take their ELA MCAS on Tuesday, April 9th and Wednesday, April 10th respectively. Our students stand ready to shine as we define MCAS as “MY CHANCE AT SHINING” and shine they will. The entire staff at FES fully believes in our students and they will put their best foot forward as they complete their first MCAS exam next week. BELIEVE TO ACHIEVE!
PTO Corner:
PTO meetings will be held in person and virtually. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 8th beginning at 6:30 PM. The meeting invitation is outlined below for those who would like to attend virtually.
FES April PTO Meeting
Meeting ID: 504 427 3489
Passcode: FESPTO
FES PTO website is...https://freetownelementarypto.weebly.com/
Attendance Matters Weekly Update:
Goal: 94% of the FES student population will attend school daily.
April’s Daily Student Attendance Percentage:
April 1-5: 93.5%...Not quite there!
In and around the classrooms of Freetown Elementary for the week of April 1-5:
Pre-School: This week in preschool we studied the author, Kevin Henkes. After reading Chrysanthemum, we counted the letters in our names and assembled them into the correct order. We also learned about the letter w and the sound it makes.
Kindergarten: This week in kindergarten our letters for naming, formation and PA were Jj and Qq. Other PA activities included phoneme segmentation and blending. HFW were- here, me. Confirmation skills were making and confirming predictions along with main story elements. We focused on end punctuation and complete sentences in writing. Our math lesson was comparing weight.
Grade 1: This week in first grade, we focused on vowel teams oa. oe, and ow, along with open syllables. For comprehension, we identified the main topic and did a retell of the key details. In writing, we continued to work on responding to a text. For math, we learned how to add tens and ones by regrouping the set of ones into a ten. In science, we are continuing to work on seasonal patterns and patterns in the sky.
Grade 2: This week in second grade reading we learned about how authors use rhythm in poems and songs. In phonics we spelled and read words with the /ow/ sound spelled with double vowel teams “ou” and “ow” as in pound and how. In math we learned how to make and interpret picture graphs and bar graphs. We worked on using events from our lives to write personal narratives. In Science we learned about the upcoming solar eclipse.
Grade 3: This week in third grade, students learned about measurement tools. They also learned measuring liquid volume with liters with real life word problems. Students also learned the difference between grams and kilograms in real life word problems as well. In reading and writing, students practiced an MCAS response to a narrative story called, “Trouble in a Fur Coat.” In social studies, students continued to learn about the American Revolution and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Finally, students learned and celebrated Autism Awareness Day and the importance of celebrating differences.
Art: Kindergarteners learned about texture and had fun painting with marbles and stamps to give their work a lot of texture. Grade 1 painted paper with texture rollers. We will use this to weave next class. Grade 2 is doing a great job creating a symmetrical weaving textile art. Grade 3 is also learning about textile art as they sew and weave ribbon, yarn, beads and sequins into burlap.
Physical Education: Students participated in Health Lessons this week. Third graders learned how the Circulatory and Respiratory systems work together to provide oxygen to the cells in the body. Second graders learned about vegetables and how they provide nutrients to the body. First grade students learned how families are the same and different.. Kindergarten students learned how to handle a worry and learned how to perform push-ups.
Music: This week, students K-3 have started the 4th week of their unit on musicianship. Grade 1 and Kindergarten are practicing elements of the beat. 1st grade will also practice rhythms. 2nd grade will expand their musicianship with Sol Mi patterns. 3rd grade will be writing and reading music for their recorders and practicing pitch patterns.
Library: During library class this week, students looked at online encyclopedias and ebook resources about solar eclipses. Students read two ebooks, and watched a video. As a class we looked at some pictures and another video. Students demonstrated their understanding of how a total solar eclipse works by completing an assignment on Google Slides.