Mr. Ward’s Message:
Next week will bring the Annual Art Show as well as the “BOGO” (Buy One, Get One) Scholastic Book Fair. Students will have the opportunity to visit the Book Fair with their classmates on a specific date set forth by their classroom teacher.
On Thursday, May 23rd Freetown Elementary School will host its Annual Art Show. The Art Show will begin at 5:30 PM and conclude at 6:30 PM. The hallways will be transformed into galleries that feature two works of art by each student artist and over 50 different art lessons. At the same time of the Art Show the “Buy One, Get One (BOGO) Book Fair” Family Night will be taking place on Thursday, May 23rd from 5:30 - 7:00 PM in the auditorium. For both events families will be able to gain access to the building using the Memorial Drive doors.
The Annual Fox Festival will be taking place on Tuesday, June 11th with the rain date being Wednesday, June 12th. We are in need of volunteers. Please click on the link if you are interested. CORI and fingerprints are required for this event!
Upcoming events:
May 20: Special Olympics
Due to the weather conditions and field conditions the Special Olympics was postponed.
May 20-24: “Buy One, Get One” Scholastic Book Fair
May 23: Annual Art Show from 5:30 - 6:30 PM
May 23: Family Book Fair Night from 5:30 - 7:00 PM
May 27: No School - Memorial Day
PTO Corner:
PTO meetings will be held in person and virtually. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 10th beginning at 6:30 PM. The meeting invitation will be sent out the week prior.
There are a couple of open FES PTO board positions for the upcoming school year, 2024-2025.
Co-Chair
Co-Treasurer (2)
Co-Volunteer
FES PTO website is...https://freetownelementarypto.weebly.com/
Attendance Matters Weekly Update:
Goal: 94% of the FES student population will attend school daily.
May’s Daily Student Attendance Percentage:
May 1 and May 2: 97%...Met goal!
May 6-10: 96%...Met goal!
May 13-17: 96%...Met goal!
Around the Freetown Elementary School Classrooms for the Week of May 13-17:
Pre-School: This week in preschool we learned about ladybugs and their lifecycle. We played number recognition games, such as rolling dice and placing this amount of ladybugs on a leaf, and matching numerals to the quantity of dots found on a ladybug. We observed our caterpillars enter into their chrysalis stage. We also studied the letter Y, and learned about the sound it makes.
Kindergarten: In kindergarten this week our phonics lesson was the long o sound and the -oke ending. Our HFW were- where, look. Our comprehension skills focused on re-reading and time order. Our PA skills were segmenting and blending syllables and phoneme identifying, blending and substitution. For writing we focused on one idea and end punctuation. Our math lesson was building shapes. We are preparing for our field trip to the zoo next week!
Grade 1: This week in first grade we focused on r-controlled vowels -or and -ore, along with suffix -er. For comprehension we are focusing on characters, setting, and plot. We are learning about the things we see in the sky this week in both reading and science. For math, our focus was on measuring and comparing lengths using -er and -est. For writing, we are working on our animal research unit.
Grade 2: This week in second grade reading we worked on describing connections between historical events by focusing on a sequence of events; we also continued to focus on text features such as timelines and captions. In phonics we worked on reading and spelling words with the double vowel teams “au” and “aw”. In second grade math we reviewed graphing, measurement, telling and writing time to the nearest 5 minutes, and solving word problems involving money. We worked on writing fiction stories. In Science we learned about what plants need in order to survive.
Grade 3: This week in third grade, students took their math MCAS test. They worked hard, persevered, and shined! Way to go third graders - we are proud of you! In social studies, students learned about important landmarks in Freetown and Assonet. They also learned about the Ye Freemen Purchase and the Pocasset Purchase. Students have enjoyed learning about their hometown and making personal connections to their own lives.
Physical Education: Students participated in their second bocce lesson. Kindergarteners played with 1 bocce and a fixed pallino and scored independently. First graders played with 2 bocces and a fixed pallino and scored independently after a few games of teacher directed play. Second and Third grade students learned how to play partner bocce and then chose to either play with partners or independent games.
Art: Kindergarten learned about form as an element of art while they created their crazy line paper sculptures. All other students selected 2 of their best efforts for the student art exhibit which will be held Thursday, May 23.
Music: This week, students K-3 have started the third week of their unit on performance. Grade 1 and Kindergarten are practicing performing by learning new songs such as Wishy Washy and No More Pie. 2nd grade will expand their musicianship by continuing to practice for our Star Spangled Spectacular. Some third grade classes are still finishing recorders this week.
Library: In library class this week, students took virtual field trips on Google Earth. Students selected their destination from a list of places. The choices included the White House, the Grand Canyon, the Eiffel Tower and the Madrid Zoo. Students wrote about what they saw on Google Earth at these places and then read a related article on Pebble Go and wrote about what they learned from the article.