Roderick School Blog

Thanks for visiting the Roderick Elementary School Blog! Blogging is a great way to share some of the exciting things happening in our school with families and the greater school community. The Blog will be updated weekly with pictures and news from the school. Come back and visit often!

Friday, March 11, 2016

Roderick Review Week 26 (3/7/16-3/11/16)


Grade 5 students are working hard on their informational writing!  On Thursday, students in Mrs. Kane's and Mrs. Bevilacqua's classes joined together to provide feedback on their second draft.  Most students were working with a partner who had researched the same explorer and they were looking to add in specific geographical information, transitional words and phrases, using "time" as an organizational tool where some created a timeline to go along with their writing.  Students also checked to see if they had answered the larger questions.


Playground FUNdraiser!


Please support our playground fundraising initiative by supporting events that benefit our very own Dancing with the Wrentham Stars dancer- Dr. Allan Cameron!




      The total cost for the playground project will be 
approximately $250, 000




Please visit our website:  wrenthamplayground.com


Technology and Cyber Safety Information Night

On Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:00pm in the Vogel Auditorium, Wrentham Public Schools will be hosting a Parent Night: Keeping Students Safe and Secure Online. We will discuss Current Trends and Safeguards in a Digital World and Social and Emotional Implications of a Digital World. We will also review some filtering and internet safety tools and conclude with a panel Q&A. Sean Ahern, Director of Technology, Heather Fox, 4-6 Grade Computer Teacher, and Kim Kost, School Psychologist will be presenting and taking part in the the Q&A. We look forward to seeing you on the 22nd and starting this important dialogue.
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Friday, March 4, 2016

Roderick Review Week 25 (2/29/16-3/4/16)

Literacy Night - A Booming Success!

This past week has been quite a week of celebration!  It was great to see so many families from Delaney and Roderick enjoy their visits to the Book Fair organized by the PTO to find new favorite authors and also enjoying the events at Literacy Night on March 2nd, Dr. Seuss Day!

Dr. Seuss stories are going to leap from the page and onto the stage in April with the ACT production of Seussical!  On Wednesday, students helped to create some of the scenery, including the truffula trees from The Lorax.
BEFORE

DURING
AFTER
Mind-BOGGLERS!
I was lucky enough to be in charge of one of the literacy stations where I had the chance to see the students in action building words with letter tiles while others were challenged to play Boggle.  Some brave souls took on their principal to see just how many words we could create in three minutes.  The record was 33!



Be sure to check out our others photos from Literacy Night on the home page of the website!



PTO/Scholastic Book Fair!

During the day, teachers and students were dressed as literary characters including Cindy-Lou Who and The Cat-in-the-Hat pictured below.





 Special thanks to all of our Book Fair organizers!  Students were so excited to visit the book fair and thanks to the students' Read Across Wrentham incentive program, some students ever earned a gift certificate to spend at the Book Fair to further encourage their life-long love for reading!

Our fearless leader, Dr. Cameron, made a special visit to Literacy Night in costume as well!


Upcoming Events...

DELANEY PLAYGROUND...

As you will recall, we need a new playground at Delaney School.  There are a number of events that are coming up that will help to raise money for the playground.  We hope to see you there!

A Magical Evening!
When: Monday, March 21st 6:00 p.m.
Where: Gibbons Gym Cost: $5.00 per person/$20.00 per family (Checks to be made out to Wrentham Community Events, Inc.) 
All proceeds will benefit Dr. Cameron in Dancing with the Wrentham Stars to benefit the Delaney School Playground.

Dancing with the Wrentham Stars!
Save the date!  Friday, April 1, 2016!
7:00 p.m. to Midnight
Lake Pearl Luciano's
Go to:  www.wce02093.org for more information!  Get your tickets before they sell out!