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Friday, November 18, 2016

Roderick Review (Week 12) 11/14/16-11/18/16

Roderick Review (Week 12) 11/14/16-11/18/16

Grade 4 Writing Tools - Students are working on incorporating transitional phrases into their writing to convey the passage of time in their narrative pieces.

Mrs. Coleman is using her "lenses" to demonstrate how students can reread their writing through different lenses as they continue to review and revise their work.

Sixth graders are presenting summaries of the articles they have read from reliable sources such as "Newsela" and "National Geographic" just to name a few.  Some of the articles shared provoked a great discussion between and among students after the articles were presented.  Great thinking, sixth graders!

Ms. Downing's "engineering" group presented what they had learned about the Mayan civilization to their peers and discussed the different hierarchy in the Mayan culture, their symbols for writing, and much more!

In just two days, Ms. Downing's "dramatic" group put together a script and play for their ancient civilization project!  Outstanding work, conveying the realities of the various conquests with this live performance!

Mrs. Moon's sixth graders have used their powers of persuasion to create these "Saving the Rain Forests" projects to be judged next Tuesday!  Impressive!

Important Upcoming Dates:

* Wednesday, November 23rd - Early Dismissal (12:00 p.m.) -Report Cards are distributed.
* Wednesday, November 30th - Early Dismissal (12:00 p.m.) for Afternoon Conferences
* Thursday, December 1st - Early Dismissal (12:00 p.m.) for Evening Conferences

Making the Most of Parent -Teacher Conferences...
Before the conference, review student work that comes home, jot down any questions or concerns that you have, and also check in with your child to see if s/he has any questions as well.
At the conference, share the questions or concerns that you or your child have, listen for your child's strengths, and for what skills and concepts they are working on next as they work towards grade level benchmarks.
After the conference, share what you learned with your child.  It is a powerful, supportive message when students see that their parents and teachers are working in concert with one another to help them to continue to learn and grow.  If you have other questions after the conference, do feel free to reach out.  We value ongoing two-way communication between home and school and want to hear from you if you have questions.


WRENTHAM FOOD PANTRY...
Just a reminder that we are collecting items for the Wrentham Food pantry in the lobbies at both schools.  You may drop items off at any time.  Thank you for your support!


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