Mr. Ward’s Message:
Another great week at Freetown Elementary! With each passing day students are learning the expectations of FES Within those expectations students are becoming more and more familiar with our core values of being respectful, responsible, and safe. Keep up the great work Freetown Fox students!
This upcoming week will bring much excitement to FES…
As you have probably heard we are having a fundraiser called the Fun Run. This is our “BIG” fundraiser for the school year. On Monday we will have our Fun Run Pep Rally. The date of the actual Fun Run is Thursday, October 13th. .
Fun Run Fun Facts…
We will have nightly challenges for students to participate in.
We will have a 50 State Challenge.
We will set incentives for various amounts of money raised. For example, if $20,000 is raised then Mr. Ward will need to complete an activity set forth by the FES PTO. In the past “dues were” getting slimed, silly stringed, pie in the face, and water dumped on his head. What will it be this year? Students and Mr. Ward will find out at the Pep Rally.
If parents are interested in watching the Fun Run...please ensure that you have a CORI check completed and on file in the office. Fingerprints are NOT needed.
Fun Run Date: October 13 / Times are below...
PreK (AM), Kindergarten, Grade 1: 9:40 - 10:40 AM
Grade 2 and Grade 3: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PreK (PM): 1:30 PM
Did you know…
Freetown Elementary School has a partnership with the Community Engagement Program of PACE Child Care Works. With this partnership FES and PACE offer a free weekly parent/child playgroup for 3 and 4 year olds on Friday mornings. The time of the playgroup is from 10:00 - 11:30 AM on Fridays. Registration is required. If you are interested please email Tammy at tdesnoyers@paceccw.org or call Tammy at (508) 999-9930 Ext 129.
Attendance Matters Weekly Update:
The goal that has been established... 94% of the FES student population will attend school daily.
It is required for students to attend school regularly. Please make every attempt to send your child/ren to school. We will begin tracking our school-wide attendance data next week.
September 12-16: 95%...Met Goal!
September 19-23: 95%...Met Goal!
September 26-30: 95%...Met Goal!
Upcoming events:
October 7: Early Release Day - Students will be dismissed at 12:15 PM. No lunch service.
October 10: No School due to Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day
FES News and Happenings:
Friday, October 7th will be an early dismissal day for students. Students will be dismissed at 12:15 PM. Breakfast and lunch will not be provided.
News and Happenings around the classrooms:
Preschool: This week in preschool, we learned about the Lively Letter b, a noisy baby who doesn’t like to take naps. We also held our first “Shape Show and Tell” where the children brought something shaped like a circle to school. One class celebrated “Friendship Day” through cooperative puzzle and block building as well as sharing compliments about one another.
Kindergarten: This week in kindergarten we learned the name, sound and proper letter formation for the letters t, b and f. We introduced the high frequency word “I” and discussed concepts of print/book handling. We continue to practice writing our names and our friends’ names. In math, we are counting 1-5 and correct number formation.
Grade 1: This week in first grade we worked on the second week of the letter review unit in Fundations. For comprehension we focused on key details and compared fiction and nonfiction texts. In writing we are continuing to work on launching Writer’s Workshop. For math this week we focused on subtraction in word problems. We also have been practicing counting on to subtract.
Grade 2: This week in second grade in math we continued to work on reading, writing and representing 3-digit numbers. In reading we read stories where we focused on determining character traits and how character traits affect the way characters respond to challenges. In Fundations, we learned about using bonus letters in closed syllables, such as in words, stuff and spell. We learned about narrative writing and we continued to work on map skills.
Grade 3: This week in reading third graders wrapped up the Judy Moody book and Me Posters. In social studies we continued to read about and research information about our states' regions. In math we learned about the commutative and associative property of multiplication and wrote multiplication word problems.
Music: This week, students K-3 have started the third week of their unit on being expressive in music. We will learn new songs, games, and movements to be performed with appropriate musicality. In addition, Gradees 2 and 3 have explored mallet instruments and composing.
Art: Click Here to visit the virtual art room and learn more about line as an element of art with your child Kindergarteners are practicing drawing and naming varied lines. They also learned good gluing technique while they assembled their line designs. Grade 1 used fun textiles to complete their adorable scarecrow line designs. Grade 2 learned about the Ukrainian folk art Pysanky (decorated eggs) and then used oil pastels and watercolors to create a paper version. Grade 3 learned about Op Art and created their own optical illusion. Click here to learn more about Op Art with your child Op Art
Physical Education: Due to the rainy weather keeping us inside last week, this week students continued working on their kicking skills outside. They dribbled, passed and shot the soccer balls in stations while improving their skills
Library: During library class this week, kindergarten students listened to the read aloud “Dot” by Randi Zuckerberg. Students completed a worksheet where they cut out words and glued them to the matching picture. First grade students logged onto their Seesaw accounts and worked on an assignment where they dragged and dropped shapes to make a new design. Students used the microphone tool to record their voice and say what they created. Second grade students listened to the read aloud “Doll-E 1.0 by Shanda McCloskey and responded to a writing prompt on Google Slides. Third grade students learned how to draw a pixel art self-portrait, generate a PDF and upload it to a class Padlet.