Team News: Week of Sept. 22-26

We had another busy week filled with learning lots of new things!  In literacy we read a great fiction story called "The Astronaut and the Onion" which was about a girl named Gloria who meets at astronaut she has seen on TV.  The astronaut teaches Gloria a lesson about the importance of never giving up and always trying your best to achieve your goals.  We also read a short nonfiction piece about the types of food astronauts eat in outer space.  I showed them a video of Chris Hatfield, an astronaut who has been on the space station, trying to eat and make a meal while in space.  The kids thought it was very interesting.  They also had the opportunity to try "astronaut granola" made by my assistant, Mrs. Martin.  The kids will be bringing home the recipe today.


In math, we continued with rounding and estimating to check reasonableness of answers.  This week we were estimating products and quotients which are two very difficult concepts.  Kids seemed to really be starting to get multiplication.  They have done great with the way I've taught them.  Division has been much more difficult...we will work on it some more next week. 


In Social Studies, we read about the NH regions.  We discussed their geographical regions, major cities/towns, attractions, and jobs.  We used the picture writing technique to paint a picture of our favorite region.  They came out wonderful!!!  We will write about our paintings as well.  These will be on display at Open House on October 14.


I've had a couple NH county projects come in already.  They are great!  Just a reminder that they are due on October 8th.  Please have your child follow the guidelines and look at the rubric.  This will help ensure they get the best great possible.  These will also be on display at Open House.


KIDS NEED TO BE WORKING ON MULITIPLICATION FACTS AT HOME!!!!!  This will only make them so much more successful in the classroom. 

Team News: Week of September 15, 2014

Another great week!  The kids worked so hard this week during literacy and intervention.  They did a great job working independently so that I could continue to work on some beginning of the year assessments.  The good news is that I'm completed my beginning of the year assessments and next week can get back to normal.  In math we worked on rounding and estimation.  This should be more of a review but I've noticed quite a few kids struggling with the rounding concept.  We will continue working on this next week.  In Social Studies we started talking about the geography of NH and NH's regions.  This sets us up to take notes on the regions and get ready to do our first picture writing assignment. 


Wednesday, September 17 was Constitution Day.  We took quite a bit of time Wednesday to learn a little bit about our Constitution.  We read a readers' theater that focused on the bill of rights and other important amendments and our three branches of government.  We also did a little "Constitution Day" scavenger hunt where students had to answer questions by finding the answers hidden around the room.  Finally we watched a video about our Bill of Rights.  Please take a moment to ask your child if he/she can tell you one fact about the Constitution.


I'm looking forward to another great week.  As a quick reminder...there is an early release next Friday (Sept. 26).  Students are dismissed at 12:45.

Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe!

Following the 3 B's is important in helping make PSS more awesome!  I have to say this class does an AMAZING job at making sure they are respectful, responsible, and safe in the classroom, hallways, cafeteria, and outside.  They have already earned their 10 B's and as of this morning we have actually earned 16 B's!!!!  I'm very proud of them.


Our celebration for achieving our goal will be on Friday, October 3.  We will be watching the movie "Because of Winn-Dixie."  I chose this movie because we will be reading an excerpt from this book that week in Literacy.  I have also chosen this book to read aloud after recess.  The kids will also be able to bring a stuffed animal of their choice (please not too big) and pajamas to change into at school.  I'll put a reminder about this in the newsletter the week before.


Congratulate your child on a job well done and encourage he/she to keep up the good work!

Team News: Week of September 8, 2014

Well we survived our first 5 day week!  The kids had a very busy week!  We read "The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein," a funny story about a young boy named David who wanted to change his name because it was too common.  In the end he learns a valuable lesson...ask your child what it was.  In math, we finished up working on place value and comparing numbers.  In social studies we learned about the state symbols and celebrations.  We designed New Hampshire license plates.  We continued to work on showing the three B's around school.  As a class we were able to earn 5 bees!!!!The kids were awesome and worked super hard while I was doing some beginning of the year assessments.  I'm hoping for another great week coming up!

Let's Be More Awesome!

One of the things I love about my job is being able to collaborate with other teachers on projects.  Today our class had the chance to meet with Mrs. Weaver's 2nd grade class to share our thoughts on how to be "more awesome."  It was a great opportunity for our students to meet each other and to see how Kid President inspired us in different ways.  I look forward to being able to work with Mrs. Weaver again this year!

Kid President and Miss Rocheford's Class Say...

Check out what Kid President and our class has to say about making PSS and the world a more awesome place...

Kid President

Our class is working with Kid President to make PSS more awesome!!!  During the first week of school we watch Kid President's pep talk to teachers and students.  His words are very inspiring and the kids really enjoyed listening to his ideas for making the world a more awesome place to be.  We want to make PSS a more awesome place to be!  We will be watching more Kid President videos as the year progresses in search of more inspiration.  If you've never seen Kid President you need to check him out....