Legacy Cheer!

Last night I went and checked out a performance by Legacy Cheer, a competition cheer team.  Two of my students are on the team.  I was so impressed with the talent of the team and even more impressed with my two girls!  They were amazing!!!!  I was so proud of them!

Music Presentation

Last Friday our students had a special musical presentation by one of their classmates and her mother.  They came in for about 30 minutes and played the cello and keyboard.  They also sang a couple of songs.  It was a pleasure to hear the talent of one of my students!

Mutlicultural Night

Thank you to everyone that came to Multicultural Night last Thursday.  The night was a huge success!  From what I hear we had over 600 people attend!!!!  I hope you were all happy with your child's work.  I think all of the presentations came out amazing.  They all worked really hard on researching and designing the presentations.  Now we are looking forward to following and cheering our countries on in the Winter Olympics!!!

Team News: Week of January 27-31

This week:  We started Unit 4, Working Together, in Literacy.  Our first story was an excerpt from A Cricket in Times Square.  We focused on the theme of friendship.  In Math, we began learning about equivalent fractions.  We learned that you can multiply the numerator and the denominator by the same number to make an equivalent fraction.  We worked A LOT on our multicultural night projects.  The slide show presentations were unbelievably good.  I am so proud of all the kids!  Thank you to all the families who came to Multicultural Night!

Next Week:  In Literacy, we will read a nonfiction story called “The Life and Times of the Ant.”  In Math, we will continue learning about equivalent fractions and begin comparing fractions.  Hopefully we will be ready for the unit test on Friday.  We also begin Science!  Our first unit is Life Science and we will be learning about classifying living things.

Fraction Flowers

This week each student wrote a word problem that included fractions.  They then had to make a flower that went along with their word problem.  After the flowers were completed they shared their fraction word problems with the class.  Each flower was different and unique!!!

Team News: Week of January 6-10

This week:  We got right back into the swing of things with a full schedule!  In Literacy, we read a play called “Ranita, The Frog Princess.”  Ask your child if they had a part in the play.  We focused on identifying the theme, which is the overall message or lesson of the story.  In Math, we did a little division and multiplication review and began identifying and making fractions.  In Social Studies we learned about New Hampshire in the 20^th century and beyond.  We also began our projects for multicultural night.  We are researching countries that participate in the Olympics.  This will also lead us into an ongoing project during the Olympics.

Next Week:  In Literacy, we will be reading a story called “Me and Uncle Romie” and focusing on character, setting, and plot.  In Math, we will continue working on identifying and making fractions.  In Social Studies, we will begin learning about New Hampshire’s government.  We will also continue working on our projects for multicultural night.  

Don’t Forget:  to practice multiplication facts, read 20 minutes, and complete homework!  As always please check my blog as it has updates and important information about that is going on at school:  www.missrocheford.blogspot.com

Spelling City

Looking for a fun and interactive way to study your spelling words each week?  If you answered yes, then I found the website for  you!  Check out www.spellingcity.com to choose different activities and games to help you learn your words for Fridays' tests.  It's easy and it's free!!!  Here are the steps you need to follow once you get to the website:


1.  Click on "Find a List."
2.  Type Miss Rocheford in the search box
3.  Click on my name
4.  Find the spelling list you need to study and click on it.  You will then see different free activities and games that you can play.