Author Day: Wednesday, June 20

Families are invited to attend Room 16's "Author Day" on 6/20 from 1:30-2:30.

Students are working hard finishing up their final pieces of writing and organizing their writing portfolios in an effort to present the best of what they have written in the past year. 

We know you will be entertained!

Next week is Spirit Week!

The following events have been planned for Spirit Week, from 6/11-6/15:

Monday: wear something from your favorite sports team

Tuesday: Wear your Be the One t-shirt, or green and white

Wedensday: Wear your pajamas to school

Thursday: wear patriotic colors (red, white and blue)

Friday: mismatch, crazy hair and cafeteria Mix it Up day



Tomorrow is Field Day!!

Please remember to wear sneakers!  Each grade has a different color theme.  If possible, fourth graders are to wear white t-shirts.  The weather looks like it's cooperating for us to have a fabulous day!

Field Trip tomorrow to the Blue Hills Weather Observatory!

Please wear sneakers and dress for hiking in whatever weather is expected.  We plan to leave at 8:35 and return at approximatly 1:45.

The Wax Museum comes to Room 16!

Something very special occurred in Room 16 today... the room was transformed into a Wax Museum full of a diverse, famous figures.  Our first grade Reading Buddies who visited the museum entered a completely dark room filled with statues ranging form Queen Elizabeth I to wrestler John Cena.  Once in the darkened room, first graders  were able to shine a magical light onto the statues making them come to life!  The statues would tell all about themselves, then freeze once more.

Let me tell you that I could not be more proud of the incredible performances these fourth graders gave today!  Every single students knew their characters history, their accomplishments, and many fun facts that they could easily share quite often without even looking at their notes.  Their costumes and props made the museum very realistic and exciting for our first grade visitors.  It was a huge success because the fourth graders made it so!  Well done!!  PLEASE see the pics and flics page for pictures of each statue.

Our Time of Chicks

Take a "Peep" at what's been happening in the 4th grade!

In the past weeks, we were given the opportunity to be part of chick hatching.  An incubator with chick eggs was in our room for several days while the eggs slowly hatched.  We could even hear the chicks chirping from inside the eggs!  48 hours after hatching, the chicks were moved to their "brooding box" where they were safe with food, water, and a heat lamp.  Students cared for the chicks for about a week, keeping them clean and playing with them in the classroom.  It was amazing how quickly they grew! 

MCAS on Tuesday

On Tuesday, March 20, fourth graders at Fox Hill will have the Long Composition portion of MCAS.  This can be one of the longer days of MCAS for many children as they are asked to write a narrative essay from a prompt.  Students need to work through all of the stages of writing that we have been practicing: brainstorming, planning, writing a rough draft, editing/revising, adding SALT, and finally writing a final draft of their essay.  For some, this task will take most of the day.

Because it is a "marathon," we allow students to make themselves comfortable on that day, even bringing slippers and wearing pajamas if they'd like.  They can chew gum if they bring it from home as well.

I strongly encourage parents to make sure that students go to bed early on Monday night, get a good night's sleep, and eat a hearty, healthy breakfast on Tuesday morning.  They will break for snack and it would be very helpful if the snacks they bring are healthy snacks that will keep them focused and working hard.  This is a long day and we need to do everything we can to make it as comfortable as possible!

Personal Assitant for the Day!

At the recent fundraiser auction, Joey won the opportunity to be Mrs. Wood's Personal Assistant for the Day!  Some of his responsibilities were to plan the morning work, write the morning message, run the morning meeting, help teach classes and assign students homework.  As payment, Joey and two friends were treated to ice cream at School House Ice Cream.  What a fabulous Personal Assistant he was!

Running a game of "Alibi"



Ahhh, it's nice to have an Assistant!

And finally, the ice cream reward!