Glenwood News
What is happening at Glenwood, January 10, 2020
News from Dr. Cappucci
Math Facts
"Math fact fluency leads to higher order mathematics.
Through automaticity students free up their working memory and can devote it to problem solving and learning new concepts and skills .” (Geary, 1994)
It is important that all students practice their math facts nightly.
Knowing math facts is the key to success as students progress in their academic careers and begin to solve more complex math problems. If students have to spend time focusing on facts, it will affect their performance in math. We encourage all students to spend a few minutes each day practicing math facts.
Here are free websites to practice math facts:
https://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards
https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/FastFacts/play.html
https://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Index.html
https://www.splashlearn.com/math-skills/math-facts
https://xtramath.org/#/home/index
And finally an article that explains, "Why do Kids Need to Learn Math Facts."
https://www.k5learning.com/blog/why-do-kids-need-learn-math-facts
Apple Watches
Panorama
As you may already be aware, helping students to build social emotional skills is an important goal for our school. Between January 13-24, students will be asked to complete an online questionnaire that encourages them to reflect on their own mindsets and approaches to learning. The surveys will be completed during the school day.
These questionnaires have been developed by Panorama and contain research based questions and follow up data guided actional steps to support student growth in social emotional learning. Our focus will be on the following competencies: Social Awareness, Self-Management, Growth Mindset, Teacher-Student Relationships, School Safety and Sense of Belonging. It is our goal to help students and teachers learn more about themselves and how they learn best by completing this process.
If you have questions about this process or if you’d like to learn more about how these activities help meet our goals, please contact me directly. Thank you for your ongoing support of your student(s) and of our school.
Questions for Students in Grades 3-5
If you walked into class upset, how concerned would your teacher be?
When your teacher asks, "How are you?", how often do you feel that your teacher really wants to know your answer?
How excited would you be to have your teacher again?
How respectful is your teacher towards you?
How often are people disrespectful to others at your school?
How well do people at your school understand you as a person?
How often do students get into physical fights at your school?
How much support do the adults at your school give you?
How likely is it that someone from your school will bully you online?
How much respect do students at your school show you?
How often do you worry about violence at your school?
Overall, how much do you feel like you belong at your school?
If a student is bullied in school, how difficult is it for him/her to get help from an adult?
Save the Date
January.
7- Access testing for ELL students begins
13- Panorama Survey Begins (See note above)
20- No School
24- Spell-a-thon for Classroom Electronics begins!!!
24- Parent Portal opens for report cards.
30- Half day
½ Day Lunch Schedule
11:00-11:25- Third
11:25-11:50- Fifth
11:50-12:15 Fourth
31- 5th grade Step up movie at CTMS
February
10 Spell-a-thon Test
17-21 Vacation
March
2-All pledges are due.
11- Special Olympics at the high school.
12- Half Day
16-19 Book Fair
19- Family STEAM Night and Book Fair Night
Fundraisers for the year (more may be added)
Monthly movies after school in the blue pod
January Spell-a-thon
March - Square 1 Art to support our specials- Art, Music, and Gym.
March-16-20 Book Fair which is used to purchase all classroom magazines
April 17 PTO Sponsored Basket Raffle
Penny Wars
What is Happening at Glenwood.
STEAM Into Winter Began this week
The Take-Home was Amaryllis Bulbs.
Although the Patriot's lost...
Makerspace News
Please do not drop off Makerspace materials if we are not in the building. We will have to throw away the materials if we are unsure of where they came from. Thank you for understanding.
A true makerspace is defined not by what's in it, but rather by what comes out of it: projects, experiences, artifacts, and learning. At Glenwood we are looking to have a makerspace that opens opportunities for children to design, create and explore. We are looking for donations of materials we can use in our makerspace. We are in desperate need of materials for our makerspace. Some things that we can not get enough of are:
small pieces of wood and nails for building
Cereal and cardboard boxes
masking and duct tape,
toilet paper and paper towel rolls,
craft supplies,
cereal boxes,
cardboard,
fabric, yarn,
streamers
plastic containers,
or anything that may end up in the recycling bin
We appreciate these and other materials that are in a clean and usable condition.
If you know a carpenter who has scrap pieces of wood, please ask them if they will donate the wood to our makerspace!
Mrs. Thayer's class visited the makerspace!
Third Grade News
WINN RTI Block
Character Traits in tall tales with Ms. Amend
Spelling with Mrs. Thorne
Fourth Grade News
Mrs. Butterfield had 2 mystery readers today!
Mrs. Butterfield's class visited the library.
Salute the colonel with Mr. Vickstrom
Interactive Read Aloud with Mrs. Hovan.
Mystery Science with Mrs. Dumas
Descriptive Writing with Mrs. Dumas
Sam Keevan... Eco-Agent Presentation!
Fifth Grade News
1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia with George Washington, a.k.a. Ms. Tucker.
Mrs. Daly's class divided decimals by whole numbers.
Phases of the Moon with Mr. Jaffe
Art, Music, Gym
All students were jumping rope with Ms. Teevens.
Optical illusions in Art.
Line dancing with Mrs. Arsenault.
Rotating Special Schedule
Newsletter
Instagram, Google Classroom, and Class Dojo
If you ever have any concerns or questions, please reach out to the classroom teachers at Glenwood. All teachers have access to emails and will always respond within 1-2 school days. Working together as a team will enable all students to reach their academic potential.
Please, Please for the safety of our students never drive around the cars parked in the pick-up or drop off line. in the last two years children were almost hit by a car trying to speed out of line.
Buses arrive between 8:55 and 9:05.
Our drop off line out back opens at 8:55 and ends at 9:08. Students must be in their seats ready to learn by 9:10.
Our mornings are extremely busy and we cannot have children dropped off at the school prior to 8:55. Clubhouse is available for students every morning beginning at 7:00. Contact Rutland Recreation for information.
Worcester Center for Crafts Exhibit
Fidelity Bank
We have partnered with Fidelity Bank to give our students this opportunity.
Save Those Boxtops
Cool Cash Banking Program is back.
Fidelity has a Cool Cash Banking Program at Glenwood. If you open an account at Fidelity Bank, students can make their deposits here every Tuesday morning. Please see the attached information.
BIG Y EDUCATION EXPRESS
Lunch Menus are always posted on the Glenwood Website.
Notes from Mrs. Lawton, School Nurse
Welcome to the Health Update-
To The Parents of 4th and 5th graders:
Thank You to those who have sent in recent copies of their children’s MD physicals and updated immunizations- I appreciate it! For those of you who haven’t been able to yet- if you could send them along as soon as possible, that would be great!
- The new Health Office website is up and running. Please visit this site: https://sites.google.com/wrsd.net/wrsdhealthservices/home
Reminders from Mrs. Johnstone, School Secretary
- It is important that we have the most up to date contact information for your child. Updates of contact information can be completed by contacting our school secretary Mrs. Johnstone at 508-886-0399 or by email at jeanine_johnstone@wrsd.net
- If your child will be absent, please notify us by either sending a note with your child, or notifying the school at 508-886-0399.
- If your child has a change in dismissal, please send in a note with your child's full name and teacher's name.
- Please ensure your CORI has not expired. Contact Mrs. Johnstone if you are unsure of your expiration date. Mrs. Johnstone has current information regarding the CORI. We cannot rush CORI checks at the end of the year as systems are overloaded.
- Unless otherwise noted: Dismissal on Early Release Days will begin at 12:30 with lunch being served.
News from the Cafeteria
- Please email jennifer_jones@wrsd.net if you do not want your child to purchase a snack from their Schoolbucks account. An alert will be placed on your child's account.
- Breakfast will be served daily. Children will need a note from parents to purchase breakfast.
- Breakfast will consist of cereal, yogurt, fruit and milk or bagel, yogurt, fruit and milk.
- The cost for breakfast is $2.25. The cost for lunch is $3.25. Milk is $.60.
- If a child qualifies for free or reduced lunch, then they will also qualify for a free or reduced breakfast. Please contact Mrs. Jones if you have any questions.
- Lunch Menus are available on the Glenwood website: http://www.wrsd.net/glenwood/