Chatham Elementary School
Where We Are Proud To Be SHARKS!
May 10, 2019
Fin'tastic CES Students Are:
Honest
Accepting
Respectful
Kind
Successful!
Ms. Hanson's Classroom Filled Their SHARK Tank! Way to go SHARKS!
Important Dates:
May 13
- Chatham Town Meeting (CPA grant approval will be sought for our playground; please come out to exercise your right to vote; child care is available-contact Sue at the Community Center to reserve)
May 15:
- Walking School Bus Starts the Wednesday! The "bus" begins at the corner of Elkanah and Stepping Stone roads, and travels up Bell Road, Barcliffe, and then Hitching Post to school. We are happy to "pick up students" along the way. Come walk to school with us!
May 22
- Early Dismissal Wednesday (student dismissal 1:35pm)
May 23
- Playground and Beautification Committee (2:30pm; CES conference room)
- Talent Show (New time: 5:30pm; all welcome, see more information below)
May 27
- No school-Memorial Day
May 29
- CES Concert (band, chorus, strings, and recorders)-May 29th at 6:30pm
June 5
- Proud to Be A SHARK Community event: The Bubble Man (1pm, all welcome)
*Grades 3 and 4 Field Day-Tuesday, June 4th (rain date Wed. June 5th)
*Grades K, 1, 2 Field Day-Thursday, June 6th (rain date Friday, June 7th)
June 7: 3rd grade field trip to Pleasant Bay Sailing
4th grade State Fair (all welcome)
June 10: Grade 4 Unity Day at MRMS
June 13:
- Grade 3 Field Trip to Aquaculture Shellfish Hatchery (raindate June 14)
- 4th Grade Celebration
June 17
- Last day of school; report cards sent home
The "Kindness Club" would like to remind you to vote at Town Meeting on May 13th.
SIGN UP below to be a FIELD DAY Volunteer!
Weekly Article: "Ask Me About..."
Each week the grade level teams will publish two to three statements for caregivers to use as conversation starters with their child(ren). Although the Scoop is a great place to see and discuss end-of-learning products, these "ask me about" conversation starters will help promote discussions about current learning. For additional questions to ask your child about school, please visit "Understood's" article:
How to Say It: Better Questions to Ask Your Child About School and keep us updated on how these questions are working!
Ask Me About...for Grade 4
What are three objects in your home that have at least one line of symmetry?
Who does the problem in your state specifically affect?
What is the difference between a transverse and longitudinal wave?
Ask Me About...For Grade 2
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
Draw a shape that has 5 lines and 5 curves.
Ask Me About...for Grade 1
What classification is your animal? How do you know? Name 3 characteristics of your animal that indicate its classification.
What is a number sentence you could use that equals 18?
Ask Me About...For Grade K
Ask me to tell you what happens when you add a 0 or a 1 to a number.
Ask me to tell you the clue that Jack and Annie found in the Dolphins at Daybreak book.
Ask me to tell you about the strategies for solving a word problem.
Ask Me About...For PreK
- Tell me about the best part of your day.
- What was the hardest thing you had to do today?
- Did any of your classmates do anything funny?
- Tell me about what you read in class.
- Who did you play with today?
A Special Ask Me About From Ms. M's Room: Ask me what peace means to me!
Peace means being relaxed. When you are at peace you show compassion and respect. Peace means you are caring and a good citizen. Peace is all the SHARK expectations. When I am at peace, I am calm and I can think. (shared by MDH)
I've been here for three years and I have learned so much. Peace is the way you want to live your life . Peace is a way of life. It is a calm life. (shared by NR)
Peace means to be kind and honest. Peace means to be loving. Peace means to be respectful. Peace means no yelling. (shared by CD)
SHARK Shout Out
A SHARK Shout Out to all of our amazing teachers! "A teacher affects eternity; s/he can never tell where her/his influence stops." -Henry B. Adams
SHARK Shout Out
A SHARK Shout Out to the PTO for treating our teachers to sweet treats, breakfast, and lunch this week. It was lovely!
A SHARK Shout Out to Eldredge Engineering for creating our beautiful poster of our proposed playground plan! It has garnered a lot of attention.
SHARK Shout Out
We are offering child care for the annual town meeting on May 13th and 14th. It’s at 6pm in the library at MRMS and is at no cost to parents. Please call the Chatham Community Center 508-945-5175 (option 2) to pre-register. _Sue Winkfield, Recreation Coordinator, Town of Chatham
Our PTO gave a special SHARK SHOUT OUT to all of our teachers! Happy Teacher's Appreciation Day!
The fourth grade welcomed R.E.A.P. members again this week; the focus lesson was on family. Photos detail activities, discussions, and group sharing.
Kindergarten News:
We finished our 9th Magic Tree House book this week. Jack and Annie are collecting clues to become Master Librarians. We have enjoyed acting out the story in our own classroom ocean!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CdMTHEPSUVkzulpFiQjCjPEzEe1UHVzz
We are spending a lot of time learning how to solve word problems and practicing our addition facts.
4th Grade Hour of Power!
Cinquain Poetry written in Ms. Flynn's Classroom
Spring
Green, sunny
Growing, blooming, sprouting
The butterflies pollinate the flowers.
Season
Cinquain written by AJ
Emely
Humorous, joyful
Playing, outgoing, running
Helpful, funny, kind. nice
EM
Spring written by JS
Spring
Sunny, warm
Blooming, chirping, sprouting
Nature is here again!
Season
Spring written by NK
Spring
Birth, flowers
Blooming, raining, sprouting,
Nature is waking up
Season
Proud to Be a SHARK Community Event~The Bubble Man
District News:
It's Lyme Disease Awareness Month~check out the "take a bite out of Lyme" activities in Ms. Caolo's room
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month! Mrs. Caolo's Class “took a bite out of Lyme” to bring awareness to this prevalent disease. Ticks can make us very sick if we get bitten by one . We studied pictures of ticks so that we would be able to recognize them and we talked about the importance of checking our bodies and our pets for ticks! Each student was given an information booklet to share with their family.
PreK News:
This week in preschool, the students continued to study growing things and farm animals. We decorated an ear of corn with corn, we decorated a pretend plant at the art table as well as an actual plant we planted. We sang, "Old Mac Donald Had a Farm." Students learned how to read a book by themselves with a predicatable text titled, Who Is in the Tub? Students are learning to identify the title of a book, pretend to read using their finger by moving from left to right, as well as touching each word as they read.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Jenn
Homeroom placement form for current grade K-3 Families:
Students entering grade 5 will have opportunities to communicate with the middle school soon!
Library Media News:
2018-2019 School Council
2018-2019 Members:
Robin Millen, CES principal (co-chair)
Maegan Storey, parent (co-chair)
Ann Barnard, teacher grade 2
Lindsay Bierwirth, parent (new member)
Meghan Lampert, parent and EL teacher
Deb Hanley Lopes, parent
Margaret Turco, teacher grade 3
Katherine Ware, parent and Library Media Specialist
Meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings online.
Click here for the 2018-2021 Schoolwide Improvement Plan
Now on Facebook! Please "LIKE" us!
“We are offering child care for the annual town meeting on May 13th and 14th. It’s at 6pm in the library at MRMS and is at no cost to parents. Please call the Chatham Community Center 508-945-5175 (option 2) to pre-register.” --Sue Winkfield, Recreation Coordinator, Town of Chatham
To Make This Playscape a Reality~Please Vote Yes at Town Meeting for the CPA Grants!
CES Student-Parent Handbook 2018-2019
Healthy Choices: MRSD Wellness Policy
Chatham Elementary School Website
Quote for this issue:
Thank you to our teachers for helping us find our "treasures."
Community News:
CMMC - Summer STEM 2019!
Fabulous Camps for young children!
Miss Mary’s Budding STEMs! - Open to preschool ages 4 & 5
Young children are curious and creative. We should nurture these natural instincts by offering them fun STEM challenges at a young age when they learn best through play and exploration. Each class will begin with Story Time, where we will read a picture book that highlights the theme of the day, followed by playful STEM activities that will be explored with a hands-on approach. Each day will include outdoor play time and snack. Please send your child with a drink and snack marked clearly with their name. (max class size of 6 children)
Teacher: Mary Hemeon
Session 1: July 1-3, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Session 2: July 16-18, 12:30PM - 3:30PM
Session 3: August 6-8, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Cost $150 / Session (or $120 / Session for CMMC Members)
Coding and Robotics! - Open to robot engineers grades K through 2
Children will spend the course sessions learning about coding through hands on activities, and learning about robotics with Ozobots. Using 21st Century skills, students will be introduced to JavaScript and Python coding language through coding unplugged activities. They will also craft their names in binary, create a light-up circuit board, discover how robots work by creating a Bristlebot and a Color-bot and more! Then they will learn how robots are programmed by combining these skills to program their Ozobot. At the end of each day, the children will get to take home what they create.
Teacher: Kathy Ware
July 15 - 19, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Cost $200 / Session (or $175 / Session for CMMC Members)
Dinosaur Dig! - Open to junior paleontologists in grades 2 - 4
We Dig Dinosaurs! Join us as we dig into the world of dinosaurs and reconstruct fossils recovered from our improvised dig site. Prepare to roll up your sleeves as we go digging for fossil remains, "bones", and prehistoric relics using the same tools and techniques used by paleontologists who retrieve and then reconstruct dinosaur exhibits for our world's museums. If you are fascinated by lizards and reptiles, like the challenge of searching for clues, examining materials in our laboratory and don't mind getting your hands dirty-- this is the program for you.
Teachers: Larry Brookhart & Annie Haven
August 8, 12:30PM - 3:30PM
Cost $50 / Session (or $40 / Session for CMMC Members)
Registration Form is available online at
https://www.chathammarconi.org/summerstem
Email: marconiclasses@gmail.com
Have you eaten at local restaurant,
Under new ownership, four-years after co-founding a successful seafood business in Brooklyn, Adam & Erica Dunn had grown tired of City life, dreaming of ways to relocate full time to Cape Cod. At "The Pheasant” (the Dunns' reinterpretation of the iconic restaurant on scenic Route 6A) the focus will be sustainable locally-sourced dining and gracious but approachable hospitality. Utilizing the highest quality, seasonally-driven ingredients from local farms and purveyors, The Pheasant will offer dishes with a unique Cape Cod identity influenced by classic New England flavors. We are excited to share that they will be donating 10% of all food sales to Cape Cod Children's Place.
Executive Chef, Toby Hill has created strong relationships with farmers, fishermen, and artisanal food makers. He will continue to build upon these long standing relationships and forge new ones through this endeavor at the helm of The Pheasant. Focusing on seasonal, New American cuisine and a strong commitment to sustainable sourcing from local purveyors Toby strives to create some of the most interesting and ambitious food at one of the most iconic restaurants on Cape Cod.
May 22, 2019
5 – 9 PM
The Pheasant
905 Main St. (6A)
Dennis
Bring friends, family, make it a date night, and enjoy delicious, locally sourced food and know your dinner is making an impact supporting our programs (and local families, farmers, and fishermen!).
Reservations are suggested, but not required.
Call 508.385.2133
to guarantee a table.
Chatham Elementary School
Website: www.monomoy.edu
Location: 147 Depot Road, Chatham, MA, USA
Phone: 508-945-5135
Twitter: @ChathamElemMRSD