Paul Revere School
November 2016
Newsletter
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Please remember the traffic flow is not to
come down Roosevelt Street but Della Russo
Way. The cars coming down Roosevelt Street
are hindering the flow of traffic. Please let’s
work together. Thank you for your support.
Monday, Nov. 14 ~ Education Week
Classroom Visits from 8:45 – 10:45 AM
Important dates:
Thursday, Nov. 17 ~ Museum of Science
at PRE for Gr. 3 “Wind”
Wednesday, Nov. 16 ~ dismissal 12:30
or Movie until 2:45
Tuesday, Nov. 1 ~ Math testing
Wednesday, Nov. 2 ~ Math Testing ~
Dismissal 12:30 or movie until 2:45
(Please be on time)
Monday, Nov. 21 ~ Grade 3 Parents
Visit and Breakfast
8:30 visit in classrooms
9:00 – 9:30 breakfast with teachers
Thursday, Nov. 3 ~ Veterans Day Assembly
9 AM
Monday, Nov. 21 ~ Pie Orders will be
delivered at 9:30 AM
Monday, Nov. 7 ~ PTO Meeting 8:30 AM in
the café
Governing Board Meeting 4 PM Library
All are Welcome
Tuesday, Nov. 22 ~ Picture make up day
Tuesday, Nov. 8 ~ Early Dismissal 12:30
Thursday, Nov. 24 ~ NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, Nov. 23 ~ Early Dismissal
11:30 AM (No Movie)
Happy Thanksgiving
Wednesday, Nov. 9 ~ dismissal 12:30
or Movie until 2:45
Friday, Nov. 11 ~ NO SCHOOL ~
Veteran’s Day
Friday, Nov. 25 ~ NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, Nov. 30 Optional Uniform Day –
~Dress like a teacher ~
Dismissal 12:30 or Movie 2:45
GRADE TWO NEWS
KINDERGARTEN NEWS
Kindergarten students will continue to work on
letter naming, phonemic awareness, and connecting
letters to sounds in Language Arts. Comprehension
skills will target settings, main ideas and realism
and fantasy. We will continue learning about
numbers in Math. We will classify and count data
also. The Raising a Reader Program has begun!
Please look for the red bags each week. Enjoy
reading and looking at the beautiful books
together.
The Kindergarten Team
Happy Fall! October is a busy month for the second
graders. In ELA we are learning about character
traits, main idea and details, irregular plural nouns
and collective nouns. In Math we will continue to
practice place value skills and addition and
subtraction word problems. In science, the children
will have a visit from the MWRA this month to learn
about water resources in our community as well as a
visit from the Saugus River Watershed Council to
learn about animal habitats.
The Second Grade Team ☺
GRADE ONE NEWS
Our first graders are learning about the seasons
and weather in Science this trimester. We are also
preparing for our Veterans Day assembly on
November 3rd.
In math, we continue to work on addition and
subtraction math facts and problem solving.
We want to remind you to read with your child 1520 minutes each night and limit TV watching and
non-educational video games. Don’t forget to fill in
your reading log every night!
The First Grade Team
MS. JOHNSON’S CLASS
We are looking forward to baking apples and study
the seed of the apple. Also, we are working on our
letters and sounds so that reading and writing
really begins to flourish. In Math, we are
continuing to work on addition and will be moving
into subtraction soon. The students are continuing
to grow both independently and academically.
Ms. Johnson, Ms. Sandi and Mrs. Perno
GRADE THREE NEWS
This month the third grade is continuing to learn
about multiplication and division. It is very
important the third graders are studying their
multiplication and division facts every night for at
least twenty minutes. Multiplication facts can be
practiced with flash cards, writing out facts on
paper, or you can quiz your children by stating facts
and having them answer. The third grade teachers
are starting something new with our students this
year in math, Number Talks. Ask your third grader
about Number Talks! Please make sure your children
are studying their Spelling list each week for the
weekly spelling test. Lastly, all three third grade
classes will have the Classroom Spelling Bee on
Friday, October 14.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs. Marrone, Ms. Provencher,
Ms. Shluger & Mrs. Smith
OT ~ Mrs. Dupont
GRADE FIVE NEWS
Mrs. Dupont suggests some games for kids that can
help develop dexterity, sensory motor
development, visual perception, hand/eye
coordination, and language and social skills. To name
a few:
Candyland
Chutes and Ladders
Hot Potato
Mr. Bucket
Perfection
Colorforms
Hungry Hippos
Marble Raceway
Mosaic Tiles
Twister
Koosh Balls
Nerf Balls
Wiki Sticks
Toss Across
Tangrams
Magna Doodle
GRADE FOUR NEWS
As the days start to get colder, please make sure
that the students are dressed appropriately for
the cooler morning weather. Remember that
sweaters and sweatshirts that will be worn in the
classroom need to adhere to the school uniform
code. We will be working on multiplication for
math, so study your math facts! We will be working
on finding key ideas and details as we read and
then using those ideas and details as we write our
open responses.
Ms. Batkins, Ms. Colleran, Ms. Adamo, Ms. Mondello
Resource Room News
MATH FACTS
An addition, subtraction, or multiplication math
fact is a math question such as 3 + 4, 6 - 2, or 8 x
5. If a child can say the answer within a couple of
seconds, this is considered mastery of the fact.
Help your child to master math facts!
Susan Ross and Renee Ward
Dear Parents,
The fifth grade is full steam ahead and
working hard. In math our focus has been on place
value and will be working on learning the standard
algorithm for multiplication. We hope you are
taking advantage of the Pearson Realize and Achieve
3000 online programs that you can access at home.
In science we will be learning to study Earth
Science: rocks and minerals and weather. In Social
Studies we will be starting Native Americans and
Explorers.
We appreciate your help in creating accountability
with your student to complete their homework daily.
Just a friendly reminder, you can check their
grades through Power School.
Thank you,
The Fifth Grade
Computer Room News
Ms. McLaughlin
Kindergarten students are using the Starfall
website to create word families and reading stories
with short and long vowel sounds.
Grade 1 is typing turkey poems in Microsoft word.
Grade 2 are researching desert animals using the
website Enchanted Learning.
Grade 3 is creating power points about Massachusetts.
Grade 4 is doing online research on one of the US
fifty states.
Grade 5 is writing definitions for their weather and
climate power points.
Art Room New
The art room is off to a creative start! Some
grades created their own emoji’s to express
feelings through art. We welcome Ms. G as a
student teacher from Gordon College. Ms. G will be
in the art room every Monday until January. After
winter break she will be with us every day.
Mrs. Williams
Music Room News
Students in grades 1 - 5 will give their first
performance of the year on November 3rd at our
annual Veterans Day concert. Everyone is excited
and well prepared for the occasion. After
Veterans Day, students will continue to sing, move,
and play instruments.
Have a good month!
-Mr. Glaser
Health and Physical Education
Ms. Harvey
During the month of November all students from
grades 2nd through 5th will be participating in a
fitness challenge. The four categories they will be
participating in are the following; Sit-ups, pushups,
sit and reach (flexibility) and the endurance
(jogging) challenge. This challenge will be done
again in May and students are encouraged to set
individual goals for themselves.
PTO News
Our PTO is all about the children of our school.
We welcome as much help and support from
everyone in our school community that you can
offer. Parent involvement is a key factor for our
children, teachers and administration to prosper.
The Paul Revere School PTO has created a Facebook
Group to keep everyone informed and also have a
place to have information and documents that will
be helpful for parents to download. We have also
implemented a calendar on the page for all the
yearly events that have been planned and will update
them as events are scheduled. This page is a new
Innovative idea for us and we are always looking for
input at our monthly meetings. Please visit
the Facebook Group: Paul Revere Innovation
School PTO and ask to join.
We are also trying to implement parent classroom
leaders for each class. For more information
please visit our Facebook page or e-mail us at
[email protected]