You're invited: Winter Concert

Music with Ms. Alves 

Friday, December 13, 1:40PM in the Curley Auditorium

The first grade will take the stage along with all of grades K2, 2 and the middle school chorus and dancers!

Can't wait to see you there!

What we have been learning...

Reader's Workshop

In Reader’s Workshop this week we continued reading and learning about animals living in our environment. We've been specifically thinking about our Weekly Question: "How do animals survive in their habitats?" and the structures they have that allows them to thrive and be successful in their habitat.  

This week we read two main texts; What do you do with a tail like this?, and the poem "Falcon Fledge" from Hidden City: Poems of Urban Wildlife. We continued to focus on using key details from the text (illustrations, words, and text features) to understand how animals adapt to their environment and how they use their structures to survive and thrive.  We also thought about how or why an author might choose to present information in a poem. This coming week, we will use the text How Chipmunk Got His Stripes: A Tale of Bragging and Teasing to think about how animals, including humans, are connected to each other and to their environments.

Word Study

In Word Study, we have been working on reading and writing words from short /ă/ word families with glued sounds (and, am, ank, an).  This coming week we will work with reading and writing words with short /ǐ/ word patterns (in, it, ig).

Last Week's Weekly Words:

• predator: an animal that hunts and catches other animals for food
• burrow: a hole or tunnel in the ground made by an animal
• basic need: something that plants and animals need to survive, such as air, water, food, space, light, and shelter
• survive: to stay alive
• shelter: a safe place where animals live
• prey: an animal that is hunted by another animal

Next Week's Weekly Words:

• rain forest: a rich, warm forest with lots of rainfall and a wide variety of plants and animals
• tundra: a large, flat area where the ground underneath is permanently frozen
• desert: a dry area of land with very few plants, usually covered by sand
• forest: a large area covered mostly with trees and undergrowth
• pond: a small body of still water
• ocean: the sea; a saltwater habitat predator, burrow, basic need, survive, shelter, prey

Writer's Workshop

In Writer’s workshop we are working towards researching and writing non-fiction texts about animals.

This week students are learning that as non-fiction writers, they will be able to pick a topic they know well and are interested in to write about. We began learning how to identify important information about our topic and began to research their topic further. In the coming weeks we will be starting to work on writing our all-about books and how to turn our research into writing, including: writing enough information to satisfy our readers and using text features to present information in a clear and interesting way.

Math

In math, students have been working on solving addition problems with multiple (up to 3) addends. They are practicing the use of strategies to find all the possible combinations to equal a number and considering whether the order of addends affects the total. We are also continuing to work on visualizing and representing story problems with numbers, pictures, words or other equations. We will begin to work on Interpreting and using standard notation (<, >, +, -, =) and Generating equivalent equations for a number next week.

Science

In Science, students had a chance to collect data and record their observations of our classroom terrariums in their science notebooks!

The grass has sprouted in our critters habitat!

Studios

In studios, students have been building animal habitats with Legos, Kapla Blocks, and Beautiful Stuff. Further, our drama, writing and drawing studios have been combined for students to create and act out animal stories that show how where an animal lives impacts its behavior and its survival. Next week, students will be adding oil pastels to their art arsenal and playing an animal-habitat matching game as part of our science studio.

Questions to ask your student!

• If I had 10 crayons and some were red and some were blue, how many of each could I have? Find multiple combinations!
• What did you learn about a fledgling falcon this week? What is their habitat? How do they adapt to survive in an urban habitat?
• What changes have you observed in your terrarium?

Our Legoland Journey!

Thanks again to all our chaperones! We all had a great time!

¡Colorín Colorado!

Colorín Colorado is one the premier organizations in the country serving educators and families of emerging bilingual learners in Grades PreK-12. It has been providing free research-based information, activities, and advice to families, schools, and communities around the country for more than a decade.

Toda la información está disponible en español también!

Often I find myself using Colorín Colorado as a resource for information about best practices to support emerging bilingual learners in and out of the classroom. To name just a few, some of my favorite reading strategies and resources include:

• Picture This! Using Mental Imagery While Reading (en español)
• Using Words to Teach Words (en español)
• Patterns and Categorizing (en español)

If you're interested please don't hesitate to check out the rest of the website. You can also subscribe to Growing Readers!, Colorín Colorado's monthly newsletter (available in inglés & en español) for more reading strategies delivered right to your inbox.  Sign up here >

Happy Reading!

Learn to Skate / Aprendan a Patinar

Learn to Skate

at the Kelly Rink

(Behind the Stony Brook T Station on Marbury Terrace)

Saturdays, January 4 - February 22, 2020

11:30am - 1:00pm, 30-Minute Classes 

Ages 5 - Adult

$60 donation suggested (includes rental skates)

Financial aid available

Sign up in-person only at the Kelly Rink:

Saturday, December 7, 9:00am-11:00am

Saturday, December 14, 9:00am-11:00am

Sponsored by:

Friends of Kelly Rink, Inc. and

Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

kelly.rink@yahoo.com (617) 301-8358

Aprendan a Patinar

en la Pista Kelly

(Detrás de la Estación Stony Brook en Marbury Terrace)

Sábados, Enero 4 - Febrero 22, 2020

11:30 am-1:00pm, Clases de 30 minutos

Edades 5 - Adulto

Donación de $60 sugerida (incluye el aquiler de los patines)

Ayuda finaciera disponsible

Inscríbanse en persona en la Pista Kelly:

Sábado, Diciembre 7, 9:00am-11:00am

Sábado, Diciembre 14, 9:00am-11:00am

Patrocinado por:

Friends of Kelly Rink, Inc. and

Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

kelly.rink@yahoo.com (617) 301-8358

You're Invited: Events at the Curley

The Curley is hosting two exciting events this week!

Internet & Social Media Safety

Please join us for a workshop on Internet & Social Media Safety, which will take place on Thursday, December 5th, from 6-7:30 PM, at the Curley School auditorium.

The workshop will feature Jackie Lamont, Director of youth safety and outreach in the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office. This workshop is designed for adults only, and the content is for grade levels 3-8.

Principal Breakfast

We also have our Principal Breakfast on Friday, December 6th, from 8:45 - 9:45 AM.

Cheryl Todisco, BPS Health Education Director, will present: Having the “talk:” Important Family Conversations about Healthy Growth & Development. This conversation is for Curley parents and guardians, and the content is for grade levels K-8.

En Español:

Tenemos dos eventos importantes esta semana!

El Internet y la Seguridad en las Redes Sociales

Únase a nosotros para un taller sobre El Internet y la Seguridad en las Redes Sociales, que tendrá lugar el Jueves Cinco de Diciembre, de Seis a las 7:30 de la noche en el auditorio de la Escuela Curley.

El taller contará con Jackie Lamont, directora de Seguridad Juvenil en el Distrito del Condado de Suffolk. Todos las familias y tutores de BPS están invitados. El contenido es para grados 3-8.

Desayuno con la Principal

También tenemos nuestro desayuno con la Principal el Viernes Seis de Diciembre, de 8:45 hasta 9:45 de la manãna. 

Cheryl Todisco, directora de educación de salud de BPS, presentará: Tener la "charla": Conversaciones familiares importantes sobre crecimiento y desarrollo saludables. Todos las familias y tutores de la escuela Curley están invitados, y el contenido es para grados K-8.

Fieldtrip: Legoland Discovery Center Boston

Just a quick reminder about this week's field-trip:

Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 4:

• Room 209 Ms. McDavitt and Mr. Mullin
• Room 210 Ms. Sparrow

Thursday, December 5:

• Room 205 & 206 Ms. Owens, Ms. Silverstein and Ms. Ciardi

We will leave the Curley around 9:00 am and return by 12:45.

And thanks again to all of the families who have volunteered to chaperone!

Look out for pictures from our field trips on Friday!

Happy Snow Day!!!

Hope you're all enjoying the first snow day of the year! And here's to not having many more 😉 Stay warm, enjoy a cup of cocoa and remember to keep reading. Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow morning!

Sure looks cold out my back window...