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...

Homework Update

This week's homework is a reading log only.  Enjoy the Thanksgiving break!

What we have been learning...

In Reader’s Workshop this week we have been reading and learning about animals living in our environment and what they do.  This week we read three main texts; Animals in the City, Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep and Tide Pools. 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.  This coming week, we will use the text What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? to begin to answer the weekly question “How do animals survive in their habitats?”

In Word Study, we have been working on reading and writing words with short a word patterns (ap, ag, at).  This coming week we will continue to work on this short a word families with glued sounds (and, am, ank, an). 

Last week’s Weekly Words: scavenger, adapt, surroundings, wild, thrive, urban

Next week’s Weekly Words: predator, burrow, basic need, survive, shelter, prey

In Writer’s workshop we have been working on writing friendly letters. Students wrote letters to their K2 teacher and are now writing letters to their 6^th grade buddies.  We are continuing to work on including all the parts of a letter as well as expanding our message with information and details. 

In math, students have been working on solving addition problems with 2 unknown addends, “how many of each” problems.  They are working to use strategies to find all the possible combinations to equal a number.  Students have also been playing dot addition during which they use dot cards (showing 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 dots) to make a number in different ways.  We will begin to work on solving addition story problems with 3 addends next week. 

In Science, students had a chance to observe animals in our schoolyard using their senses.  They are also beginning to learn about terrariums. Each classroom will be making a terrarium that will become a habitat for plants and other living things.

In studios, students have been writing animal riddles, building animals with clay, and sketching animals in their sketchbooks!  Students have also been building animal habitats with Legos, Kapla Blocks, and Beautiful Stuff.  Lastly, students have been making animal costumes and acting out scenes from texts.

Questions to ask your student!

- What animals did you learn about this week? What is their habitat? How do they survive and thrive in their habitat?

- How can you make the number 10?

- What is a terrarium?  How do you make one? What do you need to do to take care of your terrarium?

Book Access Projects

Our culminating project for our first unit Building Strong Communities asked students to think about how they could increase book access to all children and families in Boston's neighborhood .  Check out the projects below!

 
 

 

 

What we have been learning...

In Reader's Workshop, we wrapped up our Building Strong Communities unit.  We finished the unit by synthesizing our ideas from each weekly question to answer the question "What is a community?"  Each student also wrote and drew about a community they belong to and explained what makes it a strong community.  This coming week, we will start our new unit!  Our new unit is Animals Surviving and Thriving.  Next week we will be reading two nonfiction texts;  A Bird Can Fly and Slither, Slide, Hop, and Run.  We will use these texts to answer the weekly question "What do animals do?"

In Word Study, we have been continuing to work on identifying and reading words with the digraphs sh, ch, and th.  This coming week, we will focus on words that end with these digraphs.

Last week we did not have any new weekly words.
Next week's weekly words: habitat, behavior, structure, function, travel, grassland .

In Writer's Workshop, we started our Friendly Letters unit.  We have been identifying parts of a friendly letter and students started writing letters to their teachers from last year.  Students have been working hard to include an opening in their letter as well as write the message/body of their letter in an organized way.  Next week we will work on wrapping up our first letters and will start writing letters to our buddies.

In math, we completed our geometry unit and started our next unit How many of each? How many in all?  Students are working on solidifying using counting on and counting back strategies to solve equations.  They are also working on building an understanding of place value specifically with teen numbers (18=10 + 8). 

In Science, students are continuing to record the weather and think about how it is changing as the seasons start to change.  We will be starting our new science unit next week and will begin to explore living things and habitats.

In Studios, students completed their Book Access Projects.  Next week we will begin exploring new materials and ideas in each studio.  Students will be working with clay in Art Studio and Legos in Building Studio to create animals.  They will also be exploring Field Guides in Science Studio.


Questions to ask your student!
- What animals did you learn about this week?  What structures help them move?
- How do you count on?  How do you count back?
- How is the weather changing?  How do these changes impact your plans?

Pajama Day Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is Pajama Day!! Students may wear their pajamas to school. A $2 donation is suggested.

Save the Date!

We will be hosting our first community event on Friday, November 8th at 8:45am. We will be sharing the work we've been doing in our Building Strong Communities Unit as well as our work around identity.  Be on the look out for more information coming home with students this week! 

What we have been learning....

In Reader’s Workshop, we are continuing our unit on building strong communities. We have been thinking about different ways that we can create positive change in our Communities. We read the book Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed A Neighborhood and discussed how art can make a positive change in communities. We also learned about Speak for the Trees Boston, and organization that is committed to planting more trees in Boston and helping to create more green spaces. We talked about how taking care f the environment can also create positive change in one’s neighborhood.  This coming week we will read Wanda’s Roses and continue to answer the weekly question “How can we create positive change in our communities?” We will also read about Ruby Bridges and Rosa Parks and think about how they positively impacted communities and the world.

In word study, we have been working on identifying and reading words that begin with consonant clusters. This week we worked with r consonant clusters and next week we will start identifying and reading words with consonant digraphs. We will begin with th.

Last week’s weekly words: volunteer, recycle, organization, charities, donate, empathy

This week’s weekly words: cultivate, perspective, identify, contribution, observe, evidence   

In Writer’s Workshop, we are continuing to work on writing personal narratives.  Students have been thinking about adding more details to their writing. We have also learned how to use carats and spider legs to make revisions to our writing.  Students will wrap up their personal narratives at the end of this week. Our next writing unit will be Friendly Letters.

In math, students have been studying 2-D shapes. We created shape posters and discussed what we have noticed about squares, rectangles, circles, triangles, and hexagons. Students have also been exploring how to put together smaller shapes to make larger shapes and designs.

In science, we have been studying clouds. We learned about cirrus clouds, stratus clouds and cumulous clouds.  We have also been thinking about how weather can impact/change our plans. This week we will learn about windspeed.

In studios, students have been planning and creating their book access projects. Students are thinking about ways that they can increase book access to families and neighborhoods throughout Boston. Some projects include little free libraries, letters to schools and authors, models of book bikes and book mobiles, etc. Be sure to ask your child about their book access project!

Questions to ask your student!

-       What are you working on during studios?

-       What are the 3 types of clouds and what can they tell you about the weather?

-       What shapes can you put together to make a rhombus? Trapezoid? Hexagon?