We are continuing to work on our lines and practice our parts for Winter Joy. Thank you for supporting students with memorizing their lines. Scripts should be in the kids backpacks so they are prepared for class on Tues & Thurs.

Winter Performance 2025 | Information for Families

In Humanities, Blue Bay students are beginning their unit on Ancient Egypt. So far this week, their vocabulary/spelling words come from this topic, and they have been ‘exploring’ the environment of Egypt. They read a chapter from their History textbooks, took notes, got a lesson from their teacher, watched a national geographic video about Ancient Egyptian culture, and did a short writing assignment. 

In Math this week we have been doing a whole group review of the fundamentals of fractions. Today students did a hands-on activity in which they used edible manipulatives (pack of mini gummy bears) to understand addition and subtraction of fractions, including finding a common denominator and simplifying answers. Tomorrow they will break into small groups and continue working on fraction concepts at their level, whether that be using fractions as division, multiplying fractions, or sticking with addition and subtraction.

We started a new story unit about weather. Ask students what a meteorologist is and why they went outside in their slippers today. 

In literacy we are doing more digraph work with ch and wh. In math we are working on adding 3 numbers together. 

Games and activities to try at home

• Math: I suggested the game “war” with cards to some of you over conferences. Try playing where students add 2, 3 or even 4 cards together.  
• Literacy: Look for all the digraphs we have learned thus far around you- sh, th, ch, and wh. 

We started a new unit about art and how it can celebrate, inspire, and create action in our community. We started with an art immersion project today about the color brown (see photos below). Ask them why brown is beautiful.

The students were off school for 5 days this past weekend. Hopefully that gave them enough time to finish their Halloween candy and get ready for the next Holiday. We spent two of those days meeting with families for Parent/Teacher conferences. It was great to check in with folks and share successes so far and clarify goals going forward. Hopefully everyone feels supported in their child’s educational journey.

We are nearing the end of our Geology unit in Field Study class. We will spend time the next week reviewing all that we have learned and preparing for our unit test next week. Students will have a list of vocabulary words to go over and review at home this weekend. 

We had an unseasonably warm P.E. class yesterday. I wouldn’t mind a few more afternoons like that this month. We had fun with the hula hoops and tossing around balls with the Hi-Li equipment. Outdoor P.E. will continue as long as weather allows through December.