Calvert News May 9, 2014

Dear parents,

Hope you all had a good week!

 Spelling words next week are: much, push, wash, catch, with, both, reach, inch, which, crash, pitch, & bath.

 Next week will be writing a composition about “The Cafeteria”.    The girls have a graphic organizer to work on this weekend to help them.   

We also will be meeting with our 10A buddies for the last time. We are planning a picnic on Thursday and we are excited!

            May

• Mon, 5/12       Buddy Day (1:00-3:00 P.M.); Calvert Spirit Day Dress Down day
• Sat, 5/17         Calvert Fair Day
• Fri, 5/23          Track and Field Day (12:30 dismissal);
• Mon, 5/26       School Closed (Memorial Day)

 

         June

• Mon, 6/2         Moving Up Day (8:45-10:15 A.M.)
• Wed, 6/4         Last Day of School

The Cast of Aesop's Fables

                                              The Lions and the Mice

The Hares and the Tortoises

The Fox Who Lost His Tail

Reading

 

 

"The Doctors"

Dear Parents,

This week we performed surgery in class on words to create new words called contractions!  Be sure to ask your young” Doctor” about his/her word.

We are still working on words with the –er- sound like in hurt and fir.  Next week we will learn about –ar- words like car. We will be reading many short stories and even bringing home some books with the –ar- sound.

Please be sure your child continues to read every night so he/she can earn stickers. We are on our way to a big party as soon as the entire class has read 50 books. I will continue to send books home for your child to read with you.

Thank you for your continued support.



Calvert News April 25

 

Dear Parents,

Here is what we did this week for Earth Week…

Tues, 4/22      No Print Tuesday

Wed, 4/23       One hour lights off… We had a terrific Trip to the Science Center

Thurs, 4/24     No Idle Carpool

Fri, 4/25          Get outside on Friday 

Important Dates…

          Mon, 4/28-Fri, 5/2     Scholastic Book Fair in the Lower School Library

                     Mon, 4/28      Earth Monday – Meatless Monday

          Thurs, 5/1       Gates testing please be sure your daughter has a healthy breakfast and is here on time!

          Fri, 5/2            Gates testing continues

                     Mon, 5/5        Dress Down Day for all ….Head Master for the day, Alex Nabit                       

                        Wed. May 7     7^th Age Play 8:45am 

Mon, 5/12      Spirit Day Dress for Calvert Buddy Day 1:00-3:00 P.M. 

Sat. May 17     Calvert Day 

Fri. May 23      LS Track and Field Day 

Mon. May 26   No School Memorial Day 

Have a great weekend!,

Patty Pontier

Calvert School

 

Earth Week

The Milkweed is Planted

The Sixth graders share their knowledge about rain barrels.

Reading Class Performs Surgery

Dr. Keegan



 

Dr. Ashby

Dr. William

 

Dr Bohlen

 

Dr. Sam



 

 

Dr. Winn

Dr. Matthew

Our Reading Class  Performs Surgery

Today in reading we helped some words contract!  It was not a painful surgery and all the words are doing well! The "Doctors" are proud of their work.

Yay, spring is here!!!  Recess without jackets feels SO good!  Earlier this week we took a nature walk over to Molly's Garden to observe signs of spring.  We worked with our friendship buddy to write an acrostic poem about our findings.  This brainstorming helped us write detailed, descriptive sentences in our composition!

 

A Look Ahead:

*Next week's spelling words are:

bring, brave, brother, break, swing, sweet, state, stick, stand, great, ground, grade

*We will finish our composition about spring next week.

*Our spelling test will be on THURSDAY.  No school Friday (4/18) and Monday (4/21).

*We will have a dress down day on THURSDAY, April 17th.  No theme...just dress down :)

Mark Your Calendars:

*Play practice has begun!  Please continue to practice lines every night.  Costumes are due TUESDAY, April 22nd. We would like to have lines memorized by Wednesday April 16.

*Our field trip to the science center is on WEDNESDAY, April 23rd.  If you would like to chaperon, please send in $6.75 by MONDAY, April 14th.

As you may have heard, earlier this week I was away at a teacher conference presenting on our beautiful Monarch butterflies with Ms. D’Andrea.  We spoke with fellow teachers that are so excited to incorporate the Monarch into their curriculum.  We have been noticing Monarchs everywhere recently, even in Anthropologie's store window:  The Making of the Monarch Windowscape

When I stumbled across this video I also noticed that the Anthropologie store at Towson Town will be hosting a "Children's Butterfly Crafts" event on Saturday, April 26th, from 11-1pm.  Call the store to RSVP for this event- (410) 828-5521  I hope you can check it!

 http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/category/HOME-EARTH-DAY.jsp?cm_sp=FOOTER-_-FEATURE-_-ANTHRO_EVENTS#mary;

http://vimeo.com/90240481

Enjoy the beautiful weekend!

Patty

 

LEGO CLUB

Lego Club members built airplanes. some were even equipped with seat belts. 

Opening Day

 

Go O"s

Dear Parents,

Our first week back has been wonderful! The girls look rested and happy! I hope you all enjoyed your break.

Monday March 31-  7A meets with 10A to chat about famous women for Women’s History Month. We hope many of you can join us in the multi-purpose room at 2:30.

Next week is our clothing collection week. Send in your gently used clothing for families who are in need.

Monday March 31 Orioles dress down day.

April 18 and 21 No School

Spelling words; read, each, eat, see, keep, teeth, team, clean, Easter, feet, between, feel .

The composition for next week is titled My Favorite Class. I will be sending home a graphic organizer for the girls to work on to assist in the writing.

March Reading Madness (I~DID~a~READ) packets are due Monday March  31st.

The girls are excited to have a stone party next week provided they earn 3 more stones! We plan to watch Frozen which I am sure is you can imagine how thrilled they are! ( I must admit I am too because I haven’t seen it yet!!)

We will begin practicing for our play next week. The children will be bringing home their scripts on Friday so they can begin to learn their lines at home with you.  Please help them to memorize the lines and to use expression.

Pi Day

 

Dear Parents,

Friday is the BIG day!!!  The girls are so excited to perform their dances for you.  The show begins at 11:00 in the Middle School Gym.  Parking is available in the Middle School lot.

Your daughter should come to school in her dress or skirt for the performance.  We will change into our decorated sneakers right before we head across to the Middle School.  We will bring jackets and backpacks with us so you can leave right from the Middle School after the show.  There will be a reception in the Middle School atrium immediately following the assembly.

When you enter the gym, the best place to sit to see your daughter dancing will be on the far left side.  

Get your cameras ready...it'll be a photo-worthy day!

See you on Friday!

Calvert News

March 7, 2014

Good afternoon, 

The girls had fun today decorating their shoes.  We will finish them up next week so if you haven’t sent in the shoes please do.

Spelling words for next week are; find, right, light, show, own, boat, mind, night, high, throw, goat, & float. 

Our composition will be about our “Many Feelings”. I am sending home a homework sheet tomorrow that needs to be brought back on Monday, March 10^th. They will need to express 5 different feelings…keeping their BEST feeling for last.

Our Dance Assembly is on Friday March 14^th in the middle school gym.  You are welcome to take your daughter home after the assembly.

Spring break begins on Friday, March 14^th at 12:15pm.  We will resume on Tuesday, March 25^th.  

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Patty Pontier

Odd Todd and Even Steven

The students had tons of fun today with Odd Todd and Even Steven!! They really liked the jelly beans!!

10-A and 7-A

The 7A Singers

The Math class together with Mrs. Crawford's class had a "Find The Time" scavanger hunt!

Mr. Caffrey Arrives From NASA

Mr. Caffrey shows us a hose used on a space shuttle. do you know why it is white?

Kiera will make an adorable astronaut!

         
              THANK YOU MR. CAFFREY!!!

Spirit Week

 

 

 

 

SPIRIT WEEK IN 7A

 

January 10, 2012

 Dear Parents, 

Happy New Year to you all! 

We are ready for a fresh start after the winter break! The girls and I are happy to be back in school and having fun.

The spelling words this week are:

When, them, tell, get, men, let, getting, leg presents, unless, wet, dress 

Our composition is title “Me” the girls have a homework sheet to complete to help write the composition. Feel free to help them with the homework and please don’t use abbreviations.

 Please join the Calvert community on Monday, January 20^th, from 9:00-12:00 as we help others through various projects and service related experiences on our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. This year we are lucky to have storyteller Ssuuna as our guest.  In this interactive program, Ssuuna opens a window to African culture through dance, music, and storytelling. Click here to register.

Don’t forget club sign ups.  Star Spellers Club is a great opportunity for the girls to practice their spelling.

Thank you and have a good weekend!

Patty Pontier