Letter T

Today we learned about letter t. We talked about upper case and lower case t, the picture/keyword "top" that the Fundations program pairs with the letter, and the sound t makes. Students worked in partners to print lower case t while saying "sky line down to grass line. Pick up! Cross on the plane line." We always start our letters at the top :) 

Math Stations

Today we had three different math rotations.  Kindergarteners are learning to use the vocabulary "same, exactly the same," and "different."  Each student practiced building complex sentences to compare and contrast Cuisinaire Rods and Linking Shapes in the first two rotations.

 Students used our Mimio in the last math rotation.  We drew lines to connect pictures that were similar and used our words to describe what was the same and what was different about each picture.  When we finished, students used the  Mimio to practice writing their name!

Fundations

Today we introduced our phonics program, Fundations.  Kindergarteners learned lots of new skills already! Our friend Echo the Owl helps us repeat after the teacher. Lines on our papers have pictures to help us remember where to begin and end our letters.  Here we are practicing the Sky Line, Plane Line, Grass Line, Worm Line game!

We practiced Kindergarten pencil grip with partners and used dry erase markers to draw straight lines from each line on the paper. Ask your Kindergartener what noise a marker makes to know when it's closed :)

Important Upcoming Dates

Weds, 9/13 @ 7pm: 1st PTO Meeting
Thurs, 9/14 @ 6:30-8pm: Open House, grades 3-5
Sun, 9/17 @ noon-3pm: Stapleton Fall Festival
Thurs, 9/21 & Fri, 9/22: NO SCHOOL, Rosh Hashanah
Thurs, 9/28 @ 6:30-8pm: Open House, grades K-2
Fri, 9/29 during school: Picture Day

First PTO Meeting

Please join us at the first PTO meeting of the 2017-2018 school year this Wednesday, September 13th from 7pm-8pm in Stapleton's Golden Eagle Café.

All Stapleton parents, guardians, teachers, and staff members are members of the PTO.  The PTO is YOU.  There are no membership fees.
We hope to see you on Wednesday night!

Safety Drill

Good afternoon,

At Stapleton Elementary School emphasis is placed on safety in every area of school. To that point, Lockdown drills are held several times a year to ensure that students and staff know exactly how to respond by following our School Emergency  Procedures. Today, the Framingham Police Department conducted a lockdown drill and we are proud to say that our staff and students did an excellent job following our safety protocol. 

Thank you, 

Stapleton's Administrative Team

Wednesday Fun!

Today was our first day of literacy centers.  Students worked hard to build their name out of play doh, stamp their name with letter stamps, and build name puzzles.  Kindergarteners even practiced building each others names!

After literacy centers, students earned time to explore our math manipulatives.  We had fun playing and learning and we did an awesome job cleaning up!