Dogs that Help Others

Mrs. Gough brought her two dogs to school to talk to the children about therapy dogs.  Mrs. Gough went through training with her two dogs so they could become therapy dogs.  Mrs. Gough and her sister visit area nursing homes with the dogs so they can comfort the elderly and provide some companionship.

Reading Around The World

The theme for reading week was "Read Around the World".  Each class chose a country to learn about and make a display for the room.  The children received passports to "travel" to the different countries and learn new things.  Our country was Austria.  We also traveled to Ireland, Australia, Belize, the Netherlands, Egypt and Germany.

     The children wore red and white on one day to represent the colors of our flag.  On Wednesday the high school athletes came to our school to read to different classes.  Derek Adams, an all-state wrestler, read Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel to our class.  Cody Rathbun, a baseball player, also came to visit and speak with the children.  The Chariho mascot also visited classes during the visit.  We ended our reading week with an all-school  silent reading period out in the halls.

Our Community Projects

community projects - slideshow maker with music

More About Sled Dogs!

Miss Dion shows the children how to position their feet on the sled and how to hold on!

Miss Dion, Mrs. St. Clair's student teacher, came into our class and did a wonderful presentation on dog sledding.  She spent some time with a friend's family who did dogsled racing as a hobby.  Miss Dion explained to the children the long process of preparing yourself and the dogs for dogsledding.  She explained how to care for the dogs and shared her personal experience of dogsledding.  Miss Dion showed the children some great pictures on the Smart Board.  Thank you Miss Dion!!

Sled Dog Racing

     After we finished reading Stone Fox in reading class we continued with the theme  of sled dog racing with literature circle groups.  We are reading Akiak, Togo, and The Iditarod.  We began this unit reading The Great Serum Race, which explains how sled dogs played a every important role in Alaska's history with a diphtheria epidemic.  Ask your child about the race to Nome!
     We are also following the Iditarod Race and learning about the mushers and sled dogs teams with live video from the Iditarod.

     We also had a guest speaker last week come to school with her whole sled dog team of 12 Siberian Huskies.  Becki Tucker of Voluntown, CT is a musher and participates in many sled dog races.  She owns 24 Siberian Huskies.  Becki is also a veterinary nurse so she really knows how to care for her dogs.  It was evident how much her dogs love her.  Becki talked about sled dog racing and how she cares for her dogs.  The dogs were very well behaved.  Enjoy the pictures of Becki and her dogs!!

Becki puts booties on one of her dogs

Thank you to the PTO for sponsoring this event!

Beetlemania!

We continue studying life structures in science comparing the Bess Beetle to the crayfish. Here the students observe the structures and behavior of the beetles.

Fun With Geometry

We are learning about solids, shapes, lines and angles in math.  We are also learning about different kinds of triangles and polygons.  There is a lot of vocabulary to learn.  The children have been given a vocabulary packet that they should review.  Here we are learning about solids!