Dale Street Blog: September 24, 2021-Week 4

Happy Friday Dale Street!

Our first five-day school week with students was fantastic! This week included the first broadcasting of our Daily Dale morning news, school picture day, our second week of pool testing, and a lot of fun learning. Take a look...

This week students in Mrs. Flynn's fourth-grade class were introduced to story arcs and how they can organize story elements in preparation for their writing of realistic fiction books.

In Mrs. Ross' and Mrs. Seaver's fifth-grade class this week, students participated in a simulation of the separation of powers by planning new lunch menus for #beproudbedale.

In celebration of the upcoming Boston Marathon, the Dale St. School will be holding its own Dale St. Dream Big Marathon. We're not asking your kids to run 26 miles, but through this programming, we will be promoting running (or healthy exercise), reading, and random acts of kindness!

The PTO is working with Dale Street Wellness teachers, Mairi Nawrocki and Mary Laughna to coordinate this celebratory "marathon run" within the current PE running unit. During the week of October 4th, your child will participate in the "marathon" during one of their scheduled PE classes. We encourage your child to wear Boston or Medfield spirit wear if they'd like. We will decorate the running course with some fun signs and we will have some pump-up music to keep spirits and energy high as students complete their laps. Classes will cross the finish line and will be rewarded with a class set of popsicles.

We will need some parent volunteers to help support Mrs. Nawrocki and Ms. Laughna during the "Marathon" sessions during the week of October 4th. Please click this SignUp Genius link to see the times we could use your support.

Special thanks to Jill Warner and the PTO for helping orchestrate this fun event!

Congratulations to this week's Positive Referrals!

Owen was recognized for demonstrating great compassion - one of Dale Street's Core Values!

Alexia was recognized for demonstrating a great work ethic - highlighting Continuous Growth!

Caleigh was recognized for always stepping up to help her peers/and or her teacher with classroom tasks - highlighting collaboration!

Positive Sign Thursday!

'YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!'

Ms. MacDonnell's fourth-grade class took science outside this week to study the effects of acid rain. These awesome scientists loved observing the results!

The Dale Street Math Challenge has returned.

Any student who completes three math challenges in a row will be entered into a raffle. One lucky winner will be chosen every six weeks. Any student that completes all 15 math challenges this year will be entered into a special raffle at the end of the year.

Here's the link to the Dale Street page for the math challenge.

As mentioned above, the Daily Dale student-led morning announcements started this week. You can view today's here. Additionally, the Daily Dale will be posted daily on Ms. Sweeney's Library Media Center page. We hope you enjoy!

Each month, the Dale Street community will have the opportunity to participate in a Spirit Day. Next Friday, October 1st, all students and staff are encouraged to dress in Medfield gear or Medfield colors. For planning purposes, here is the Spirit Day schedule for the upcoming school year.

During the last few weeks, Officer Treggiari has been joining with Health teacher, Ms. Laughna to share important bicycle safety information. We are lucky to have a great partnership with the Medfield PD.

We are looking for 1 or 2 fourth-grade parents to join our School Council. The Dale Street School Council meets every other month to review the school budget and develop the school improvement plan. If you are interested in applying, please submit a letter of interest to sgrenham@email.medfield.net

This week in Ms. McKenzie's grade 5 class students practiced with decimal place value by working to escape emoji town! These students used Dale Street's Core Value of Collaboration. Way to go!

BOOst someone's SPIRITS this Halloween by "ghosting" them with a lawn sign!

Memorial, Wheelock, and Dale PTO's are selling lawn ghosts to spread some Halloween happiness this October.   Yard signs are 22" high by 15" wide, made of high-quality, weather-resistant Corex, and include lawn stakes.

Each lawn ghost also has a place on the back for your little goblin to write their name ("You've been Boo'd by______") so you can "ghost" all of your friends to share in the excitement of the season!

Lawn ghosts are $15 each and proceeds will be split between ALL 3 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (funding activities for students and teachers.) Please Venmo DaleStreetPTO and make sure to include your name and your email address in the comments.  We will hold ghost pick-up sessions on 10/1, 10/8, and 10/15.  (Further details on times and locations to come.)  

Get your ghosts before they VANISH!

Social-Emotional Learning Update: 

This week in Grade 5, all classes learned about the importance of valuing differences.  In this photo below, Ms. Johnson's fifth-grade students participated in an activity where they had to come up with something they could teach a classmate that he or she may not already know and would want to learn.  

For each grade level, there is a family letter that provides an overview of topics covered in these units, and then a home activities letter with suggestions on what families can do at home to reinforce these activities. Right now the activities for grades 4&5 are the same, but as we move on to the other units, that will change. Grade 4 Unit 1 Family Letter Grade 4 Unit 1 Home Activities Grade 5 Unit 1 Family Letter Grade 5 Unit 1 Home Activities

Ms. Isaacson's fourth-grade class worked tremendously hard math workshop this week. Our whiteboard tables (funded by the MCPE) make rounding much more enjoyable!