Dear Families,
Your children have accomplished so much in the short amount of time that we have been in school!
They are a delight to work with and we have been very impressed with their positive attitudes and
enthusiasm for learning.
As we begin the year, we are busy learning about each other. Our social studies and writing units
have aided in this. From thinking about their hopes and dreams for this year, to creating “Me”
books and acrostic poems about themselves, to drawing self-portraits, we have gotten to know each
other better over the last eight school days.
Our science unit on oceans began with a “tell us what you already know” session. From this
information we are then able to focus our study on those topics they are less familiar with. Our first science lesson was actually an experiment testing the differences between fresh and salt water. Ask your child what happened to the egg in salt water versus fresh water and more importantly, why it happened that way. Next, we talked about the colors of the ocean and why we see the colors we see.
We then had the children mix their own shades of blue and green with water colors. Once they had
painted their ocean, they then sprinkled their painting with salt and the results were fabulous.
We look forward to sharing all of their work with you next Wednesday evening at “Back-to- School
Night” here on campus. The children will be writing letters for you to read that night, so if you will not be able to attend, please let us know in person or via email: kallentuck@berkshirecountryday.org or klindsay@berkshirecountryday.org. If you will not be there, one of us will write back to your child and we will be sure to send home the information that we shared that evening.
Thank you so much for sharing your children with us here at BCD. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
All the Best,
Katharine and Kay
Enjoy the slide show below!
