Day 105 - Susan Astone, Francis Wyman Elementary Principal

Kindergarten Art Museum: Today is the annual Kindergarten Art Museum. There are five galleries- Impressionist I, Impressionist II, Egyptian, Illustrator, and Contemporary. The students have learned about many artists and have created artwork in the style of each artist. Parents and visitors pay a penny to enter. Students are assigned to each exhibit to explain the artwork. It is a delightful exhibit!

Day 95 - Susan Astone, Francis Wyman Principal

Read Across America Day: Thank you to all our celebrity readers for joining Francis Wyman students on Dr. Seuss  - Read Across America Day! We appreciate you giving the students your time and attention. By reading to our students, you are supporting their reading development and modeling a life-long love of reading.

School Committee member Mrs. Kristen Russo read to grade two students. She encouraged students to read for enjoyment.

DPW  Mr. John Sanchez read to our grade four class and answered many excellent questions from the students. The students were learning about measurement and enjoyed hearing about the gallons of water Burlington uses on a daily basis.

Selectman Runyan read Green Eggs and Ham to grade two students. The students enjoyed hearing about being both a fire fighter and a selectman.

Senator Donnelly read Sneetches to grade 3 students. He encouraged them to run for Student Council as a way to become involved. It could lead to a life of public service!

Representative Gordon read his favorite Dr. Seuss book The Lorax to grade 5 students. He too encouraged students to become involved through the Student Council.

Day 52 Susan Astone, Francis Wyman Principal

Our 1:1 First Grade Classroom 

Welcome to our 1:1 first grade classroom ! Within several minutes you can see a number of our  current initiatives and instructional practices occurring.

The students are participating in a Fundations lesson for phonics instruction. They work on their individual iPads to write words and vowels sounds.

The Touch-It interactive white board is used for both teacher directed instruction and for sharing student responses. The teacher's articulation of the phonemic sounds is clearly heard by all thanks to the Light Touch sound system in the classroom. The teacher awards CARES coupons to students who are demonstrating appropriate learning behaviors as she has the coupons conveniently in her coupon pouch.

Students have the opportunity for individual attention from our RtI tutors who assist in the classroom. The students were completely engaged as a result of being able to fully participate throughout  the entire lesson and  get the personal attention and immediate feedback that they need. The lesson focused on research based approaches for reading instruction and learning behaviors. The technology utilized effectively supported the primary educational goals.