Agnes Gray Elementary

The third grade has been learning about parts of speech such as nouns, adjective and verbs. For these poems, they wrote an adjective, noun and verb in each line – combining two important objectives. They were able to combine Halloween thoughts into poems while learning about parts of  speech.

We hope you will enjoy three of the  great poems shared from a classroom  of excellent work.

Scary Kids

by Brodi Rice

Costumed kids trick-or-treat

White ghosts scare

Orange pumpkins flicker

Black cats meow

It is Halloween tonight!

Scary Creatures

by Wade Ryder

Scary zombies limp

Wrapped mummies moan

Bloody werewolves roar

Wicked vampires hide

It's Halloween!

Halloween is Scary

by Brettan Adams

Scary pirates growl

Creepy trees move

Tiny micce squeak

Rotten mummies shriek

Tric-or-treat

Happy Halloween!

Career Day

What a wonderful Career Day afternoon on Monday at the Agnes  Gray School as ten volunteers came in to tell students about their  occupations. These volunteers came in with many resources to show  and explain their work.  Each student was able to participate in four fifteen-minute sessions on  a rotating basis. They were very attentive and interested in what they  learned and were able to ask good questions for more understanding.

Thank you so much to all of the presenters. Parents, this is a wonderful opportunity to talk with your students  about the career options which they heard about.

Animal classification

An organism is a living thing and the grouping of  organisms by scientists is called classification.  The fourth grade students have been researching  and writing about the classification of animals  by using the two forms shown on the  right to help with their  organization. 

In this format, students have been  able to group animals by their body  covering, life cycle, breathing and movement into  the characteristics which they share. We would like to share Shey’s report as an  example of what the students have learned:

The Classification of Animals

by Shey Ajayi

Want to learn how to classify animals? Read my paper to learn how to classify them. Scientists classify animals a special way by their traits and characteristics.

Animals are classified by their body covering, life cycle, breathing and movement. Body covering is a way you can tell it’s a mammal or not. People tell it’s a mammal by their fur. Dolphins and whales have fur but you can’t see it. Amphibians have thin skin so air can pass through. Some frogs can breath under water through their thin skin. Birds are covered in feathers and fish have slippery scales. Different animals have different body coverings. And that is one way to classify animals.

Life cycles are the way of life. First you’re an egg or in your mama’s body. Then you’re a little baby. Then you’re mid-aged. Then you’re an adult animal. Some are laid in either jellylike eggs or shell eggs. Some are born live young.

A lot of animals rely on breathing. Not all animals breath with lungs. They don’t all breath the same way. For example, some amphibians have thin skin so air can pass through their skin. Mammals breath with lungs but fish use gills to breathe.

Not all animals move the same way. A lot move with legs, but some slither or move with fins or even hop. By reading my paper I hope you learned how to classify animals. Just remember, animals are classified by body covering, life cycle, breathing and movement.

Moving day

Thanks to all who helped move school equipment from the Legion School to Agnes Gray on Sunday, it didn’t take long for the students to make good use of the new equipment! Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Poland, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Green, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Dodge, Mr. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Timm and Mrs. Ellsworth. The climbing wall is still to come!

Upcoming events

Thursday, November 22 – Thanksgiving Day

Friday, November 23 – No School

Thursday, December 6 – West Paris Evening Music Program Concert

at 6:30 (Snow date on Thursday, December 13)

Monday, December 10 – Explorersʼ Play Old Man Winterʼs Icicle Follies

December 24 through January 1st – School Vacation

Wednesday, January 2 – First day back to school in the new year