It doesn't matter if it is Bob or Not Bob -- I can read!
Having fun learning about long vowel patterns.
The PTO's Caring and Sharing Committee delivered a CRV-load of presents to be distributed to local families who need them.
Second graders show off their decoding, phrasing, and fluency skills by reading me a story. I love my job!
Calculating how many Washington School Show T-shirts have been sold so far.
Revising our realistic fiction stories (setting, characters, dialog)
Let's map some words. We'll break the words into sounds (phonemes) so I will know the sounds that make up words (each sound gets a box -- not each letter).
Third graders build distinctive shapes and designs for their gingerbread houses. They describe their creations so that when the first graders visit the next day they will be able to find one unique home from among 24 others.
Second graders were shocked when we let them write on the table. Whoops!
Flip a card with a word on it. Read it correctly, and you get to pop the fidget.
Nobody takes family game night seriously anymore.
First Grade 2025-2026! We would love to learn about our incoming first graders for 2025-2026! If you have a youngster coming to Washington School in September of 2025, please let us know by completing this form (https://forms.gle/vZQGkAawzoQyFue49) so we can save you a seat. If you have a neighbor or know of other families with incoming first graders, please encourage them to contact us or forward the form.
Online registration is open for Kindergarten and Grade 1 for the 2025-2026 school year. https://sites.google.com/westfieldnjk12.org/student-registration/home . Please share with Westfield friends and neighbors.
Washington parent Kyle Kostesich has designed this year's T-shirt for the School Show. Please feel free to place an order before Friday, December 20 (http://bit.ly/3ZG4TTP).
Zoom in anywhere on the graphic and be amazed! Get them while they last! (Dr. Perry bought the first 500, so good luck finding one)
A great story shared by a great reader showing great pictures with great stage presence. So great to see!
Have you noticed our new picket fence? Now you know who to thank for it. Good fences make good neighbors.
Each year at Thanksgiving, middle school teacher Marrisa Conneely does a project with her eighth graders: They write a note to one of their elementary teachers that begins with “I am thankful for ….” There are always astonishing revelations – what was important to them, what they remember most, that they loved being in your class and you never knew it. To know that the effort and caring you gave to your students when you were not quite sure anyone was listening, that those actions really did grow and blossom in the universe, makes our hearts melt.
Did you know that in addition to being a wonderful custodian, Greg is also a champion cornhole player?
This is what our first Friendsgiving Staff Lunch looked like. And this is what it looks like when your teacher invites you to Friendsgiving Lunch.
Our students participated in a Thanksgiving Food Drive. Each class brought in one item to contribute to a food basket for local families. Our fifth graders packed the boxes and loaded them up for delivery to the Westfield Neighborhood Council.
