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PARENT RESOURCES

A Brief Guide To The Cider Mill Day

  • Schedule:

    • Cider Mill follows a 5-day rotation.

    • Subjects: Art, Music, PE, Library Learning Commons (LLC).

  • Lunch:

    • Bring lunch from home or buy at school.

    • Lunch: ~20 minutes; Recess: 30 minutes.

    • Hot/cold lunch costs $2.95.

    • Menus available at: Chartwells Food Service.

    • Add funds to lunch account via MySchoolBucks or send a check to "Wilton School Lunch Program."

    • Chartwells contact: 855-832-5226 or 203-834-4990.

    • Brian Reynolds: Brian.Reynolds@compass-usa.com.

  • Home Expectations:

    • Grade 3: Up to 30 minutes of homework per day.

    • Grade 4: Up to 40 minutes of homework per day.

    • Grade 5: Up to 50 minutes of homework per day.

    • Band instrument practice: 20 minutes daily.

    • Strings practice: 15 minutes daily.

Music

 

Each student will take general music which promotes the fundamental skills of singing, movement, listening, music literacy and music history, world cultures and composition.

 

Strings are offered in 3rd grade with a choice of violin or cello.  4th graders may take viola or bass or continue with violin or cello.

 

5th grade offers students the chance to learn a band instrument - trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet or baratone horn.

Art
 
Students experiment in clay, paint, print making, drawing, design, collage, ceramics
Foreign Language
 

French and Spanish are taught from 3rd grade. Each student has foreign language every other day.

3rd grade units of study are - All About me; Colors, numbers, alphabet; Animals and their habitats; Geography.

Physical Education
 
Gym occurs twice during each cycle.  Students enjoy mat-ball, juggling, soccer, basketball, noodle hockey, cooperative games, cider ball.
 
Students study the health science curriculum 'The Great Body Shop'
SCIENCE

 

3rd Graders study units on the water Cycle, habitats, forests, grasslands, arctic / tundra, desert, ocean.

 

4th Graders study units on light, earth and other planets, sound and electricity.

 

5th Grade Units include landforms, fast plants and models and designs.


LIBRARY MEDIA

 

As well as visiting the library and checking out books, our students learn about becoming digital citizens -  how to harness new technology for learning and research purposes

SOCIAL STUDIES

 

Social studies is learned across disciplines using  multi-media based content.

3rd Graders study units on the constitution, geography, US regions and states, native Americans.

4th grade themes or units begin with early exploration and continue through colonization, the Revolutionary War and the formation of our government.

5th Grade continues with Westard Expansion, the Civil War and Immigration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enrichment

 

Renzulli Learning / Go Quest was introduced in 2015.  Based online, it prepares students for 21st century success based on differentiated instruction according to each student's interests. 

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