Confidence
1C listened to Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. This is an awesome story about a little mouse that has a good level of confidence in herself until she starts school and the kids start making fun of her name. She starts to welt and feel ashamed and her self esteem crumbles until a teacher intervenes. An amazing story about feeling great about oneself.
Mrs. Ruiz
1st Grade has continued to borrow books to work on their book reports for class. For this month we read The Shiny Red Sled, a story about loving one another and about forgiveness. We also listened to A Sticky Mystery. Both of these books are great character builders for our kids. They really enjoyed them.
Mrs. Ruiz
Twins Day
Were we seeing double in May!? Well, not exactly… it was TWIN DAY! It was so much fun to pick a friend and dress alike for the day- even the teachers got in on the action. We read books about friendship and did partner activities where teamwork was the name of the game. Do you think you could find your match just by making animal noises? It’s harder (and noisier) than it sounds!
Regina DiGiovanni
Go Green
We went green in April. We celebrated Earth Day by reading about ways that kids can make a difference and care for the Earth. We even read that the Bible says, The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (Genesis 2:15). So, taking care of the planet is not just a good idea, but it’s something that God told us to do. We each planted some seeds in a recycled cup that we decorated. When the seeds become flowers we can replant them outside where they are not only beautiful, but also good for the environment.
Ms. DiGiovanni
Let’s Read
It is hard to believe that our 2010-11 school year is drawing to an end. This year I had the privilege of working with students in 1-4th grade who needed additional reading support besides their classroom instruction using a research based reading intervention program called My Sidewalks, five days a week. My Sidewalks provided instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills and strategies. Not only were theses skills strengthen but I was able to witness my students relax, gain confidence and believe that they can read as they learned to apply themselves and practiced reading daily. This summer students are challenged to read daily to improve their reading fluency and meet their reading speed goal for their specific grade.
Yvette Jimenez
Old Mc Donald had a Farm
We each had an opportunity to create a paper model of a small family farm. This project was a great way to end our school year in Math. We had fun purchasing road pieces, farm houses, barns and animals and more.
Ms. Calma
Geometry Fun!
What Shape Will Your Bubble Be? First graders experimented with bubbles. We constructed a bubble maker using straws and string and each of us soaked them into a bubble solution. Does their 3-D bubble shape match their bubble maker? Why or Why not? Then we ended the lesson by blowing bubbles with straws! Our room smelled and looked so clean.
Ms. Calma
Soccer
Students had fun learning how to play soccer. They learned how to guide the ball with their feet without touching the ball with their hands at all. We also work in groups kicking the ball to each other and learning how to stop the ball with our feet. Then the fun part came when the students tried to kick the ball to make a goal. Each student had a turn at being the goalie. The goalie is the only person who can use their hands by rolling the ball to the player and stopping the ball from getting into the net.
Mrs. Rosario
Parachute
The students have a lot of fun when we play with the parachute. We play games using the parachute and a beach ball and colorful frogs. They also like it when we make it go up and they run underneath it before it comes down.
Mrs. Rosario
Cat and Mouse
Kindergarden-2nd grade had fun playing cat and mouse. The game is played where one student is a cat that chases all the other students who are mice. When the cat pulls the tail off of a mouse, they become a cat and start grabbing tails and so on.
Mrs. Rosario