We have had an amazing first week back! I am really impressed with you students as you have been an absolute pleasure to teach- way to go & keep it up!
Here are a few updates:
- We welcome Ms. OB, who is our student teacher! She is with us everyday until end of October.
- The DAILY 5 has begun! As I mentioned in my September newsletter, the DAILY 5 is a new Language program we are implementing this year, which involves stationed learning.
We are working on the station READ TO SELF this week, which includes:
- Choosing a JUST RIGHT book that interests you
- , 3 ways to read a book (words, pictures, retell),
- Building stamina by reading a bit more each day
- Choosing a good location in the classroom to read to self
- Checking for understanding frequently as you are reading
- We have completed our LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS and our MATH ASSESSMENTS. These initial assessments are very important as they help us understand how we can help the students learn better.
- The students completed a MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE test to determine the best way they learn. Interesting enough, we have quite a few interpersonal learners (people learners) & very few visual learners. Check out our school wall by our classrooms soon as we will have the results posted!
- EDMODO is up & running! Please check out your child's Edmodo account often as we will be using Edmodo in all subject areas. The students are very excited to learn using technology!
- The students have been enjoying our TWITTER DOOR! Please note that our class DOES NOT have a real twitter account- we are just 'tweeting' on our class door in response to prompts that I create.
- The students created fabulous I AM FROM poems as a way to introduce themselves to the class. We have great poets in our class! Please take time to read them as they are posted outside our classroom.
Please check out some of our class pictures below. I will post more later this week. A weekly schedule will be sent home as soon as all subject times are finalized!
A special thanks to all the parents of my students for getting back our so many school forms so quickly!
Thanks for reading & have a great week!
Mrs. Massaro :)
OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME
OUR CLASS GOALS- STUDENTS WORKED ON THESE IN GROUPS
OUR TWITTER DOOR
MY HUSBAND 'MR. PAUL' WHO BROUGHT FIRST WEEK TREATS FOR THE STUDENTS :)
OUR COMFY LIBRARY CORNER!
MANY, MANY NOVELS & PICTURE BOOKS!
LIBRARY LOG
THE 'MUST READ' BIN INCLUDING A STICKY NOTE EXPLAINING WHY THE BOOK IS A MUST READ
STUDENTS' INDIVIDUAL BOOK BINS
THE 'MAGIC 30' READING GOALS FOR THE YEAR!
READ TO SELF I-CHART
MS OB- OUR STUDENT TEACHER :)
