Lots of learning!

Important Dates:

Monday, September 18 - first library day
Monday, September 18 - Picture Day
Wednesday, October 18, Early Release
Thursday and Friday October 19. 20 No School

We earned our first celebration! We filled our heart jar and Thursday we dumped it into the heart monitor. The class brainstormed a ton of great ideas for our celebration, but with the weather being so gorgeous, we had to celebrate with an extra recess. I can't wait to see what we do next time!


We continue to work on building and practicing our expectations throughout the school. This week we created our Guest Teacher Expectation. I am out today (Friday) for appointments. The class worked really hard to decide what their jobs are when there is a guest teacher. After creating a list, every student signed it. I'm sure they are doing great today!

School News:
Our wonderful liaison Tul Niroula was featured in a Seven Days article. I was lucky enough for 2 years to have him help me in the classroom during math. JFK and Winooski are so lucky to have him as part of our staff. We can't do our job without him and the other liaisons.

Literacy:

We read some great books this week! Dream Big, Little Pig, by Kristi Yamaguhi tells the story of Poppy the Pig who is chasing her dream. This connected nicely with our development of our own personal dreams.

We also were able to read the book I Am Peace, by Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter Reynolds. This book doesn't come out until September 26, but Sara Raabe met the illustrator this summer and was able to get a copy early. Thanks for letting us borrow it Sara! I'm buying our own copy as soon as it comes out.

During our literacy time we also started developing our classroom rules. Students wrote in their writing journals about a rule they thought was important. Many students focused on the feelings of others. Here is one student's work which says: Help your friends whey they are feeling sad.

Math:

 Wow! A lot of work during math time this week! We are exploring the use of 10's frames in many ways: manipulatives, paper and pencil, and through games. Here is a video of some students learning how to count on while using the 10's frame.