Holiday Party 2020

 

Thank you to all of the families who sent treats for our party today! We had SUCH A FUN TIME!! Your students are coming home with a bag of goodies for you at home. Enjoy your vacation Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! 

Secret Santa Gift Giving

Smiles and lots of thank-yous filled our morning! This year we made snowman candy boxes and wooden snake toys! 

Cookie Decorating

These were the coolest kits! Each child had their own cookie and edible paint set! We loved painting our cookies and of course eating them!

Sledding Party

    The weather was perfect..mild and snowy! We spent most of our afternoon outside playing!

The Week of December 14

 

Upcoming Events

Classroom Holiday Party- Dec. 22

Bring your sled to school Dec. 22

PBIS School Wide Celebration 

Who will get to throw a pie in the face of a BRAVE teacher? We will see! Pictures to come!!

Remote Day- Wednesday Dec. 23 

Class Meeting @ 8:30

Winter Break 

Dec. 24- Jan. 4

I know it has been a long time since I have updated our blog! Remote learning, school closures and report cards have been keeping me busy. Here is an update from this week! 

Readers' Workshop

In reading, we have been working very hard! We met a new partner teacher from the Reading and Writing Project in New York City! Her name is Adera, and we watch special mini lessons with her each day. This will help students become familiar with watching recorded lessons if we do have to quickly pivot to remote learning.

 Students are  working hard on Word Detective skills and all earned their own badges!

Here are the skills we focused on:

• Stopping right away when we notice a problem in our reading and try to fix it.
• Looking at a word from the beginning to end
• Using all of the strategies we know (picture, word chunking, vowel sounds)
• Slowly check words
• Use trick words in a snap to help read new words

Writers' Workshop

In writing, we began a new unit of study! The first and second graders writing How to Books. This is a review unit from Kindergarten, and one of my favorites! Students are working on writing clear step by step directions, revising their work to make sure their writing makes sense, and have been drawing some very detailed diagrams! 

Math

We have been working hard on developing addition strategies. The first graders are becoming excellent subitizers!  We are working on many different strategies at this time ( counting on from the greater number, doubles facts, facts of ten and turn around facts) We are playing some really fun domino games that make learning fun!  

In Number Corner, we are learning about 3D shapes and finishing up our telling time practice. 

Waterville Elementary School Window Walk

This year we were sad that we couldn't carry on our annual holiday trip to Chandler's Tree Farm in Waterville VT, but we didn't let a little disappointment get us down! Each classroom has special holiday lights in their windows and special decorations too! 

On Monday, we did our Window Walk, where each classroom will tour around the outside of the school to see the cool lights and decorations! Our classroom theme this year was SNOW, and we have been busy making some fun decorations! 

Holiday Preparations

We picked names in our classroom and worked in small groups to make handmade gifts for our our classmates! We will exchange gifts at our Holiday Party on Tuesday!  Here are some fun pictures from our room! 

Holiday Party

 

First and Second Grade Holiday Party

December 22, 2020 

On Tuesday, we will have a Classroom Holiday Celebration! We will exchange our handmade Secret Santa gifts with our classmates, enjoy some special treats and spend time outside sledding (if the snow holds on), or watch a movie in the classroom! 

Please bring your child's sled to school Monday or Tuesday morning. I can store them in the classroom until our party. Families will need to pick up sleds at the end of the day on Tuesday!! 

I have Pirate's Booty Puffs (individually wrapped) and individual sugar cookie kits for each child (individually wrapped).

Donations Needed:

12 Juice Boxes, individual yogurt tubes and any other individually wrapped treats you would like to share. 

 Please email me if you are able to help out this year! 

hmarcelino@wesvt.net 

Remote Work: Friday, Nov. 13

 

 

Dear First and Second Graders,

Today we will meet for All School Community Meeting! The Google Meet invitation is in your student email. I hope to see you all there! We will do student of the week and celebrate any November birthdays! Of course, Ms. Epstein will share her joke! See you all then :) 

Please read through the blog for today and check out the work to do from home.

Love,

Mrs. Marcelino 

Readers' Workshop

Learning Target

 I can do something at the end of each book. 

Find your favorite stuffy and read with it at home today!

2) Make your plan for reading today. 

3) Log into EPIC- Today is FREE CHOICE FRIDAY! Explore EPIC and read or listen to books.

3) At the end of each book, reread your favorite part or retell the story in your own words. 

-Read for 20-30 minutes 

Math 

1)  Log into Dreambox and play for 20-30 minutes.

Would you Rather... Math Problem/ Optional 

Check out the link below to a fun math problem. It will remind you of the measurement work we are doing in class. Have fun, I would love to see your answers :) 

Would you rather... google doc

Jack Hartmann Counting by 10s forward and back

Optional/ Write down your skip counting sequence!  10, 20, 30 etc. 

Art Class with Ms. Jenni

Ms. Jenni would like to meet with you for Art Class today at 12:55. Please check your email for the link to her meeting. Have fun! 

Remote Work: Thursday, Nov. 12

 

Morning Message 

Dear First and Second Graders,

I hope you are all doing well. I miss you! Today and tomorrow we will work from home to help keep our community safe and healthy. While we are home, a special cleaning crew will go through the school and clean it. 

Please read through the blog for today and check out the work to do from home.

Love,

Mrs. Marcelino 

Readers' Workshop

Learning Target

 I can reread my books to smooth out any bumpy parts. Rereading a book helps you become a better reader! 

1) Build a comfy reading fort! Make your plan for reading today. 

2) Log into EPIC 

-How many books do you think you can read?

-What book will you read first? What books will you read last? 

-Read for 20-30 minutes 

Math 

1) Log into Dreambox and play for 20-30 minutes.

2) Watch Jack Hartmann and practice these songs.

Click on the links below to watch and sing along! 

Hip Hop Around the Clock 

Optional/ Find digital and analog clocks in your house. 

Practice writing the times 1 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 9 o'clock in digital form

Count by 5s 

Optional/ Write down your counting by 5s sequence... 5, 10, 15 

Can you count by 5s backwards?

P.E.

Get active for 30 minutes today. Write or draw a picture showing what you did to stay active and be ready to share it when we return to school! 

I am planning to go for a walk in the woods! 

Mind Up/ Mindful Seeing/ Optional 

Watch the wordless picture book Flashlight.  Use your sense of sight to notice all of forest creatures.  

Make a list of all the forest creatures you spot when looking mindfully at the book.

Create your own story to go with the pictures. 

Click on the link below.

Flashlight

The Week of Nov. 2

 Upcoming Events

No School: Wednesday, Nov. 11 

Early Release Day @ 11:30- Friday, Nov. 20

Teacher Professional Development 

No School- Thanksgiving Break- Nov. 25-27

Hopes and Dreams: Class Promise

This week we revisited our Hopes and Dreams for the year. We had a class meeting focused on ways we can support each other each day so that we can achieve our Hopes and Dreams. As one students put it, "this is our school family and we need to be kind to each other." We have all signed our promise and hung it up for everyone to see! 

Math and Number Corner

This week in math we worked on  our number racks. Students worked to subitize collections on my number rack and write the number they saw. We learned a new station called Measure with Popsicle Sticks. Students practice estimation skills and measuring.  In number corner we are working on telling time on analog and digital clocks. Our calendar this month exposes students to the fractions half and fourth . 

Readers' Workshop/Fundations

The first and second graders are getting into a great rhythm and routine. This week, we worked on smoothing out our voices and rereading pages, lines and books for fluency. I worked with small groups of students to practice specific skills. In Fundations, we are finishing up our letter sound and handwriting review. Next week, we will begin work on CVC words and learn a new set of trick words. 

Writers' Workshop

In writing we read a new mentor text and continued work on being brave while writing. We are working on building up our independent writing stamina. This week, we worked for 9 minutes all on our own!

Habits of Mind

We learned about a new Habit of Mind this week! The first and second graders learned about managing their impulses... a very important habit in life! We watched a video, read a book and learned about the "stop light". Lastly, we ate Hershey's kisses and practiced managing our impulses! 

R.A.S Mind Up 

This week, we learned about the Reticular Activating System and our 5 senses. Students practiced zooming in on the important tasks they needed to focus on while identifying all of the distractions around them to help strengthen our Reticular Activating System.