Remote Learning Week 2, March 31

Hello First and Second Graders! Tomorrow we will meet at 10:00 for our morning meeting...remember to bring your pet!

W.E.S. Spirit Week
Crazy Hair Day and Remote Learning

Remote Learning Week 2, March 30

Hello First and Second Grade Friends! Today is Monday, March 30th and the beginning of our 2nd week at home :) 

Even though our school building is closed, we are still such an amazing class! It was great to see so many friends this morning!

We will meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00-10:30. I will send you an invitation to join! 

Here is our W.E.S. Spirit Week schedule! 

3-30 Super Hero Day

Dress like a nurse, doctor, fireman, policeman, or any of your favorite super heroes!

3-31 Crazy Hair/Favorite Color Day 

Remember all of those hairstylists who miss seeing us!

4-1 Dress Like your Favorite Oldie

We are staying home to protect our favorite elderly community members.

4-2 Team Day
Wear your favorite team gear and remember your favorite team!

4-3 PJ day 

One of the best parts of being home is being able to stay comfy all day in your pajamas! 

Super Hero Day Pictures

Essential Worker Super Heroes! 
:) Hooray for School Spirit! 

Remote Learning Week 1

Good Morning First and Second Grade Families!

Today we had our first meeting together and it was great seeing you all.


Next week is WES Spirit Week here is the schedule... send me your pictures from home :)

3-30 Super Hero Day

Dress like a nurse, doctor, fireman, policeman, or any of your favorite super heros!

3-31 Crazy Hair/Favorite Color Day 

Remember all of those hairstylists who miss seeing us!

4-1 Dress Like your Favorite Oldie

We are staying home to protect our favorite elderly community members.

4-2 Team Day
Wear your favorite team gear and remember your favorite team!

4-3 PJ day 

One of the best parts of being home is being able to stay comfy all day in your pajamas! 

Remote Learning Pictures

Remote Learning Week 1 Family Pictures

Hello First and Second Grade Families! I hope you are all doing well and I miss seeing you!

Remote learning in the sunshine!

Please send me your pictures :) 

Remote Learning Plan

Dear First and Second Grade Families,


     I hope you are all well, and I already miss seeing you all! I want to thank you for your support and patience as we prepare for remote learning. Over the next three days, the Waterville staff will be working together to prepare materials for remote learning which will begin on March 23rd. 
     I am working to put together a mix of paper and electronic materials to help support the work you can do at home. I will be in touch soon to let you know how and when the materials will be distributed, along with any other information I have. 
     In the time being, please email me with any questions you have. I will do my best to connect with you and help you in anyway I can!

Warmly,
Mrs. Marcelino
     
     

Happy St. Patrick's Day...A little early

The Week of March 9

Upcoming Events

First day of spring!

March 19

Early Release Day 

Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 19

Please contact Debbie in the office to schedule a conference :) 

If Thursday doesn't work for you, please feel free to email or call me to schedule another time.

hmarcelino@wesvt.net 

No School/ Teacher In-service Day

March 20

We had a busy first full week back! Here is an update of what we have been up to in first and second grade. We are doing a great job washing our hands often, and with that, our hands are pretty dry and irritated. Please feel free to send hand cream to school with your child. 

We are also closing our water fountains throughout the school. They will be replaced with a water-bubbler for the time being, so we all still have access to cold water each day.  Please send your child with a water bottle.  

Art with Ms. Jennie

Readers' Workshop

In reading we took a break from the units of study to refresh and set goals for the upcoming weeks. Students chose new reading spots, worked with their new reading partner and spent time conferring with with me about upcoming goals. We began a new read aloud called The World According to Humphrey! These chapter books are part of a series of books written by Betty G. Birney. In our upcoming unit of study we will be revisiting fiction books and reading books in a series. Our read aloud time is meant to model upcoming book-clubs and character analysis. 

Writers' Workshop

Writer's workshop has been an exciting place in first and second grade. This week, we began a free choice writing unit. Students are busy working on a variety of writing pieces. It is amazing to see all of their writing skills and to see their imaginations take over! We have been busy conferencing to set goals for the upcoming weeks. 

Spelling/ Fundations

We began a mini-unit on punctuation and capital letters this week. We have read a variety of fun mentor texts, practiced with different punctuation marks, and sang a fun song to help up remember the uses of different punctuation marks! Students are creating their own punctuation mentor journal to keep in their writing folder. 

First Grade Math

We are moving right along in math! This week we focused on telling time to the hour and half hour, and learned the "make 10" strategy while adding up to 20 i.e. 9+7 is the same as 10+6. We learned a fun new game called Spin to Win bingo. Students are learning about penguins and have been learning addition and subtraction strategies up to 20 with the penguin twins Mollie and Ollie! 

Science
We began a new unit of study in science! We began learning about patterns in the sky. Students made sun catchers, and star makers this week. We learned how the sun rises and sets in the same part of the sky each day, and how stars are visible at night because the sun isn't shining. Lots of  good discussions and argumentation from evidence happening in our room!


Friday Circle

On Friday, we welcomed some students from Ms. Paquette's classroom. They led our Friday circle and did a great job! We also began work on a Restorative Practices Bulletin Board which will be up soon!

Read across America 

week

March is Read Across America Month, a celebration meant to encourage children to read more books and build excitement about reading. We will be celebrating from 3/23/20 to 3/27/20 at WES. Here is a schedule of our daily themes:

Monday (3/23): Being Ourselves Makes Us Comfy - wear your favorite comfy clothes.

Tuesday (3/24): Teamwork Makes Us Work - wear your favorite team gear or WES gear.

Wednesday (3/25): Shine a Spotlight on Diversity – students will read books celebrating diversity.

Thursday (3/26): We Are All Different - wear your favorite color.

Friday (3/27): Read In Day! – kids can bring camping chairs, comfy blankets, sleeping bags, etc. to use during the read in.

We are so excited to celebrate the joy of reading this week! Please let me know if you have any questions.