Tens and Ones Time

We spent the whole week learning how to read, count and write tens and ones in math.   My kiddos had a lot of practice with hands on tens and ones counting, writing numbers in the correct place value spot and of course finishing up the week playing some 10s and 1s games to reinforce the skill in a fun way :)  

Keep practicing at home, we'll have our first Math test on Monday

Here Melina and Jessica are playing "Tens and Ones Top it"

You can't top this partnership!  Aidan and Amani played the game so well together.

Cole and Robert partnered up to play too!

Building tens and ones is always more fun

 when you can spin your way to the number!

Kiera is all smiles taking her turn with the spinner :)

Bradyn and Taylor made a good team.

We always have to throw in a few Daily 5 pictures, 

I think it's your child's favorite part of the day.  Not sure?  Ask them! 

 Ask them to sit EEKK with you to read a story this weekend :)

Terrance and Kenny sit EEKK! for Read to Someone.

Melina is enjoying her Listen to Reading time.
Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan,
we added two extra iPhones to our listening centers!
Woo-hoo, thanks guys!!

Devonte is working hard on "Write and Stamp".

Building words with Play-doh is a favorite with Cole
.......and everyone else!

By far, everyone's favorite is sight word cup stacking!

Have a great weekend...try to stay dry!

1st Full Week...success!

With our first full week under our belts, I am proud to say that we are coming together as a cooperative learning community really well :) I've overheard many kind words and saw lots of helping hands and polite gestures from one Firstie to another. So awesome to see! 

We have been working really hard at learning how the Daily 5 works so we can begin guided reading groups as soon as possible. We also had lots of fun making a super long chain of number cards from 1-100. 

Can't wait to see meet you all next Tuesday at 7:00 for back to school night. 

Funny Face Firsties

Well made it through our first week with a lot of laughs and fun to go along with our learning :) One of the kiddos' favorite activities was the find a friend game. They each had a chart with categories like: find a friend with different color eyes than you, or one who likes pizza or one who can tie their shoes. When they found a friend that fit the category they would ask that friend to sign their name. Their favorite (and mine) was to find a friend who can cross their eyes or roll thier tongue! Hilarity ensued as we were all cracking up watching each other try it! 

I am so excited to have such a fun loving group of kiddos.  Looking forward to a great year!

Yay...new Firsties!

Hi first graders and parents :) Welcome to our classroom blog!  I am so excited to have a new group of firsties in my classroom this year, we are going to have so much fun!  This blog is the perfect place to see pictures of all the cool stuff we do in class.  Check back often to see what's up :)

Here's a picture of my favorite summer activity.  

What was your favorite thing to do this summer?

A fuzzy to remember me by...

Mrs. Costino's last day was Friday.  We gave her a little cookie party at the end of the day to say good-bye.  The kids each made her a card to wish her good luck and to tell her that she will be missed.  I meant to take a picture of all of us with Mrs. Costino, but I wasn't very good with my camera last week.  She left each kiddo a little treat to take home and gave us a bunch or really cool tie-dye fuzzies to keep in our fuzzy box.  She asked the kids to remember her whenever they are given a tie-dye fuzzy to put in their cup!  Such a cute idea :)

Fuzzies to remember Mrs. Costino :)

We were sad to see her leave, but excited to have Mrs. Trombetta begin with us today!  She pulled all the kids back one table at a time to chat with them and have a little getting to know you session while they picked new books for their 

"Read to Self" book boxes.

Speaking of reading, we are really in the swing of things now!  My kiddos are doing an excellent job of moving through our Daily 5 centers quickly and quietly so as no to bother any reading groups that are going on.  I am so impressed with how well they are all getting along together and sharing reading and responsibilities during Daily 5.  

Here's Haley stacking sight word cups!

We have finished up our Fundations Unit 3 last week.  The kids had fun playing dice game to read their Fundations words.  Please keep practicing all Fundations skills, not just the ones that go with the current unit we are working on.   Remember...all you need to know is in your child's BEE binder.  We are reviewing all of the skills that we taught in Unit 1 for math.  I sent home a pink paper today to remind you of all those skills.  Please practice with your kiddo so they feel confident and ready for the test next week :)

Jason and Olivia were partnered up for Roll and Read game :)

We kicked off our "Good Egg" program this week.   Mrs. Fair taped an envelope in the front of your child's BEE binder today.  When your kiddo is caught being a good egg, he or she will be given a flight ticket.  Those tickets need to be signed by a parent and returned to school to put in our collection box.  I will pull a ticket once a week for a chance to choose an extra fun coupon reward.  Each week, we will dump our box into the big box in the lunch room and twice a month Mr. Cohen will draw a ticket from there for a chance to spin the wheel for a really BIG prize!  

Blog Password: fuzzy

Smiling Second Graders

Today marks the end of our third full week of school.  I cannot believe that October will be upon us in just a few short days!  With three weeks under our second grade belts, we are certainly off and running.  My kiddos have become such a sweet little family that care about each other and work well together as a group.  It has been so nice to see last year's students take our new friends under their wings to help them with Daily 5 and other classroom routines.  

Speaking of Daily 5...they have got it down pat!  I am so impressed with how hard they are working in their centers while Mrs. Costino and I work with reading groups.  Having a second teacher in the room means more Daily 5 rotations and lots more times to see each group.  All four of my reading groups were with me two times this week and Mrs. Costino is able to give both of her groups the time that they need once a day.  It's pretty awesome!  

Check out some Daily 5 in action below.

Kenny and Kaylee practice spelling words by stamping them in playdoh for word work.

Louis and Nariah are sitting "EEKK!" for read to someone.

I caught Carly during read to self sitting on my stool!  She asked first ;)

This lucky group was the first to try out some of our 

fun new writing supplies at the Work on Writing center.

On Wednesday this week, we celebrated New Jersey Farm to School week by sampling some harvest soup prepared by our very own teachers that used veggies from our very own garden....picked by our very own Red Bank students!  How cool is that?!  Our class didn't get a chance to harvest this time, but we will definitely be getting our hands dirty in the garden soon enough.   I was really proud of my class for trying at least one spoonful, even if they thought they wouldn't like it.  Almost all of my kiddos loved the soup and ate it all up! 

 Next week, we are trying Kale smoothies!

Isabella, Carly and Olivia enjoyed the soup.

Louis did too...look at that smile!

Good to the last drop!  Kenz wanted more :)

I am so lucky to be able to share my days with your awesome kids!  They make me smile every day :)  Don't forget to scroll down for the blog password.  If your kiddo whispers it to me next week, I will give them an extra fuzzy!  Make sure they whisper it and don't tell a friend the secret word...they have to read it from the blog on their own ;)

Blog Password:  smile

Welcome Back!

Hey firstie parents and kiddos, thanks for visiting our classroom blog.  

Welcome back to school….you are now second graders!  

As sad as I am to see the summer go, I am really excited to see how much my firsties have grown; and I'm looking forward to meeting some new friends too.  :)