K iMovie

Check out Ms. Dichter's awesome iMovie of the Kindergarteners at the Stone Zoo!

Wednesday 6/26

Many kids worked on their finish up work this morning. Ms Dichter read the Lorax aloud.

Some kindergarteners from another class came to visit the first graders and ask questions about next year. The picture shows what the first graders thought were the best parts of this year. We ended our sticky hot day watching the Lorax and going to an assembly about summer reading. Make visiting the library a weekly habit over the summer! 

Tuesday 6/25

Another hot day in Room 8! 

We spent some time today talking about shapes.  Some kids used shapes to create pictures while others were coming up with different ways to fill larger shapes with pattern blocks. We all enjoyed a picnic lunch in the classroom! 

Monday 6/24

Wow! What a hot day! 

First graders enjoyed their trip to the Franklin Park Zoo.
Thank you to our fantastic chaperones!! 

Kindergarteners were busy cleaning up Room 8!  

Can you believe there are only 4 more days of school left!?  11:30 dismissal on Friday.

Friday 6/21

We had a great turnout at our Author Celebration!  We are so proud of our authors!!  Thanks to everyone that brought in breakfast treats.  
Thank you very much to Deanna and Liz for being awesome room parents!!!
A big thank you to our volunteers-Liza, Maf, Tanya & Deanna-for helping us this year.

Fun and super engaging anti-bullying assembly today by Johnny the K!  You can listen to a sample of one of his songs on his website.

Wednesday 6/19

Everyone was busy today finishing up writing pieces that will be shared on Friday!
The kids had a special sub today-Mrs. Fischer-at choice time. They made her Bruins pictures!
We enjoyed listening to some more books written by Jarrett. We also had a dance party-Visit punkfarm.com to listen to the song at home.

Tuesday 6/18

We were so lucky to have Author-Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka come to Stratton today!! He shared his first books with us, the steps to publish a story, and inspired us to never give up! He read one of his funny books to us-Punk Farm. Take a look at his books the next time your family visits the library.
Visit his website: www.studiojjk.com

Thursday 6/13

We all spent time on the iPads today.

Ks used Drawing Pad to create pictures of the ocean and tide pools. Many of their pictures are below.

1s worked on their books and had fun on some apps.

Monday 6/17

The Ks had a blast on their field trip to the beach. What a great way to end our unit on the ocean and tide pools. Thanks to the many chaperones for joining us on such a fun trip!

The 1s had a special day at school- Watching Charlottes Web, picnic lunch in the classroom, bring a stuffed animal to school day and creating & testing a windmill.

Wednesday, 6/12

The Kindergarteners practiced their songs and put on a mini concert for the First Graders today.... They sounded great!!  Ks are so excited to perform for their parents on Friday!  They also can't wait to share their most recent art projects with you--They are amazing!  

First graders continued to work on their animal research book on the iPads.  Today they learned how to take a screenshot from Drawing Pad and add it into their book!

Voice Thread: Poetry with Liza!

We hope you enjoy watching our poetry project! A big thank you to Liza for working with us every other week this year! The project came out awesome! :)

Tuesday 6/11

Ks made crabs today! Thanks to Mrs. Abbott's class for a fun buddy reading time this morning.
1s started to create a book on the iPad about their zoo animal. 1s joined Mrs. Frost's class for morning work today.

Monday 6/10

The first graders did research today on a zoo animal of their choice.
The kindergarteners are putting finishing touches on their ocean research book.
All kids spent time practicing math skills on the iPads.

Friday 6/7

What a rainy day!!!

The kids worked hard today at Friday finish-up time.

Some kids put on a show at choice time!

We ended our day listening to some great poetry.

Thursday 6/6

We started our morning with the end of the year writing prompt-we are impressed with the progress the kids have made this year!
1s made observations of the aquarium and terrarium. They listened to some more of Charlottes Web.
The Ks worked on their animal research. They had fun this afternoon in Ms Marsh's class for choice.
Thanks to the K parents that have come for conferences thus far! :)

Wednesday 6/5

First graders are working hard to publish a story for our Author Celebration.  They have begun the next Science unit on organisms- Our aquarium and terrarium was set up today.  The kids showed great focus  this past week and the first grade spelling assessment has been completed!

Kindergarteners are researching an animal and creating posters to share- Their posters looks great so far!  They continue to practice reading and writing words with many different word families.  Kindergarten conferences tomorrow!

Tuesday 6/4

The first graders had a blast on their field trip to the Apple store today!  The kids learned how to use iMovie.  Here they are with their t-shirts and certificates.... zip drive bracelets with their movies will be going home tomorrow.  

We ended our trip to the Burlington Mall with a special treat- a donut!  A big thanks to Liz and Jodi for chaperoning! 

Ks worked on creating their ocean habitats.  They also had buddy reading time with Mrs. Abbott's Kindergarten class!

Monday 6/3

Ask your child what happened to our seeds that we planted last week.  One was placed in the closet, the other one the windowsill.   Which container had one tall plant and two short plants?  Which container had plants that were dark green? Light green?  Which container had plants with more leaves?

All items left in the lost and found outside of the cafeteria will be donated on Wednesday morning.  If your child is missing anything, please have them check there tomorrow!

First graders will be going on a field trip tomorrow to the Apple store.  The kids will eat lunch at school at their regular time.