Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year! I am so excited to be your child's teacher this year! I am very excited to be looping with such a fantastic group of Sharks. We are going to continue where we left off last year and learn so much this year about writing, reading, math, and most importantly what it means to be a respectful and responsible individual. My goal for my students is that they will enter this school year with a growth mindset, which means that they are ready to learn and grow every single day! I believe that each of my students are meant to do amazing things and we will work as a team this school year to encourage, motivate, and learn from one another every day. 2018-2019 is going to be an epic school year!
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I have sent home sign up codes for SeeSaw. SeeSaw is an online, digital portfolio. Each student has a digital portfolio that contains classroom photos and work samples. If you have not signed up for SeeSaw and need your child's code, please contact me so you can access their portfolio. I update it with photos, videos, and work samples that you can even access after the school year ends. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I am very excited to begin the 2017-2018 school year! I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer and enjoyed some relaxing fun in the sun. This school year is going to be full of learning and growing together. I am so excited to meet my new class and work together as a team throughout this school year. I look forward to meeting all of my new kindergarten friends at Kindergarten Orientation from 1:00-2:00pm and the rest of the Schnecksville Sharks at Sneak Peek on August 31st from 2:15-3:15pm! Enjoy your last few weeks of summer! Here's to a wonderful school year!
This past Friday, we celebrated the end of the week with a STEM activity. Fidget Spinners have become the latest trend. We tried having Fidget Spinners in the classroom; however, they became toys not tools, which goes against the purpose of a fidget. Since the students love them so much, I incorporated them into a lesson, which allowed the students to use them in the classroom for the day. We started off by reading a comprehension passage about the origin of Fidget Spinners, research that has been conducted by NYU, and the purpose of fidgets. The students loved reading about different trends and how fidgets help certain people to focus. We then answered comprehension questions that correlated with the passage. After reading, we started some rotations. The students rotated from a writing center that required them to write a persuasive essay about what Fidget Spinners should or should not be allowed in the classroom. Another rotation was the STEM station, where the students used Legos and other materials to create a fidget of their choice. Many practiced how to create a fidget that rotates similar to a Fidget Spinner. The final station had students testing different types of Fidget Spinners. They used IPads to time the length of time a Fidget Spinner can spin. They discussed different factors that effect the length of spin time.
Mrs. Iacobelli welcomed baby chicks into our classroom this year, so of course, Room 7 could not resist visiting with the babies! Check us out playing with the little cuties!
We had the opportunity to participate in a very difficult, but interesting Breakout Box with Miss Young's 5th grade classroom. Although it was definitely a challenge, we were able to work on our collaborating and problem solving skills, as well as our mathematics skills. Check out our pictures below!
This was our very first Breakout box and the students LOVED it! We worked together to find clues around the classroom to unlock locks and break open the box. The students had a goal to find The Cat in the Hat's missing hat. They had to collaborate with one another to find the clues around the classroom and crack the code. This required a great deal of teamwork and higher order thinking. We broke out with time to spare and only needed 2 hints! Way to go Room 7!:)
We have been working hard this year to use text evidence when responding to comprehension questions. Some of our friends enjoyed reading a poem entitled "Victory" to the class. They did a great job reading out loud and were very expressive. They also rocked at using text evidence to answer questions about the poem!
We spent many weeks learning about how to use our five senses to describe a topic. After working together to create a story and practice examples, the students took the reins and wrote their own descriptive essay. We celebrated with a publishing party and enjoyed hearing our friend's hard work.
Two things fourth graders enjoy are water flipping and fractions, so we decided to combine the two! We practiced our water bottle flipping skills, while also writing fractions and converting fractions to percentages. Check out our fun!
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