Great Parenting Article

A friend recently shared this article with me and I just had to pass it along. I found it so moving. It is especially appropriate at this time of year when many of our children are participating in fall sports.

Parenting Article

Student Helpers in Our Classroom

This fall we have 2 student helpers in our classroom.  Natalie is a UVM student who is majoring in elementary education with a concentration in Spanish.  She is with us every Thursday morning.  With assistance, she will teach 2-3 lessons this fall.

  Nate is an SCS middle school student who helps us out each Thursday afternoon as part of his community service project for school. It's a treat to see Nate helping the 2nd grade students since he was once a 2nd grade student in our class.  Nate has been particularly helpful in the computer lab as we work on our blogs.  The children have been very welcoming to both of these students.

Eric Carle Book Project

We have been having so much fun with our author study of Eric Carle. He is an amazing author and illustrator! We spent a lot of time reading his books and talking about all the things we noticed about the author's craft. Next, we made our own paper using lots of different texture techniques. We then used that paper to create gorgeous collage pictures for our very own book inspired by the one and only...Eric Carle.

Take a peek at the process in our slideshow. Our completed books will be waiting for you at curriculum night!

Eric Carle Book Project

Math

Hello Kaleidoscope Families,
Ask your children about what they have been learning in math.
Here are some talking points and a picture of our work to begin the discussion:
Beetle glyphs
Categories
Picture Graph
Bar graph
Greater than and less than
Difference

Slideshow of Our First Days Together

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Great Beginning

We are off to a great start!  Ask your children about these projects that we did this week:
Designing our own I Spy creation using the letters from KALEIDOSCOPE
Creating our Helping Hands team poster
Making our Change Capsule

Second grade students were helpers for their new 1st grade teammates.

Ms. Claire, our team para-educator, led us in singing a fun chant.

1st Day of School

Kaleidoscope Team Popsicle Party
We cooled off with ice pops as we got to know each other on the first day of school.