I can’t believe the school year is already over and it’s
officially summer. One reason why I love first graders so much is the insane
growth they make academically throughout the year. While cleaning the classroom
yesterday, I found some old things we worked on during the year and couldn’t
believe how far they’ve come. Please
keep reading, writing, and practicing math over the summer!!! On the last
day of school, I showed them some websites they could go on during the summer
to continue reading. These websites are on a blue sheet of paper that was
placed in their daily folder. It was funny because on one of the websites, they
saw a category list of “scary and disgusting” and they REALLLLY wanted me to
click on it so I did…and let me say, there are some books over some really
scary and disgusting things. One of the books we clicked on talked about how a
tribe in Africa makes their houses out of cow poop. The book also had pages about bat caves full of poop, worm
poop, nasty landfills, and etc. They were so interested and disgusted at the
same time. Although it was disgusting, the book was pretty informational.
Teachers had to go to a professional development last Friday when students had off and they showed us this video. I thought it was really interesting to see how much summer learning really makes a difference in a child during elementary school. I don't necessary think it's an income issue, but it's more about the support at home, which unfortunately not all children are able to get.
Teachers had to go to a professional development last Friday when students had off and they showed us this video. I thought it was really interesting to see how much summer learning really makes a difference in a child during elementary school. I don't necessary think it's an income issue, but it's more about the support at home, which unfortunately not all children are able to get.
There’s also a June and July calendar of activities the kids
could do over summer break just in case they get bored. It was stapled to an
end-of-the-year letter.
On Thursday, both Mrs. Skalaban and my class had a bead store
BLOWOUT. They could buy whatever they want with all the beads they had left. I
should have taken a picture of all the toys laid out on the tables for the kids
to buy but it was so insane I didn’t have time.
We had our very last Vietnamese sound check on Wednesday and the
kids did pretty well. If the kids want to keep up with their Vietnamese, they
can use their Vietnamese flashcards that we worked on all year long or go to www.ilearnviet.com to practice. The
username is ttran and the
password is austin. Please
keep the flashcards as a good resource for home. I spent a lot of time putting
these together every week or two for all 42 students.
Here is a picture of the kids during “puzzle day.”
I hope everyone has a great summer!!! Thanks for a great year!
Meet-the-Teacher is August 17 from 4-6
First Day of School is August 21, 2017
