Friday, September 5th. Day 4

Our first day of blogging! Each child has their own blog!! Read them here and leave comments: http://kidblog.org/MrsMelnik/

Math Centers:

Wemberly Worried craft

 Choice time creation:

We spotted LG sleeping in a silly way! 

Daisy had fun at the beach!  Hope you enjoyed a summer like weekend :-) 

Thursday, September 4th.. Day 3

2 Announcements: 

1.  Please remember to send your child to school with a healthy snack each day.  It might be helpful to put the snack in a certain spot each day so your child can easily find it!

2. I'm looking for room parents!  Let me know if you're interested.  I promise it will be easy and fun! 

LG has arrived! 

The kids had so many questions about our leopard gecko... What does he eat? How old will he get?  When does he sleep?  Why does he have 2 lights?  Does he change colors? And the list goes on and on.. Ask your child something they learned about LG.

 

Handwriting practice. 

Yesterdays letters were c, o, and a.  Today's letters were g, d, and q.  They all start below the line like a c! 

Math game: Snap It!  Practicing combinations to 5 and 6.  Using doer and checker cards to help each other stay on task.

Ask your child to play with you at home. 

Choice time creation! 

Wednesday, September 3rd.. Day 2!

We started our morning with Guided Discovery.. Check out the drawbridge! So much teamwork! 

Our Read Aloud today was Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes.  We will continue to read many books written by Kevin Henkes and compare the characters.  

Here's our list of worries (I hope the second to last one is wrong!!)

Our iPad rules:

 

Today the kids drew a picture of something fun they did during their summer on the app Drawing Pad.. They will add these to their first blog post soon! 

One of our most favorite times of day.. Calming Time 

Right after recess each day each child takes out their calming bag and spends 10 minutes alone getting their body ready for an afternoon of learning. Right now the choices in the bag are drawing or writing in their journal or tracing letters/numbers in their dry erase book.  

Tuesday, September 2nd... First Day!

Wow! What a busy, fun, tiring first day of first grade!

Here's a peek at our first day:

Drawing one our favorite things on the cover of our home/school folder... 

Please send the home/school folder back to school each day! 

You should have received a few notices from the office in your child's folder as well as All About Room 108. 

The first page of our Marvelous Me book:

Our Read-Alouds today:

It was so hot that we loved relaxing on the rug to cool down.

We ended our day in closing circle. We turned and told a neighbor something we enjoyed from our first day of first grade.

Our favorite parts of first grade... so far.... 

Ask your child what their answer was!

Upcoming events at the Fox & Robbins Libraries

Late August/ Early September Special Youth Programs  at Robbins and Fox libraries   Matt Heaton & The Outside Toys Thursday, September 4 6:30-8:30 p.m. Whittemore Robbins Lawn A Toddlerbilly Bonanza for the whole bunch! Led by guitarist/singer Matt Heaton, the Outside Toys bring an infectious sense of fun and stellar, no nonsense musicianship to discerning kids and their parents. The trio's rootsy mix of updated traditional folk songs, rockabilly, surf, and country make for a concert the whole family can rock out to. Bring a blanket, a picnic and the whole family! End of Summer Reading Surprise Celebration Saturday, September 6 2:30-3:30 p.m. Robbins Library Community Room Summer Reading participants - join us for our end of summer celebration. We will have either a Mystery Science Screening party, a Mad Scientist party or a Science of Magic themed party, all of which include fun, games, food and more. Bring your certificate for a free book and join the fun. Space is limited. Please arrive 30 minutes early to secure a ticket! Clay Spirit Animal Workshop Wednesday, September 7 4-5:30 p.m. Fox Library Community Room The Zuni and other Pueblo Indians carve animals small enough to fit into their pockets. They believe these connect the humans who carry them to the spirit of the animals they represent. After an introductory discussion and brief demonstration, participants sculpt their own spirit animals which they can paint when dry and decorate with a "bundle" using small shells, feathers beads, etc.  In a closing circle, participants can share their animals and what they learned about them as they sculpted. Suitable for youth ages 7-12. Space is limited. please arrive 30 minutes early to secure a ticket.

Welcome First Grade Families!

Welcome to all new first grade families!  I hope you all have received the Welcome Packet.  This blog will be updated frequently to share what we have been doing at school.

Please stop by on Wednesday or Thursday afternoon to visit the classroom, and if you would like, drop off supplies.  If another time works better for you, just let me know.

I'm really excited to have a student teacher join us this fall! Emily has already been in multiple times helping to get Room 108 ready for our first graders. A note from Ms. Magni: Hello! My name is Emily Magni and I am a graduate student at Lesley University. I will be doing my student teaching with Mrs. Melnik for the first half of the school year in order to fulfill my requirements to earn my Masters in Early Childhood Education. I am looking forward to working with Mrs. Melnik and getting to know all of your children. I can't wait to meet you all as well!

Our class drop off and pick up happens on our classroom patio- Door #11 by the pineapple entrance on the North Union Street side of the building.

Please email with any questions nmelnik@arlington.k12.ma.us.   We are looking forward to a fabulous year together! :-)

Thanks for a great year!!

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