Intermediate Book Assembly

 It has certainly been a busy start to 2013 as I prepared for two school wide assemblies. Today marked the second and last assembly and I am happy to say that it went off without a hitch. The students read wonderfully and I couldn't be more proud of all involved. We were able to include our new Superintendent Mr. House as a guest reader as well as Mr. Kortz our guidance counselor.

Thank you to the PTO for their generous contribution as well as all of our students for clipping thousands and thousands of Box Tops that help fund events like this one.

Now we search for great books for next years assembly!

Bubbl Presentation

 My 5th graders did an AMAZING job presenting their bubbl projects. They spoke clearly and loud and they were so excited with the final product. I am thrilled that they enjoyed this project so much and that they showed such enthusiasm.  

The next topic we are covering in class...the dreaded ELA prep. For the next four weeks we are going to become the best at comprehension and writing that we possibly can be.

Look out New York State we are ready to meet your rigor.

Bubbl Projects

We read the book Leepike Ridge and then created bubbl.us projects combining technology with our comprehension of various aspects of the book. We are thrilled with the way our final products turned out and at how much we learned throughout the book. Take a look and check out the book, it is a fantastic book. Simply click on each bubbl to view it larger and more in depth.

 Alexa's bubbl

Alivia's bubble

 Amber's bubbl

 Jeron's bubbl

 Megan's bubbl

Noah's bubbl

Sam's bubbl

 

Here We Come NY state

New York State Ed is laying HUGE emphasis on students being able to locate "details from the text" in their writing, reading and speaking. It has gotten to a point where I feel like I say it in my sleep I say it so often. I challenged my 4th graders to make me a headband. So low and behold my wish was granted and instead of saying those 4 little words a hundred times a class I can now just point to my head.

Primary Book Assembly

 On February 13th we held the Primary Book Assembly and were able to give each and every primary student at Guardino the book Penguin and Pinecone: A Friendship Story. It was a lot of work putting the assembly together and getting the books, but it was SO worth it. It was a wonderful feeling to see the students with the books in their laps, reading along together. The book put forth such a positive message about friendship that I feel blessed to have been able to arrange to give it to all of our students.

 One student from each primary classroom was chosen as a reader and was brave enough to come up and read into the microphone. They all sounded so grown up yet looked so little.

 A GREAT big thank you to Mrs. Mellon and Mrs. Hoselton for being guest readers. We thank them greatly.

 If you are in our building check out the many penguin displays in our hallways too.

Thank you to the Guardino PTO for allowing this assembly to take place and to all of our students for the thousands of Box Tops collected to purchase these books.

Our Intermediate Assembly will take place on March 13. Those students will be given the book The Wishing Tree. Stay tuned...