Monday, June 1, 2015

This Week in Room 7

I cannot believe that our school year is winding down. Our class has been working so hard finishing up projects, completing activities for our 1st grade memory bag, and doing our ABC countdown!

If you are interested in seeing our class activities, please check out my twitter handle: @CacioppoCrew

Upcoming Activities:

June 2- R- Rhyme Day (Bring in a rhyme to share)

June 3 – S – Show and Tell Day (Bring in one item to show the                      class.)

June 4 – T – Telling Time Day  (We will play games with telling                    time.)

June 5– U – Uplifting Day (Students will give uplifting                                     compliments to others.)

June 8– V – Video Day (We will watch a video.)  

June 9 – W – What should you know about 2nd grade? (We will                     visit a 2nd grade classroom and find out about 2nd                              grade.)

June 10 – X – X-Change Autographs Day (We will trade                                   signatures.)

June 11 – Y – Year End Clean-up Day (Clean up desks and                               lockers.)


June 12 – Z – Zip up your bag and Zoom home Day
                    Today is a full day of school!

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Classroom Excitement!

Learning about 3-D shapes from 2nd Grade Students!

Learning multiplication strategies from a 2nd grader!

Listening to a version of Cinderella... collaborating to answer questions
about the text.

Field Day- Shoe Toss!

Tug of War!

Sack Races





Water Balloon Toss (with Mr. McConnell)



Hula Hoop Battle!

Go Team ITALY!!!

1st Graders ROCK!

Learning how to use Google Slides to present what we are learning.

2nd Graders from Ms. Carr's class modeled how to use
the app.

Finding the evidence in the text from the Indy 500 article.

Teamwork, collaboration, and perseverance helped us complete
the activity.

Teaching Kindergarten Students how to Kahoot.

Ms. Molway's class came down so our class could teach.

Teaching Kindy Kids how to use Pebble Go for
our Passion Projects.

Reader's Theatre
"Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears"

Reader's Theatre
"Cindy Eller Plays Ball"


Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Oh WOW (time got away from me)! The Past Few Weeks in Pictures...

It is hard to believe that we are coming down to the final weeks of first grade! 
Here is a glimmer of what we have been working on here at school:

We researched Italy in preparation for Field Day!

ABC Countdown- Career Day!

Using pizza slices to create, analyze, and discuss fractions!

How many parts of the pizza are cheese?

ABC order for our Words Their Way sorts

Stretching our brains as we put them in order!

Using our ABC strategies to figure out what comes next!

ABC Countdown- Favorite book day!

Sharing our favorite books with our friends!

Reading to one another...

Having great conversations about the story!

Learning about different kinds of books!

Telling our friends why the book is special!

Enjoying great company!

Listening to one another read out loud!

Finding out others like the same book!


ACES- All Children Exercising Simultaneously!






Presenting our Passion Projects to the class!









Composing and Decomposing Shapes 
with Tangrams!

Explaining how to create the shape to friends

Using "flip, turn, and slide" to create new shapes!