A visit with Mrs. Vega's class!

¡Hola niños y niñas! I had another exciting week in Reynolds School with Mrs. Vega's class.  They get to do a lot of fun things in first grade.  This week they have been getting ready for their show called Passport to Learning.  All year long they have been learning about different cultures and noticing the how those countries are similar or different than the United States of America.   The class has been researching facts about different countries and singing songs.  They even sing a song in Spanish called ¡Canta! and they wrote their own verse for the song.

The class has been reading different versions of The Gingerbread Man and learning why the stories are different in other countries. They figured out it was because their culture influences the different versions of the Gingerbread Man. They even read The Gingerbread Baby, The Runaway Tortilla, and The Gingerbread Girl.  

I even got to play Math games on the computer and practice spelling words during Word Study. On Friday, Mrs. Vega gives the class "Ketchup & Pickle Time." Students who are not finished with their work need to "catch up" on the work they missed, while others are "picking" something to do.  You will see that I was drawing on my whiteboard during Pickle Time.

I hope you enjoyed reading this entry.  I had a blast and I hope Rocket is having a blast, too! ¡Hasta luego!

Rocket is with us!!!

On Monday Rocket arrived and students are really excited!! They took her to the playground, they looked for ants with her and she even visited the house of one of the girls who made a great effort and spoke English all the afternoon. Today she brought cookies to share with the class. We are working on a food project and Rocket is learning a lot!

My Week with Mrs. King’s Class!

My Week with Mrs. King’s Class

Hola boys and girls! I’ve had another very exciting week at Reynold’s School! This week I was with the students in Mrs. King’s class. You’ll see by the pictures they took with me, that I got to do so many fun first grade things. In the beginning of the week I learned how to play a Math game called “Coin Exchange”. On that same day, there was a famous author named Douglas Florian who came to visit the students. I got to hear him read some of his books and see some of his super cool animal illustrations. The week continued with lots of other fun activities. I got to help fill in the calendar, learn a new game in word study, and even wrote like a Scientist! One day it was Mrs. King’s birthday. A boy in her class even let me help him make her a card. The students are so lucky because they get to do something called “Brain Breaks” on a website called “Go Noodle” every day. Together, we danced and sang a birthday song to Mrs. King. The first graders are super readers! I helped two friends turn and talk about a book. I even read a little bit about pets in a book called Biscuit Finds a Friend. At the end of each day, Mrs. King’s students pack up their things and do their class jobs. I got to help out with that too! As you can see, I had a very exciting week at Reynold’s School. I hope you enjoyed seeing the pictures and hearing about my special time. I hope Rocket is having fun with you!

Students learnt how to do this!! They also have a folder where they keep record of everything we learn and find out with this project

My Visit to Mrs. Joy's Class

This week I visited Mrs. Joy's 1st grade class.  We did so many fun things. I got to read, write, and play games. I even got to draw a picture on the computer.  I also got to dance when her class did Go Noodle.  I got to build a tower with 3D blocks.  I'm so lucky because I got to spend time with each of the students in the class.  I had so much fun visiting them!

Tomas Has Arrived!

Welcome to Reynolds School. Tomas will spend the next 7 weeks in New Jersey learning about our school and culture.

Where is Argentina?

Sample of a worksheet that students completed to understand the geographic location of Argentina.