Bringing in March

The first week of March started off with loads of fun.  The warm weather and melting snow put smiles on our faces, although we had to keep them behind our masks!  On a personal note, my 5 grandsons posed for a new photo wearing rainbow colors. It was a nice surprise for grandma and grandpa! I just had to share this one!

I was lucky enough to spend time reading to Mrs. Svec's class on March 2, Read Across America Day.  I always enjoy spending time with the students.  My book of choice was, She Persisted, 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton. I chose this book since March is Women's History Month.  The students send me thank you notes and video messages which I thoroughly enjoyed.  Aaron Valdez offered to repay the favor by reading a few books to me. I was delighted to have him join me on Friday via Zoom. He read 3 books, one of which he read in both English and Spanish. He was a delight!  Thank you, Aaron, and all of Mrs. Svec's class for spending time with me!

Students in Mrs. Diaz-Blanco's class got a surprise fun day this week! A very safe version of the XL Jenga game! They used gloves and of course masks and we made sure to social distance while we played! So much fun!

Mrs. Peto's 4th-grade class has been learning about different forms of energy. This week they read about thermal energy and did an experiment to see how heat energy can be transferred through the use of a conductor.  3 cups were used - 1 with cold water, 1 with room temperature water, and 1 with very warm water.  Spoons were dabbed with butter and placed in each cup.  Students made predictions about what would happen to the butter and observed every min for 10 mins.  Afterward, they were asked to respond to the following questions:  Which cup of water had the most thermal energy?  What were your observations?  Did your predictions match your results?

In Ms. Scarpino's Kindergarten class, students are working hard on story sequencing. What an amazing job they are doing.  I'm sure the first-grade teachers are excited to see all that they have learned. They are almost ready to move on to first-grade!