Happy Friday to everyone and Happy Memorial Day weekend to all - we all deserve this extra day off before we enter the final stretch of the school year with 19 days of school left! Even though there are technically less than 3 weeks of school left, I feel like we are still so incredibly busy and there are still such awesome things happening in our school. Thank you all for your dedicated efforts in continuing to keep our children highly engaged, critically thinking and actively learning - BRAVO!
Congratulations are in order... Marissa Levine was granted tenure last night at the Board of Education Meeting! We are so lucky to have you on Team Cantiague Marissa - your knowledge base, work ethic and passion for doing what is best for children has made our school an even better place. A special thank you again for your work on the Compact Committee this year as you facilitated the Signature Project fundraising event - BRAVO! Cantiague Elementary is a Blue Ribbon School because of teachers like you, especially as a member of Team Leverman!
On another note, I want to thank all of you for your incredible work at our Faculty Meeting this week. I thought the conversations that filled our Library related to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics were AWESOME, POWERFUL and REFLECTIVE of our growth, development and the direction were are headed. I really enjoyed the perspectives shared from each grade level, the development of ideas from the primary level through the intermediate level. I also value the work that we still have to do - teaching and learning is an ongoing process that never ends and our curriculum (made up of a bunch of different resources) is a living "document" that can be modified, enhanced and enriched. Thank you to Joe P. for keeping us headed in the right direction and ensuring that the math instruction throughout the building was Common Core aligned.
Furthermore, thank you all for making the kick-off to the Cantiague ABC Countdown such a huge success! From Exercise Day to Pink Shirt Day/Cantiague Cares Day, the school has been buzzing with enthusiasm and excitement - thank you all!
Finally, as I do each week, I devoted as much time as possible to traveling around the building to capture the AMAZINGNESS! During my visits this week, I...
- Have had the pleasure of working with a Book Club in Alex and Rosanna's class. We are reading the book Wonder and the level of conversation has been impressive - the children are so excited to get together and share their thoughts, opinions and perspectives related to the text - thank you for letting me join the group!
- Hung out in every second grade classroom. The second graders did an AMAZING and INCREDIBLE job during their Fairy Tale Celebration the other day! The fractured fairy tales they performed were adorable and hysterical. They also wrote and published their own fractured fairy tales and the quality of their writing was awesome! Their pieces were filled with details, descriptive language and dialogue - BRAVO!
- Got to spend time with Jeanne while she was working 1:1 with a fourth grader and I was blown away by the growth this boy has made over the course of the year! Jeanne came up with a variety of activities to help the child develop his "Super Sentence" writing skills and his ability to add adjectives and details to his sentences by the end of the period was really impressive - WOW!
- Visited with Karen's class while they were in the second computer lab. The kids were working on publishing their own fiction pieces and they were really excited about this mini unit of study in writer's workshop. Loved reading their pieces and sharing their enthusiasm!
- Had a blast with Allison and Mandy's classes during Exercise Day where one of the dads from Mandy's class, who is a personal trainer, came in and worked the children out! It was so cute to watch the children try and follow his directions!
Tech Tip of the Week...
One of the coolest web based resources I have explored of late is Padlet, which basically is like a virtual bulletin board that could be used for a lot of different purposes. Check out this blog post - Using Padlet - for ideas/suggestions for how this app could be used!
Schedule of the Week...
Monday, May 27
"A" Week
Happy Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 28
Reorganization Meetings for Grades 1, 2 & K (that order)!
HAT DAY
HAT DAY
Wednesday, May 29
WRAP TESTING
Ices Day
CST at 1:20pm
Hands-On Science State Test- Gr. 4 - Moses, Levermans & Huzarsky in the gym
Cantiague Retirement Party
Ices Day
CST at 1:20pm
Hands-On Science State Test- Gr. 4 - Moses, Levermans & Huzarsky in the gym
Cantiague Retirement Party
Thursday, May 30
Hands-On Science State Test - Gr. 4 for Test Mods, ESL, etc.
Gr. 5 Spring Concert!
Jump Rope & Jokes Day
Gr. 5 Spring Concert!
Jump Rope & Jokes Day
Friday, May 31
Happy TGIF!
Kindness & Kisses Day
Reorganization Meetings for Grades 4 & 3 (that order)!
Kindness & Kisses Day
Reorganization Meetings for Grades 4 & 3 (that order)!
Kids' Korner
After Allison explained that I was her boss and that Hank was my boss, Abby G. announced that she was HIS boss! LOL!
Pics of the Week...
Check out Cantiague's Week in Tweets - click on the following link to see our Pics of the Week...
Upcoming Board of Education Meetings...
- Thursday, June 13th
I am so lucky to be teaching at Cantiague! I am learning everyday from all of you! Words cannot express how happy and grateful I am to be working at such a unique and awesome place. THANK YOU!!!
ReplyDelete-Marissa