December 5, 2014

Curriculum Connections...

Happy Friday to all... the first Friday in December! Hope everyone had a wonderful four-day week- even though I know juggling dozens of conferences is often more work than the daily teaching and learning. Please know your efforts do not go unnoticed and the feedback from the parents over the last couple of days has been incredibly positive - they are so grateful to be part of the Cantiague community because of each of you!

In other news, I wanted to share two baby related updates. First off, Melissa Cerullo has extended her leave to stay home with her babies until after the April break - we will definitely miss having her around but thanks to Christina for doing such an awesome job! Also, due to some unforeseen medical needs, Risa's last day was Thursday (today). Her doctors definitely want her to take it easy until Baby Thomas arrives in the next few weeks so Risa will be staying home. Being that this happened a little earlier than we expected we had to enact some plans in a quick fashion and I am thrilled to announce that Katie Quinn will be taking over for Risa during her child care leave. Katie - we know you are going to do an AMAZING job! 

Finally, one of our adorable kindergarten students (Dylan) had his last day on Thursday. Being that Dylan had an aide assigned to him, his leaving has facilitated some staffing changes. Starting Monday, Sara Stone will be splitting her time between Ginny and Ally. Also, Caylie Lehrer, will be moving from kindergarten to split her time between Jill and Janine's rooms. Good luck to both Sara and Caylie - we know you will be assets to your new spaces. 
This week, as I walked around the building, I spotted these #EDUWINS...

• Lois D. facilitated an awesome small group session in the speech room for two third grade girls. The focus of the lesson was on "-ed" verbs and she helped the children master the idea of past tense by having them caption real life pictures, play a game and unscramble various sentences. There was so much packed into a 30 minute period and I was blown away by how much the students had grown and how engaged they were the whole period - WOW! 

• Shout out to Lorraine and her work in the library. First off, I LOVE the "We Love Picture Books" poster because getting to see what books different kids and staff love has been so fun! Also, I had a chance to spend time in the library while Lorraine collaborated with Jessica to introduce the fifth grade students to databases and how they could be used to safely research a nonfiction topic. One thing that really impressed me was that Lorraine helped the children understand the difference between SEARCHING and RESEARCHING as a result of collaborating with Jessica and knowing what the kids needed. This was an example of the power of flexible scheduling in the library and the impacts it could have on extending the learning in the classroom... AWESOME! 

• Ginny implemented an awesome writing worksop block that was part of the List and Labels unit of study. First the children listened to a read aloud where Frog and Toad modeled using lists and then the children were challenged to create their own lists of favorite animals. Well, the kids were immediately engaged and they had no trouble generating ideas and they were clearly using various strategies to help them write the names of the animals - such as stretching out the words - and the end results were IMPRESSIVE!  

Tech Tip of the Week...

Check out this link for some suggestions on how to creatively use iPads in the classroom - I think there are some really awesome suggestions...

10 Creative Ways to Use Your iPads in the Classroom

SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK... 

Monday, December 8 

"A" Week
Happy Monday! 
Testing Forum hosted by Joint Council PTA - 7pm

Tuesday, December 9

F.E.O. at 3pm for all staff!
Holiday Boutique - be on time!

Wednesday, December 10

Happy Wednesday!
Holiday Boutique - be on time!
Shared Decision Making Team - 3pm!
Staff Holiday FIESTA - 3:30pm

Thursday, December 11 

CST Meeting at 1:20pm
Cultural Arts!

Friday, December 12

Happy Friday!
Tony at Penn - out of the building all day!

Kids' Korner

While playing music in the lunchroom the other day (thanks to Rebecca and Alli for being our first Lunch DJs), one of the first grade kids walked up to me and asked, "Mr. Sinanis, where are all the musicians hiding? I hear the music but don't see any people playing music!" Fortunately I was able to explain that all the musicians were hiding in the iPad! LOL!  

Pics of the Week...

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WEEK IN TWEETS

November 21, 2014

Curriculum Connections...

I would like to begin by wishing you all a Happy & Healthy Thanksgiving holiday next week - a much needed four day weekend before report cards and conferences! May it be filled with delicious food, great memories with family and friends, some fun, and some much needed rest and relaxation (a certain someone will be working on his dissertation all weekend)! 

This time of year always makes me happy because I am reminded that I have so much to be thankful for – my incredible family, supportive friends, personal well-being and of course, each of you (I could never survive the Penn experience or book writing experience or major shift in my personal life without each of you)! I cannot really express how much you all mean to me and how honored I am to be the Lead Learner of this incredibly special community of learners (teachers, students, parents, etc.)! Not a day goes by that I don't walk around this building with a smile on my face. Although the daily pressures and demands can be extremely difficult at times (some days it does feel like we might be getting Punked), one could never tell while walking around this building because each of you handles everything with such patience, high levels of professionalism and pride for our craft as educators. Each of you manages to put the needs of our students and colleagues at the forefront and that is what makes Cantiague so special! 

Thank you again for all that each of you do every single day. THANK YOU for your making our Curriculum Fair so awesome tonight; THANK YOU for your support in my current studies at Penn – I promise to get this dissertation done ASAP; THANK YOU for your support of my family and for always asking about Paul – that means the world to me; THANK YOU for all that you do and know that I am extremely thankful that each of you are in my life because you make me a better father, educator and man!

This week, as I walked around #Cantiague this week, I spotted the following #EduWins...

• This first shout-out goes to the Middle School, Elisa Waters and Don Gately for organizing and hosting the 4th Annual LGBT Forum last Friday and it was amazing. It was a day filled with passionate keynote speakers, incredible learning sessions (Joe Sapienza did an awesome job presenting on the intersection of LGBT and Special Education) and powerful conversations. The highlight of the event for me was the panel of students that kicked off the day - WOW! The way these high school students (including a former Cantiague kid) talked about coming to the realization of their sexuality and how they shared the information moved me to tears. Their maturity, insight and perspectives were amazing and the event in it's entirety made me even prouder to be a gay man within the Jericho community. 

• Christina G. for facilitating an amazing conversation during the class read aloud. The kids were literally hanging on her every word and their conversations were impressive. Christina has also done an amazing job with her EdLine HW postings (yup, those have to get done) because she presents the information in an organized and easily accessible way. AWESOME! 

• Rob and Phil for doing an awesome job during our annual 5th Grade Sports Night last week. The children had fun, the families in attendance were really happy and no one got hurt so overall, it was an AMAZING NIGHT! 

• A final huge shout out to our fifth grade team on the APPY HOUR that they staged this week. All of the fifth graders had the opportunity to visit with each teacher who presented a workshop on a different app. So, the kids learned things like iMovie, PicCollage and Haiku Deck to name a few. AWESOME idea and BRILLIANT EXECUTION! 

Please refer to this post (especially for the Schedule of the Week below) for the next couple of weeks! 

Tech Tip of the Week...

Looking for that awesome app to prepare a presentation using your iPad? Check out this list with links to some pretty awesome apps that you can then mirror on your SMARTBoard...

16 Presentation Tools for Educators Using iPads

SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK... 

Monday, November 24

"A" Week
Happy Monday... on this three-day week!
School-Wide Assembly - 8:45am Auditorium - Kids & I!

Tuesday, November 25

PTA Round Table Discussion - Digital Citizenship - 9:30am; please join us if you are free!
F.E.O. at 3pm in the Library - all staff!

Wednesday, November 26

Staff Potluck Breakfast at 7:45am in Library (Tony will provide coffee and bagels)!
Report Card comments should be completed!

Thursday, November 27

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Monday, December 1

"B" Week
Happy Monday... it is only a 4 day week w/ munchkins!

Tuesday, December 2

Report Cards Posted Online
NO F.E.O.

Wednesday, December 3

Happy Wednesday!

Thursday, December 4

CST at 1:20pm
Parent/Teacher Conferences - ALL DAY!

Friday, December 5

Happy TGIF!
Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL for KIDS!

Kids' Korner

During STEM Day this past Saturday morning (I attended with Paul), one of the fifth graders came up to me and said, "Did you sleep here in the gym last night?" because 5th Grade Sports Night was in the same space the night before! LOL... trust me, some days I do feel like I sleep here!

Pics of the Week...

Check out Cantiague's Week in Tweets - click on the following link to see our Pics of the Week...

WEEK IN TWEETS

November 14, 2014

Curriculum Connections...

TGIF to all! Hope everyone had a wonderful four-day week- I could definitely get used to working four days a week and really enjoyed having a little break on Tuesday. As you know, Paul has been with me over the last week and that has been such an awesome experience. I have really enjoyed getting him ready in the morning, dropping him off at school, putting him to bed and just being with him. Of course, some moments I feel like I am running around like a chicken without a head but I wouldn't trade it for anything. A special thank you to each of you for asking about Paul and his grandma. I am happy to share that her surgery was a success and she is slowly on the road to recovery.   

The next week will be a busy one with our Curriculum Fair but I am really excited for the families to see all the wonderful and meaningful ways we are integrating technology into the daily experiences. Seeing the various meaningful ways that technology has been integrated in our school has been an awesome thing to watch - I really applaud your willingness to take risks with technology and keep moving forward even when there are glitches! Meanwhile, when you do encounter a glitch, problem or issue, either Google or YouTube the question and there will almost always be a solution to your problem.


This week, as I walked around the building, I spotted these #EDUWINS...

• Janine did an AMAZING job facilitating the reading workshop experience. From the mini-lesson on the rug where the children were challenged to make a 3 Star Connection (using text evidence) to the three groups she facilitated afterwards - one group was working with iPads to create Word Clouds to describe the main character from the read aloud text; a second group was reading independently and marking their text to self (specifically to the characters) connections on post-its; and the final group was working with Janine and exploring quotation marks - to the wrap-up at the end where one child shared her Word Cloud with the class, it was AWESOME! 

• Katie has done an amazing job helping to turn around one of the most challenging students we've had this year. His frustration levels were high, his mood was inconsistent and his willingness to engage in work was terrible at the start of the year. But, by working with Karen, MaryAnn and trusting her gut, not only has Katie won this little guy over but she has helped him regain his confidence, focus and ability to learn - BRAVA Katie! 

• Meryl did an AWESOME job during writer's workshop where the focus was revising entries to include dialogue. After modeling with an excerpt from Thank You Mr. Falker, she had the children take out their iPads and using Google Docs, they revised their pieces. Talk about a meaningful way to integrate technology - WOW!  

Tech Tip of the Week...

Check out this link for some suggestions on how to support the ADHD child in your learning spaces. It is chuck full of great ideas and a wonderful video worth watching...

5 Creative Ways To Help The ADHD Child

SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK... 

Monday, November 17 

"B" Week
Happy World Peace Day! Let's encourage our kids to be KIND to others... KINDER than necessary!

Tuesday, November 18

F.E.O. at 3pm for all teachers - JoEllen McCarthy & the Seaman teachers will be joining us!
SEPTA Meeting - 7pm

Wednesday, November 19

Kindergarten has an Author Visit - LIBRARY CLOSED!
Photo Retake Day - Staff Picture at 7:50am!

Thursday, November 20 

Curriculum Fair - 6pm for Gr. 3-5; 6:45pm for Gr. K-2
Board of Education Meeting at Cantiague - 7:45pm
CST Meeting at 1:20pm

Friday, November 21

Happy Friday!
Gr. 5 Bake Sale

Kids' Korner

While visiting Mandy's class, one of her students asked me if I was the father of one of the other students in the class - specifically if I was the father to a little black girl. Ummm... no! LOL!

Pics of the Week...

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WEEK IN TWEETS

October 31, 2014

Curriculum Connections...

Happy Halloween and Friday to the most amazing group of people and educators I know and have the honor of working with each day - thank you for being so awesome! I hope everyone has a wonderful night of trick or treating planned and that the weekend ahead is an amazing one. Paul and I will do some trick or treating tonight and then have some bonding time over the weekend - I am really looking forward to it.

As you know, I think you are the most awesome group of educators on the planet and that was reinforced for me in three huge ways this week! First of all, while in Iowa, I was the ONLY principal who did not get a text message, phone call or email about a "crisis" at school that needed to be addressed... not a one because you all kept things rolling along beautifully and smoothly... THANK YOU! (Don't worry - I didn't rub it in that I was the only one who didn't get a call). Then, as of this week EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM here at Cantiague is using Twitter to tell our collective story... BOOM (Twitter term for awesomeness)!!! That is AWESOME!! I have no words to express how powerful it is to share pictures of our amazing kids immersed in powerful learning opportunities. Not only have we created a high level of transparency (because we can stand behind everything we do) but we have also given our families an entry point for conversation with their children and that is really important! Finally, as if these two weren't enough, as you know, yesterday I put out a call for shared #EduWins and within minutes I had three emails where some of you were celebrating your colleagues... WOW!! That is AWESOME! Thank you for letting me be part of this incredible community.  

In case you didn't get a chance to check it out, here is the link to our staff Google Doc with Genius Hour resources! Please feel free to add to this group resource...

SHARED GENIUS HOUR DOCUMENT 

This week, as I walked around #Cantiague this week, I spotted the following #EduWins...

• Lisa shared an update about the Read To Dogs program, which re-launched last week with a variety of children. Although I am personally not a huge fan of dogs, it is clear that reading to this dog has been transformational for some of our children - thank you Lisa and Elaine for facilitating and overseeing this important program!

• Ginny shared the amazing Project Based Learning experience the Kindergarten team had this week... Building Haunted Houses. They read a Halloween story as a whole group, then split the classes up into different groups so that each teacher had kids from all three classes. The children then looked at Haunted Houses on the smartboard, talked about different shapes and sorted their recycled items  into groups. They then worked as a team to select objects they wanted to use to construct their haunted houses! Then they came back together to paint and decorate the houses. It was a really cute project and the kids had a blast!!! ! 

• Tali shared some of the awesomeness unfolding in the Science Room with Laurie... In the science lab, Mrs. Oddo had the kids use evidence to prove that erosion and deposition have occurred. The kids used a slant table set up with sand or rocks. Water filled a tube and the kids observed what happened to the sand and rocks filling the slant table. The best part was watching the children take out what entered the slop bucket!  Only one variable changed at the different tables. The children were engaged and the conversations were awesome! 

Please refer to this post (especially for the Schedule of the Week below) for the next couple of weeks! 

Tech Tip of the Week...

Now that Google Classroom is available to ALL of us (talk to Donna, Meryl, Melanie or Linda Alesi (our Tech Director) for help setting up accounts for you and your kids), I thought this might be a useful resource to get started... 3 Different Things You Can Do With Google Classroom!

SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK... 

Monday, November 3

"B" Week
Happy Monday... it is kind of a "short"

Tuesday, November 4

Superintendent's Conference Day

Wednesday, November 5

Happy Wednesday!

Thursday, November 6

CST at 1:20pm
Cultural Arts Begins!
Literacy Forum - Library & Computer Labs Closed

Friday, November 7

Happy TGIF!
Tony is at PENN - Out of the Building

Monday, November 10

"A" Week
Happy Monday... it is only a 4 day week!

Tuesday, November 11

SCHOOL CLOSED - Veteran's Day

Wednesday, November 12

Grade 4 Author Visit - Library Closed!

Thursday, November 13

CST at 1:20pm
Cultural Arts

Friday, November 14

Happy TGIF!
Grade 5 Sports Night - 6:30pm to 8pm

Kids' Korner

Upon seeing me yesterday morning, a second grader said, "Can you please stop going to so many meetings in other countries - we need you here!" LOL!! Little does he know Iowa is like another country!

Pics of the Week...

Check out Cantiague's Week in Tweets - click on the following link to see our Pics of the Week...

WEEK IN TWEETS

October 24, 2014

Curriculum Connections...

Happy Friday to everyone on this final weekend of October - that's right - November will be upon us next week! I am looking forward to this weekend because I can get ready for my trip to Iowa... everyone wants to go to Iowa, right? LOL! Don't be too jealous - maybe I can bring everyone some corn or wheat or whatever they grow in Iowa!  :)

In other, more important news, I am happy to announce that Janine and her hubby are expecting Baby Maione #2!! We haven't shared with the children and families yet but Janine wanted to share with her Cantiague family that she and Rick are expecting in April! Also, Dr. Liz (our awesome PT) is also expecting! CONGRATS to both the Maione and Rudzewick families! 

Now that everyone is doing with their WRAP testing and everyone is entrenched in independent reading conferences, the focus needs to shift to small group reading experiences - both guided reading groups and strategy groups. For this week, I will focus on Guided Reading. As a brief refresher, guided reading is an instructional approach that involves a teacher working with a small group of students who demonstrate similar reading behaviors and can all read similar levels of texts. The text is easy enough for students to read with your skillful support. The text offers challenges and opportunities for problem solving, but is easy enough for students to read with some fluency. You choose selections that help students
expand their strategies and become better independent readers - readers who are passionate and excited about books because we can impart that upon them. With that in mind, please ensure that over the next few weeks small group reading instruction is a focal point in each classroom. The goal should be to get to at least one group on a daily basis (of course, things come up) but this small group instruction is all about proximity - the closer we are to kids, the better we can teach them! 

I would like to set up a visit to each classroom in the coming weeks to visit during a small group reading experience (I will reach out). If you feel like you need a refresher on small group instruction, please ask a colleague - Lisa P, Donna, Christine, Karina, Mandy, Jen, Jeanne, Carly, Nancy and Adam just to name a few who have met with success in regularly implementing small group reading experiences!


This week, as I walked around the building, I spotted these #EDUWINS...

• Melanie tried a BYOD Day and after working through some kinks, the children had an awesome day. They were particularly engaged using Quizlet to prepare a review for the social studies experience - it was impressive to watch! 

• Being in Mandy's room during Reading Workshop was literally a tranquil, peaceful and amazing experience. After reviewing the skills in the Reading Toolbox (pointing to the words & reading from left to right) the children either got ready to book shop or became immersed in their independent reading and the sight was literally beautiful! I didn't want to leave that space... a love for books and reading has already permeated that room!

• The consistency in the writing workshop experience from K through fifth grade is really awesome! This vertical alignment became crystal clear this week when most classes were either immersed in editing, revising or publishing and the maturity and dedication many of our children showed throughout this process was mind blowing. Kudos to each of you!!  

Tech Tip of the Week...

In going with our Guided Reading theme, check out this blog post with some great tips and resources - Guided Reading Galore!

Also, here is a Guided Reading Resource Guide from Scholastic!

SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK... 

Monday, October 27 

"A" Week
Happy PARP Week!
Tony is in Iowa

Tuesday, October 28

F.E.O. at 3pm for all teachers - Tony will SKYPE in!
SEPTA Meeting - 7pm
Tony in Iowa

Wednesday, October 29

Kindergarten is on a trip!
BYOD Literacy Day - plan for some fun literacy activities!
Tony in Iowa

Thursday, October 30 

PARP Assemblies - 10:15am & 1:15pm (see email for schedule)
CST Meeting at 1:20pm

Friday, October 31

Happy Halloween!
Dress Up Day
PARB - Parents As Reading Buddies - (see email for schedule)

Kids' Korner

During one of my many classroom visits a kid came up to me and said, "Don't you have anything else to do besides walk around all day?" LOL!

Pics of the Week...

Check out Cantiague's Week in Tweets - click on the following link to see our Pics of the Week...

WEEK IN TWEETS

October 10, 2014

Curriculum Connections...

Happy Friday to everyone as we head into a much needed and welcomed three-day weekend! I am really excited because I will be spending the weekend with Paul - three days of bonding time with my little man is definitely worth putting away all the homework and work in general! Last weekend was so busy with dissertation work and the completion of the manuscript for our second book (yup, we wrote another book) that I am definitely looking forward to some down time this weekend! I hope each of you has something special (or relaxing planned for the weekend). We always benefit from some R&R time with family and friends!

Thank you to all of your for making our FEO this last Tuesday a really powerful one as we discussed the things we believe in and the things we stand for here at Cantiague. It was clear to me once again that this is an incredible space for kids - thank you for making it so awesome! In case you wanted to check out the google doc with our shared BELIEVE IN and STAND FOR statements, check it out here...

SHARED DOCUMENT 

This week, as I walked around #Cantiague this week, I spotted the following #EduWins...

• I spent the entire day in Rande's room as the sub on Tuesday and I was blown away! The children exhibited such a high level of independence and worked diligently throughout every activity to get their work done thoroughly and accurately. I was really impressed by their collective abilities and the fact that they could let loose and have fun too - what an awesome group Rande - you've done great work!

• Nancy and Carly did an incredible job introducing the concept of a CONSEQUENCE within their social studies curriculum and as part of their study of government and civics. The children shared some great insights and the teachers facilitated three meaningful stations to reinforce the concept. At the end of one station, the children got to work as a group to create a presentation using an app to convince the class that their rewards and consequences were the best for the class. Love the amount of student voice in this process! 

• Rosanna and Alex did a fun lesson where the children used cake and different snacks (Twizzlers, Skittles, etc.) to create a 3D edible map of New York State. Not only was this a great way to get kids collaborating and moving, but it served as an excellent formative assessment because the children had to label land forms, bodies of water and major cities - AWESOME!

Please refer to this post (especially for the Schedule of the Week below) for the next couple of weeks! 

Tech Tip of the Week...

October is Connected Educator Month! It is an opportunity to take your experiences to another level this month when it comes to a digital platform... maybe you can participate in a Twitter chat; maybe you can join a Google Community; or maybe you can participate in a Mystery Skype! Whatever the case, let's take a chance this month and trying something new... digitally! To get more information, check out this article... 

Resources for Connected Educator Month

SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK... 

Monday, October 13

"A" Week
School Closed!

Tuesday, October 14

NO F.E.O.
Grade 4 Trip - Have Fun!

Wednesday, October 15

Happy Wednesday!

Thursday, October 16

CST at 1:20pm
Tony is in DC - Out of the Building

Friday, October 17

Happy TGIF!
Grade 1 Trip - Have Fun!
Tony is in DC - Out of the Building

Monday, October 20

"B" Week
Math Parent Academy - 7pm MS

Tuesday, October 21

F.E.O. for all staff - 3pm
Grade 4 Teachers - Math In Focus PD
Grade 5 Author Visit at the Jericho Public Library

Wednesday, October 22

Happy Wednesday!

Thursday, October 23

CST at 1:20pm
Ralph's Ices Sale
Bd. Of Ed. Meeting - 7:30pm

Friday, October 24

Happy TGIF!
PTA Fall Festival - Saturday (tomorrow)!

Kids' Korner

A 3rd Grader said to me today, "Mr. Sinanis, my mom and I agree that your new haircut makes you look younger, which is good cause you are just getting older, right?" Ummm.... yea... thanks... I think!   :)

Pics of the Week...

Check out Cantiague's Week in Tweets - click on the following link to see our Pics of the Week...

WEEK IN TWEETS

October 3, 2014

Curriculum Connections...

Happy Friday to everyone on this first weekend of October. I am looking forward to this weekend because I will finally have some time to work on my dissertation... I know - sounds like a FUN weekend, huh?  :)  I hope everyone else has some fun plans for the weekend - maybe some apple picking or foliage observation or football watching! 

On another note, a special thank you to Laura, Elaine and Debbie for holding down the Main Office while Pam has been out. Pam sends her love - she misses her Cantiague family! Finally, a special thank you to Brittany for successfully overseeing the dismissal process with the support of all the aides and the teachers on duty - you all rock! 

As an FYI, if you have not already done so, please enter your goals on OASYS at this point because that is where they need to be submitted. Let me know if you have any questions about entering your goals. Finally, please be aware that I have begun conducting formal observations, which will be both announced and unannounced depending on the situation. So far, I have been really lucky with the observations as I have observed some great stuff with MaryAnn, Jessica, Jen, Jeanne, Donna, Christine, Ally, Marissa and Allison - AWESOMENESS! 


This week, as I walked around the building, I spotted these #EDUWINS...

• Allison and Marissa had the children work in small groups to create an EduCreations video tutorial explaining a math concept that would be presented on their upcoming test. What an innovative way to have kids review concepts for test - by using technology to teach it to others - WOW! 

• Christine and Donna did an amazing job during reading workshop with the skill of visualizing! After doing the mini-lesson, Christine facilitated a book club (the kids were doing a lot of work independently) while Donna ran a guided reading group (amazing integration of technology) and the rest of the children read independently. The experience was AWESOME and one could almost hear a pin drop in the room!

• Ally did a great job introducing the idea of independent reading during reading workshop. The children took in a lot of information and then successfully transitioned from the rug to their independent reading spots and quietly read for about five minutes - it was impressive for so early in the year! 

Tech Tip of the Week...

Check out this great article filled with tips on what to do with iPads in the classroom... starting from the first five hours to the first five days and so on... The First 5s with iPads!

SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK... 

Monday, October 6 

"B" Week
Happy Monday!

Tuesday, October 7

F.E.O. at 3pm for all staff
Book Fair Preview - 7pm at Cantiague
PTA Meeting - 7:30pm

Wednesday, October 8

Happy Wednesday!
Book Fair - please be on time!

Thursday, October 9 

Book Fair - please be on time!

Friday, October 10

Happy TGIF!

Kids' Korner

In a 3rd Grade classroom, where they were correcting the Morning Message, one of the children saw this line, "We have computer lab during second period." and suggested that they erase the word period and replace it with one. LOL! #GoodTimes 

Pics of the Week...

Check out Cantiague's Week in Tweets - click on the following link to see our Pics of the Week...

WEEK IN TWEETS