We were so excited to have Mr. Matt Tavares come and visit our school! He gave us so many great tips and pointers!
Some things to remember:
-always keep editing and making your stories better!! Matt Tavares once got his story sent back 11 times!!!
-remember all of the small details of a picture really do matter!
-draw a smaller character in the background to make it look like s/he is far away!
Author Visit: Matt Tavares on PhotoPeach
Author Visit: Matt Tavares (Part 2) on PhotoPeach
Pictures on the next post!! What other authors would you like to see come to WOS?
We shared our Personal Narrative Writing pieces with our friends in Mrs. Benaquista’s class! It was so great to be able to hear writing from other people and also get some extra feedback from people from another class!
Thanks Mrs. Benaquista and all of your students for coming to our class!
Personal Narrative Writing Celebration with Mrs. Benaquista’s Class on PhotoPeach
Thanks to Ms. Fitzpatrick & Ms. Mascola for the fun Halloween craft!
And a special Happy Birthday to our October Birthdays!! Thanks for the delicious treats!!
Celebrating October Birthdays & Halloween on PhotoPeach
How do you think you have grown as a reader? Write it on this PADLET! Just double click anywhere on the grass and start writing your thinking!
Readers Grow Like Beanstalks! Sharing Our Growth and Habits with Mr. Speno’s Class! on PhotoPeach
We are always working hard to improve our own and each other’s writing. Today we read each other’s stories and tried to help our writing partner revise his/her story to make it better!
Are you someone who likes to get someone else’s opinion? Or would you rather just read it over yourself? Remember there is ALWAYS room to make your writing piece better! So sometimes a fresh pair of eyes is helpful!
Thank you so much to all of our local fire departments for coming and showing us all about the fire trucks, the uniforms, the tools, and then the simulation of a house fire.
Thank you especially for keeping us safe last month with the fire evacuation!
Fire Prevention Assembly on PhotoPeach
Kid President’s Socktober and Ms. Kolesar are inspiring students to donate a pair of socks to others in need. This small act of love inspired this month’s creativity challenge. So take out those socks you’ve never worn or the forlorn socks in the laundry room with no partners and whip up a cute sock animal!
Challenge: Research an animal of your choice. Once you have researched and learned about the animal, transform an ordinary sock into that animal.
Entries should include:
No Monkey business! All entries must be submitted before October 26th.
Creativity is seeing the world in a new way.
Have Fun!
Learning how to sew some basic stitches is an important life skill. Spend a quiet afternoon learning these two simple stitches. The two simple stitches illustrated in the video below are a great starting point for how to sew. Watch the how-to video tutorial to find out how to do a running stitch and a backstitch. Both stitches will be very useful when making your sock animal. Happy sewing!
When we review our Fundations work, we use our notebooks to help us read and practice our words with friends!
We always encourage each other to do our absolute personal best!
Respectful Partners Practicing Fundations on PhotoPeach
We work hard at keeping the respectful behaviors in the Library. Looking at the speaker, making eye contact, listening carefully to read alouds. Even when we talk about getting Library cards and listen to an AMAZING Read Aloud by the special visitor from Blauvelt Library!
Visit from a Public Librarian on PhotoPeach
We had such an amazing Health Walk!! We talked about what it means to be healthy and we collected a quarter from those who were able and willing to donate to Breast Cancer Awareness!
Positively Pink Health Walk on PhotoPeach