Chloe's Birthday

It's Chloe's birthday today & we were all surprised when she walked in wearing these snazzy glasses! Although I think I look like Ms. Frizzle in the Magic School Bus, I need these glasses in my life! Teaching little first graders is absolutely THE BEST! We have SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Happy St.Patty's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Howya (hi, hello)

Top of the Mornin to Ya

We've had a lot of fun celebrating St.Patrick's Day today! We're feeling jammy (lucky) and pulled our socks up (got to work) right away speaking leprechaun. Our morning meeting was like a hooley (party, celebration). Everybody was bloody (very) excited. Nobody was cheesed off (annoyed) or knackered (tired). We had a visit from a crazy leprechaun from Remington and we were pretty gobsmacked (surprised)! He seemed bloody manky (dirty). Luckily, it wasn't too cold out or lashing (heavily raining) so we went outside for recess....finally!!! After recess, we watched a flick about St.Patty's Day and now we're ending our day with a bloody good guest reader! Enjoy thhe rest of your day!

Thank you, Mr. Ojukwu!

Thank you, Mr. Ojukwu (Olivia's dad)

You always bring an interesting assortment of books and get the kids excited about reading! You are so animated and easy to listen to! They're mesmerized!

Plickers

Plickers

Bringing technology into the classroom

https://plickers.com/

At a conference I went to a few weeks ago, I was introduced to the website, Plickers and was immediately hooked! We use technology a lot in J13....our interactive whiteboard, Elmo projector, my computer for fun apps, typing and brain breaks and I was eager to incorporate Plickers into our routine. According to the website, Plickers is "a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real time formative assessment data without the need for student devices." This basically means that students can answer  multi-choice questions by holding a QR code that is specific to them and I can scan all of them instantly to gather info about what they've learned. I've used it for a few weeks now and it's been instrumental in helping me think about groupings of students and inform my daily instruction.The kids love that I can "see" their names pop up on the screen (on my phone) as they're scanned, but also feel safe since I don''t reveal how they answered. WOW! This is a powerful tool! 

100th day of school

We're getting ready to celebrate the 100th day of school tomorrow!!!!!! Where has the time gone? Can't wait to post pictures of our celebration!!! Stay tuned!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Happy Holidays

We celebrated today with a book swap and special snack!!!! So much fun!!!

Marionettes

Marionettes

On Monday, the PCC sponsored a special performance for Jefferson students-the Marionettes puppetry! It was a lively and fun show for everyone! Ask your child what his or her favorite part was....the tarantula running around the audience? Getting squirted with water?