Author Archives: Ashlee Cooper

Hello K/1 families, we are excited to share many updates with you. This month, our students have started a new music residency program. Every Tuesday we have music class with Ms. Rosie. Your children have been practicing learning and singing songs from different countries. Today they learned a song in Spanish called “Pavo, Pavo!” LastContinue reading “March 2023”

Happy new year K/1 family! Here are some updates for what we have been doing in our classroom so far this month. Kindergarten Reading & Writing In Reading Workshop, Kindergarteners have been using their super powers! They have been such great super readers during this unit. We have been practicing pointer power, snap word power,Continue reading “January 2023!”

November was filled with lots of learning and so many fun memories. We celebrated Thanksgiving together with our feast, and we also had our spirit Disney Day! Kindergarten Reading For Reading workshop, Kindergarten just finished our emergent reading: Looking closely at familiar books unit. Today we had a celebration where students acted out their favoriteContinue reading “November Recap”

Hello K/1 families, this week we held our Hispanic Heritage food festival. The kids had so much fun at the celebration! We got to eat many delicious foods from different Spanish speaking countries while listening to Spanish music and talking to our friends. Today we also had a special visit from the FDNY. They taughtContinue reading “Hispanic Heritage Food Festival!”

Today we had a special visit from the Staten Island Zoo. The kids were so excited! They got to meet and touch a turtle, lizard, and a ball snake. They learned that turtles have shells to protect themselves and also have webbed feet. They learned that a lizards skin is tough and feels like sand.Continue reading “Staten Island Zoo Visit!”