Puzzles, Blocks and Potato Head!

Boys and girls are so proud of their building projects.  They LOVE having me take pictures of what they have been doing.  Do you take the time to get puzzles, blocks, and other building toys out at home?  YOU SHOULD!

Writing Celebration

At the end of our first writing unit we invited three basketball players to our classroom to see our first writing pieces.  It was a positive experience for all involved.  The boys will be back to do more things with us later this fall.

Explore Tubs

Every morning when students arrive at school there are explore tubs on their tables.   Boys and girls explore magnets, sort objects, build, and create.  It is so much fun to see everyone so engaged!

Sorting pie

Mental Blox

Magnets

Building with wooden cubes

magnets

Play dough

Candy builiding

ABC gems

more building with cubes

Career Day 2016

Last Thursday we had our first whole school Career Day.  At least 30 presenters visited Rowe to tell about their jobs.  Here are some pictures from the event...

Fireman, Mr. Buckley

Mr. Record, Record Building Supply

Angela Bancroft, Triathlete

Norway Savings Bank

Sherrif:  Mr. Witham

Mrs. MacIsaac from New Balance

High School Athletes:  Matthew, Erin, and Connor

Mr. Millett, VP of Sales at Paricon

CNA's Haley and Katelynn with some of our classmates

Pie Tree Orchard

Yummy cupcakes

Happy Birthday to us!

I finally got around to taking pictures of all of our monthly birthdays.  It is fun to see when everyone celebrates!  We have some coming up soon in October!

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Maine Harvest Week

This week we are celebrating yummy Maine food by having different Maine foods at lunch. Tomorrow we will have locally grown corn on the cob. So today we shucked corn! 

Tiger Pride

Students and Staff at Rowe can earn Tiger Paw Prints for following school expectations in the common areas of the school.  Walking nicely in the hall, picking up trash, being kind to a friend....the list goes on and on...Basically being SAFE, RESPECTFUL, and RESPONSIBLE!  Every Friday one paw from each grade level is drawn out.  Staff get to park in a special reserved spot for the week and the students get a special Tiger Pride Tee Shirt.

This week the pre-K to grade one winner was from our classroom!  Congratulations, Lukas!!

We are Special

This past week we read the book "Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon."  The moral of the story is that everyone is special in their own way.  For our Creative Station this week boys and girls cut out flowers, added their picture to the center, and then told me why they are SPECIAL!  It is so fun to read all of their ideas!

London and Isabelle

Kyalo and Robin

Chance

Paige and Sawyer

Ryder

Regan and Victoria

Addison, Lukas, and Mia

Conor and Mrs. Fleming

 

 

 

Meadow

Puzzles

One of our Math Stations is doing different puzzles.  Research shows that puzzles are educational, especially in the area of mathematics, and they offer developmental support for both children and adults. When any child or adult works with puzzles, the right brain and left-brain are both engaged, which is when our brains are most active.  Doing puzzles at home is a great way to work and play together without using electronics!

Great job completing this puzzle!

Reading Workshop

Today we started our reading workshop.  We start this time with a mini lesson to learn a reading skill.  Right now we are learning how to care for books and enjoy them.  After the mini lesson, readers go off to quietly "read" books.  Over the course of the year, we will build stamina in reading.  Today boys and girls sat for five minutes.

Anchor chart from today's lesson