Week Six and Where the Students Are...

We just completed week six at The Academy of Hope in Mrs. Carrasquillo's First Grade.  What a whirlwind of activity we have happening!  Students have virtually mastered the Fab Five Life Skills so important to student success!  Of course, daily "micro-drills" are essential for maintaining our lifeskill balance, so students will continue to upgrade from satisfactory to proficient use of these lifeskills.  They include:

• Take care of yourself.  (This essentially means monitor and adjust your behavior to keep yourself doing what needs to be done.)
• Take care of your things.  (Keep your materials organized so as not to invade another's space.)
• Take care of classroom materials.  (Keep classroom materials in good working condition.)
• Walk and talk quietly.  (Use good manners.)
• Come to The Academy of Hope each day prepared to discover and learn to the best of your ability so you can be successful.  (Have in mind that you are bringing your best self to school each day.)

Everyday Math is our Core Math series; Rigby is our Core ELA series; we are utilizing Social Studies for the first nine weeks and will utilize Science the second nine weeks.  Foreign Languages are a major hit so far, with students having learned The Academy of Hope Pledge in Spanish and Mandarin as well as in English!

Students are integrating technology in all phases of academic learning, utilizing Discovery Education Streaming video, document camera use for enhanced learning using texts, and Qwizdom use for test-taking and technology enhancement.  We just started using Qwizdom this past week.  We are still working on learning how to utilize all it has to offer, and what a great learning experience this is!
More to come next week!  Have a wonderful Labor Day week-end!!!