Johnny the K!

Johnny the K came to Fuller Meadow on Friday!

Johnny the K is a musician who wears many hats (metaphorically and literally 😁) and spreads his positive message of being a kid with character through music! He speaks about kindness, anti-bullying, having respect for others, having courage, and being unique. He was a great way to start off our rainy Friday morning!

The kids loved all of his songs and a few of our students were called up as volunteers!

Addie dancing with students from all three grades! 

Akhil and Ben pushing the world around!

I may have stayed a little longer and asked for a picture! The kids didn't seem to mind!

Feel free to check out Johnny the K for yourself!

https://www.johnnythek.com/

-Miss Teixeira

be kind to one another

Dot Day!

Happy Dot Day from Room 122! 

On Friday, we celebrated International Dot Day at Fuller Meadow which is inspired by the book The Dot written by Peter H. Reynolds. The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to "make her mark". What begins with a small dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage, igniting a journey of self-discovery and sharing, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe.

We started the day by reading The Dot and brainstormed all the ways we are individually unique! The students had great answers! Some spoke about their families, their karate abilities, or some spoke about their specific personalities and how that made them special! I loved all the positivity and creativity in their answers! Sometimes it's fun to brag! ;)

We then made our own mark in the classroom by painting our own dots on paper plates! We rolled up our sleeves and each plate ended up looking a bit different then the one next to it!

Seesaw was our next stop for Dot Day, where we created our own dots in the drawing pad and uploaded them to our portfolio! We, of course, didn't forget to sign our names! I hope you had a chance to check them out!

Lastly, we met up with the entire First Grade Class and made our mark outside Fuller Meadow! When we were done, we made a giant "first grade dot" around all of our chalk dots!

I loved celebrating the uniqueness of our class and promoting confidence and courage in everything we do :) The students had a blast putting their special mark on each project that we did and it was so neat to see how creative they could all be!

-Miss Teixeira

be kind to one another

First Week Recap!

I am SO excited to be back at Fuller Meadow for a brand new school year! We've had so much fun getting to know one another these past couple days so I wanted to share with you all some of the neat things we have been up to!

We named our class mascot! He was donated to me by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City! The class voted and we introduced Mr. Spike Bigback to Room 122! 

We met our neighbors and went over to Mrs. Sharffenberg's class and had a dance party! They then traveled over to our classroom for a GoNoodle!

We received our book boxes and found cozy spots around the room to read! Some students even found friends to read with! No worries here though, that dinosaur is a vegetarian!! :) 

Students learned how to use Epic! during read to self!

Last but not least, we met up with Mrs. Baker and she showed us how to use Seesaw! If you haven't connected with your student yet on the app or need help figuring it out, let me know! The students have loved seeing you all like and comment on their posts! They are becoming so independent with adding their work to their portfolio!

 I am super proud of the dinosaurs in Room 122!

Miss Teixeira :)

be kind to one another