Mrs. Dillon

What a great night with all of our friends @RandolphSchools for the K-5 Family Fun Night. A big thanks to our first grade teachers for sharing some awesome math games!

𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝟭𝟲 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗.

𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻! #LetsGoX

Happy March! Luckily, in 1st grade, we don’t have to wait until #selectionsunday for our picture book edition of March Madness. The students (and teachers) are eager to see who the winner is! Elite eight coming soon! (And for real #marchmadness, it’s always #LetsGoX for me)

We are 100 days smarter! We had a wonderful day in our 100 day centers where we created pictures and objects out of the number 100, built with 100 cups and 100 cubes. Always so proud of these first graders! #randolphschools

We had a fantastic afternoon celebrating #GSPD2023! The kids played lots of games, cooperatively played with one another, and learned new skills. I learned how to make a rainbow loom bracelet too! I loved this afternoon of play! #randolphschools

Thank you to @CenterGrovePTO for our amazing gel boards! The students are strengthening their phonics skills in our small groups each day. #randolphschools

My first graders were back at it this week! We are diving deep into nonfiction reading and writing. We also began looking at light in science. Can’t wait to see how everything unfolds in the next few weeks! #randolphschools

Students are researching American symbols on #pebblego. My favorite part of this work? EVERY partnership opted to use headphone splitters and research together on ONE computer as opposed to researching separately. Can’t wait to see what they learn! #randolphschools

We are strengthening our addition skills! These last few days we have been focusing in on friends of ten. Who doesn’t love ten frames, spill to make friends of ten and a write the room? These first graders are becoming friends of tens experts! #randolphschools

Reading partners love to retell stories together. These kids rocked using a checklist to help them retell stories. Love seeing them work together and they loved doing it! #randolphschools

Election Day happened today in first grade! Students had three candidates: Duck, Grace or their teacher. Students made campaign posters, voter registration cards and voted! Students loved the voting experience. Make sure you exercise your right to vote today!

We had a few minutes left on the carpet before specials today so I told the students they could talk to one another. Well, when one group started playing “bubble gum bubble gum in a dish” I couldn’t resist joining. It was the best way to end our great day! #randolphschools

Writers help one another become stronger writers by giving compliments and critiques. These first grade writers did a great job helping one another! #randolphschools

Thanks @CenterGrovePTO for the fun carnival today!! My littles and I had lots of fun and I loved seeing all the great @CenterGroveES students and families! #randolphschools

We can’t wait to see what the name will be for our @CenterGroveES Eagle! The students loved picking from the four name choices and putting in the ballots. We can’t wait for the big reveal tomorrow! #randolphschools

Happy Friday! Our current favorite @GoNoodle is #partyintheusa. It has been requested over five times since school started. In a few weeks, our GoNoodle request sheet will return so students can practice their writing skills to do their favorites! #randolphschools

How do you get students to own their learning? By making them the teacher! These two students are showing off their math skills and their writing skills. These first graders are strengthening their own teaching skills! #randolphschools

This week we started our first math unit by sharing counting strategies. After counting by 1’s, we determined counting by 10’s and 5’s along with counting by 1’s can help us count more efficiently. It also gave us a great chance to try out ten frames! #randolphschools

School started last Wednesday and it’s been a crazy, fun week! Hearing the students turn and talk, share their ideas, and create a new community are always the highlights of the beginning of the school year. #randolphschools