Back to School "Eve"

Happy Back to School! I can't wait to meet all of my new 4th graders tomorrow. I hope you all come to school ready for a fun year :)

Finishing up my "First Day" Slides! Everyday I have a PowerPoint that details our schedule/ events for the day. It keeps everyone in Room 202 focused on what's important! Here are some of our slides for tomorrow!
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Important Classroom Information - Expectations, Homework, Policies, ClassDojo

School is right around the corner! I thought I would share some of the important policies I have in my classroom. As a teacher, it is important for me to instill a sense of community in my classroom. I hold my students to high expectations, and have clearly defined rules & consequences, as well as, procedures that make the day, week, and year run smoothly. In Room 202 it is important that students feel safe and loved, and these rules/ consequences and procedures allow this to happen! 

Each link will take you to a document that outlines the policies and procedure of Room 202. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at any time! If you have received my Class Dojo invitation in your email, you can message me there, or you can send an email: grocciak@Bsd-ri.net.

Behavior Expectations/ Homework Policy

Procedure Manual

Yesterday, I sent out parent invitations to ClassDojo via e-mail. On the first day, I will be sending home more information about how I use ClassDojo, as well as, information for student logins. There is a lot of valuable information on their website. If you look through their "Privacy Policy," you'll notice that ClassDojo is a trusted site and does not share any information with third-parties. It is very important to me that my students' (and parents') information is safe. 

Specials Schedule 2015 - 2016

Monday - Art 

Tuesday - Tech

Wednesday - Health

Thursday - PE

Friday - Music, Library

Wedding, Ireland, Getting Ready for Back to School

The past two weeks have seriously been amazing! I got married, visited Europe for the first time, and now I am back, and getting organized for the new school year!

I promised some pictures to my old class so here they are!

The wedding day was a perfect day by the ocean! We climbed down the rocks just like we did at Beavertail for our field trip in June!

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Our wedding band was awesome, and I know all of my dancing fools from last year's class would have loved to be out there on the dance floor!

Ireland was incredible! This picture was taken in Galway City, Ireland at Salthill Beach!

We drove through the mountains in the Connemara region of the country. We saw some of the most beautiful landscapes! The temperature was definitely cooler than it was here in Rhode Island, much more windy too!

We visited Killkenny, Ireland which has a lot of medieval history. We visited this castle which was really cool!

I've been spending some time getting ready for back to school! If you are one of my new students, be on the lookout for a letter coming in the mail for me!