As part of their commitment to encourage writing excellence, the first grade teachers at Searingtown organized their cadets for a day of grammar boot camp activities designed to fortify their understanding of proper capitalization and punctuation and ensure they have fun doing it!

Upon arrival at their classroom “training base,” the recruits were outfitted with hats and dog tags identifying them at cadets in training to their teacher “captains” who were prepared to get them engaged in their drills first thing in the morning.

During boot camp activities, the legion of little learners engaged in various interactive activities, ranging from punctuation patrols to capitalization conditioning with an occasional break for exercise to make sure their bodies, as well as their minds, are in tip top shape!

The action-packed activity concluded with a virtual presentation by U.S. Army Lieutenant Maggie Oriani, who currently stationed in Hawaii. Lt. Oriani shared what actual military boot camp is like and answered questions from the students about her experience.

They district is proud of our fantastic first graders who performed honorably throughout this unique learning journey and can’t wait to put their strengthened grammar skills and confidence on display in the classroom.