Friday, January 18, 2008
FRIDAY UPDATE
EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
2007 - 2008 School Year
C.A.R.E. January Newsletter
and Upcoming Event
C.A.R.E. stands for Colonial Area Reading Educators. This is our local chapter of the Keystone State Reading Association ( K.S.R.A.). Membership to C.A.R.E. is inexpensive, plus you automatically become a member of K.S.R.A. Both organizations sponsor literacy events appropriate for all teachers, Pre-K thru college. Think about becoming a member to help keep current about what’s happening in literacy locally and in our state.
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PALMER FAMILY MATH NIGHT
PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL held it’s 3rd Annual Family Math Night on Wednesday evening, January 9. About 140 students, along with their families and friends, attended and participated in 24 different Math activities that were set up around the All-Purpose Rooms. Activities included Musical Math Facts, Math 24, Paper Airplane construction and flying, Measurement Madness, Snowflake Symmetry, Five-in-a-Row, Racing Bears, and many others. The time and effort of all staff members involved is greatly appreciated, and many positive comments were heard from students and parents alike. We send a special thank-you to the Palmer PTA, EASD Title 1 program, Family Connections, and the Palmer custodial staff for their support.
Submitted by Deb Penna and Jenni Parsons
Palmer students Alena and Carli play “Put it in its Place” to sharpen their math skills by trying to create the largest number possible.
Kymon and her mom, and Abigail and her dad, work together on their estimating and addition skills with the game “Close to 1000”.
News from Team 8-2
“Magic Groundhogs”
In English class, students are competing to determine who will represent out team in the school-wide spelling bee. The field has been narrowed down to 8 students and the team champion will be announced soon. Congratulations to all the students for doing a great job s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g all those words!
Mrs. Barber’s math classes are taking the Four-Sight tests next week. About a third of our Magic Groundhog students have improved their scores by 5 points. Go Team!
Team 7-3 News
Here are a few highlights of what is happening in our classroom this month. In science, students will be exploring the bacteria kingdom through the use of hands on labs. English classes will be learning about adverbs and adjectives, and using these descriptive words to enhance their writing. 4Sight testing will be administered next week in Reading and Math classes.
Also, we are pleased to announce that we have two new students of the month! Congratulations Mario and Felicia for being named as exemplary students. Keep up the great work!
Learning is Fun in Kindergarten!
The students in Mrs. Frederickson's kindergarten classes have been celebrating the season of winter. To practice number recall and number writing during math time, the children in the afternoon class are practicing writing their numbers in the "snow".
The children in Mrs. Frederickson's AM kindergarten class are engaging in a "dinosaur dig" as part of their Dinosaur theme this week. During center time, the students dig to find the letters of the alphabet and then match the capital letter with the lowercase letter. After finishing these tasks, they then put the letters in order from A to Z.
Here’s what’s new on Team 7-2:
In Science, we’ll be culturing bacteria for the next two weeks. In Special Education, we will be creating graphs using the laptop computers after collecting data from our classmates. In Reading, the classes will be taking the 4-Sight Reading tests on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. In Math, we are working with ratios and proportions and will also be talking about scale drawing. In Social Studies, the classes are starting a unit on the three branches of government. In English, the students are reviewing adjectives and continuing PSSA practice exercises.
6th Grade Parent Night at Shawnee
On Monday, January 7, 2008 Shawnee Middle School held a 6th grade Parent night for parents of current 6th grade students. This meeting was held for parents to come to Shawnee and learn about the scheduling process for their son or daughters schedule for the 2008-2009 school year. This informational meeting was held at 7:00pm in the new auditorium. The meeting was very successful and was attended by approximately 250-300 parents. A PowerPoint presentation was presented by Head Principal Steve Furst, Deputy Principal Mike McCauley, 7th grade Assistant Principal Erica Kish, and Guidance Counselor Brenda Stewart. All four Guidance Counselors were also introduced to the parents. After the presentation, a question and answer session was conducted, and parents were also encouraged to stay after the meeting ended and ask any additional questions.
