Eaton’s elementary students read the story “The Crayon Box that Talked” by Shane Derolf. They discussed being unique, tolerant, and working as a team. Each student made their own crayon to create a bulletin board.
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Mrs. Giacchino’s eleventh grade students are reading The Scarlet Letter and were required to complete a project. They had to research an individual in society (past to present) who sinned and is/was involved in a scandal like Hester. They had to find a picture of the person and write three paragraphs that consisted of a […]
Continue ReadingLeap Day Time Capsule
Mrs. Giacchino’s English classes discussed leap day and leap year and then created a leap day time capsule. After February 29, 2016, the next leap day will not happen again until 2020! Imagine how much you will have changed and grown by then. A fun way to track your changes over the next four years is […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s Film Studies class started second semester by talking about sequels and prequels–what this semester will be all about. Students created movie posters for their favorite movie series, presented them to the class, and explained why they like the movies so much. The students enjoyed creating the posters and thinking about their favorite movies […]
Continue ReadingGrinch-filled Week
Back in December, Ms. Ammendola and Mrs. Romero’s classes had a Grinch-filled week. They made Grinch Dust and dissolved Grinch rocks made of baking soda and water in vinegar to find the Grinch’s heart. In addition they wrote about and illustrated their favorite part of the book, compared and contrasted the book and movie, identified […]
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Mrs. Giacchino’s sophomores are hard at work reviewing for their English final exam next week by completing their review packets and working on their final exam essay. They are ready for the semester to be over and be out for winter break!
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Mrs. Giacchino’s English classes took time out this week to contemplate what they are thankful for as we enter the holiday season. Students traced their hands and wrote things that they are thankful for on each finger. Then they decorated their hand like a turkey or any other way they wanted. Finally, the hands were […]
Continue ReadingVocabulary Web
Ms. Ammendola’s 5th grade social studies class creates a vocabulary web on Inspiration. The students first look up the words and their definitions in the textbook glossary.. Then they find a picture to match or describe that word either in Inspiration or Google images.
Continue ReadingAnimal Farm
Mrs. Giacchino’s seniors finished reading Animal Farm by George Orwell and created a project to wrap up the unit. Students were asked to pick a dramatic or arts/crafts project from a list of approved projects. Christian created a timeline on a PowerPoint to compare the history of various totalitarian societies to the novel. Riley chose […]
Continue ReadingThe Old Man and the Sea
Mrs. Giacchino’s 11th graders finished reading The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and wrapped up the unit by completing a project. Students were asked to pick a dramatic or arts/crafts project from a list of approved projects. Elias created a timeline on a PowerPoint to show the important events of the novel […]
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