Ms. Hrabosky’s Ninth English students wrapped up the novel unit The Giver by presenting travel brochures and having a black and white party. Students created a travel brochure explaining why Elsewhere was better than Jonas’ community, demonstrated knowledge of Jonas’ community as well as compared it to an imagined or real community. Brochure material included […]
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Mrs. Coryer’s students had a fun first couple of weeks. We had fun practicing our reading skills using Lexia. Students drew parts of a plant using shaving cream. Map skill were sharpened when we looked for our home addresses on a map. And, we ended the week with Fun Friday Centers with Ms. Stickel’s class.
Continue ReadingR.A.W (Read and Write)
Ms. Ammendola’s language arts class practiced R.A.W., Read and Write. The students read for an assigned amount of time and then wrote about it. Afterwards they proofread and edited their entry using a proofreader and writer checklist. R.A.W helps improve reading fluency and comprehension. Proofreading helps improve understanding of writing mechanics.
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Ms. Ammendola’s language arts and social studies classes created a “Hello It’s Me” poem and a “My Summer” timeline. They had a lot of fun getting to know each other better and discussing their summers!
Continue ReadingPracticing Typing Skills
Our second grade Mentor Room student works on her typing skills while taking a break from her other subjects.
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Ms. Hrabosky’s English classes are kicking it into high gear and starting off the school year by practicing handwriting. Students have enjoyed the various mediums this week as we practiced writing cursive and manuscript, using paper and pencil as well as helping the tactile or kinesthetic learners by writing the alphabet in shaving cream. As […]
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Tenth grade English students spent a day reviewing when to use semicolons, colons, and ellipsis points by rewriting and correcting sentences. Students had fun learning the different rules for each convention and determining if their answers were correct. -Submitted by – Ms. Hrabosky, High School English Instructor
Continue ReadingSarah, Plain and Tall
Ms. Ammendola’s lower elementary language arts class read the book Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. They created a diorama showing their favorite part of the story. -Submitted by – Ms. Ammendola, K5 Language Arts Teacher
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Ms. Ammendola’s upper elementary language arts class read the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. Their project was to make a paper crane. One student decided to make a few more than one! Submitted by – Ms. Ammendola, K5 Language Arts Teacher
Continue ReadingThe Great Gatsby
Students in Ms. Hrabosky’s English classes and in the PACE program went to The Georgia Ensemble Theatre in Roswell to see the play The Great Gatsby. It was interesting to see how the play compared to the novel, and students agreed that the theatre’s production followed very closely F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story plot. -Submitted By […]
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