little leopard news february 2013

7/29/2019 Little Leopard News February 2013

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Adaptation, Hibernation, Migration! Oh My!Today First Grade had a terrificpresentation on Winter Animals. Mr. Kindalfrom the Delaware Canal State Park visitedwith us to give us interesting facts abouthow animals adapt, migrate, or hibernateduring the winter months. The studentslistened to a book about the changes thattake place in winter. They then were able

discuss what animals adapted, hibernatedor migrated in the book by looking atpictures that Mr. Kindal brought in to sharewith us. The mostexciting part of the presentation was thestuffed fox that he brought in for the kids toview. Theylearned thatthe hair onparts of thefox is darker

than on othersbecause thedarker hairprotects thoseparts of it'sbody from thecold. It was agreat morningin First Grade!

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Make that Reading Connection

How else can you fit in more time to help your youngster become abetter reader?

As you go about your day, narrate what you are doing usingat least one unfamiliar word repeatedly in your description.Explain what the word is and then use it again in context.Write it out so they can see what the word looks like.

Ask your young one to give you both a factand

an opinionback to back. Help them differentiate the two by modeling ityourself. Model and Explain: " The ice cream is cold. I thinkthat Cookies and Cream is the best flavor. What fact canyou give me about ice cream? What opinion do you haveabout ice cream?"

Get a pack of "stickie" notes and place them in areas yourchild will find them. Vary the messages to include directives,reminders, and kudos in a way that leads to a follow updiscussion later on in the day.

Taking advantage of every opportunity to help develop strong

language skills can always help your child a better reader. Fit it in!

Best Regards,

Hector D. BonillaPrincipalMarch Elementary [email protected]

Fortitudine Vincimus

Message from the Principal

Up ComingEvents

MarchMarch 1

! Dr. Seuss! CelebrationFeb 28 - Mar 1! Spirit DaysMarch 6! $2.00 BookstoreMarch 27 - Apr 1! No School! Spring Break

AprilPSSA for 3rd/4th

April 3

! $2 BookstoreApril 15 - 19! BookfairApril 17-23! Conferences
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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March School is off to a good start usingFirst in Math Online Program in grades 2,

3, and 4. First In Math activities employ Deep Practicetechniques to rapidly increase computation, problemsolving, critical thinking and essential math basics. Skills

that may take months of regular practice can be mastered ina much shorter time using Deep Practice techniques and theimmediate feedback online learning can provide. Children usingFIM have shown dramatic increases in math scoresacross theboard from the top students to the most math-challenged

learners. We are excited to see students'active engagement in the program againthis year. Classrooms have alreadystarted earning weekly trophies for beingthe team of the week in their grade.

Top Five Players

Megumi B. " 6,454

Tiah F."

5,584Salman A. " 5,572Estelle F. " 5,403Lyla V." 5,263

First in Math

Player of theMonth

Salman A.

+ 2,630

Team of the MonthMr. McMillian

+13,435

Second graders had the opportunity to learnmore about animal adaptations with Mr. Kindel,

a park ranger from Delware Canal State Park.Mr. Kindel came to our school through MissKordek. Children explored ways animalschange their bodies and behaviors in order tosurvive. Animals such as foxes change the color of their fur toprotect themselves from predators, or survive in colder or

warmer environments.Other animals canalso find different

ways to hunt, find andstorage food duringthe winter, or covertheir bodies with athicker or oily layer toswim faster or for longer periods of time. When askedto list three or more facts about animal adaptations,children could go on, and on, and on!

Delware Canal State Park


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Georgia OKeefe

Our America Reads

Partnership with

Lafayette College

The Little Leopards

welcome back our AmericaReads tutors for the Springsemester. Most of the Fall

semester tutors are returningto March School to continuesupporting our students withliteracy and math skills. Ourstaff and students are very

excited to have the tutors backto help in the classroom

settings. The tutors are quiteeager to begin their classroom

assignments. We are sofortunate to be able to havethe America Reads/America

Counts program in our schoolcommunity.

In art class, second graderslearned about famous Americanpainter Georgia OKeefe andbrought to life beautiful pansies,roses and calla lilies with ModelMagic. They reviewed the artelements of pattern and repetitionas they created decorative vasesto hold their creations.

Students in Mrs. Rodrigues' class have been practicingtheir shopping skills. After reviewing the names andvalues of coins and bills, children counted differentamounts of money in their "wallets" (trays) to see if theywould have enough to buy a givenitem. If yes, could they pay withthe exact amount, or would theyget any money back? If no, howmuch money would they stillneed? The fun continues aschildren now translate all thesedifferent ideas into addition andsubtraction problems.

Change Please!


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F.A.March Enrichmentstudents really proved that theworld is round by assembling

a 540 sphere shaped puzzle.It was a time consumingproject and required a lot ofpatience to get the pieces tostay in place. They loved it somuch that the globe is nowback in pieces all ready to beassembled again!

On January 15th, F. AMarch ElementarySchool participated ina day of service andlearned about MartinLuther King Jr. andthe civil rightsmovement. Principal

Mr. Hector Bonillaread to students alongwith other guestreaders including:Director of PupilServices, Mrs. AlyssaEmili and SchoolBoard Members Mr.Bill Rider and Dr. BobMoskaitis

Is the Globe Flat or

Round?

CivilRights

Movement


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In ESL, the firstgraders are creatingpictures out of thenumbers 1, 0, and 0in honor of the100th day.

If I had $100, Iwould....

On Day 100, first graders inMrs. VanFleet's class weregiven the opportunity to writeabout what they would do with100 dollars. Here are some oftheir ideas:

"If I had $100, I would buy afish tank because I like fishand they are fun. I would getfood to survive and live andhave food for the pets." - Jack

K.

" If I had $100, I would give itto poor people because theycould buy clothes. They couldeat food and get pets."- Emma M.

"If I had $100, I would love toget some cats. My sister isgoing to live in the wild so Ithink I'll get her some food. Iwant to get the newest LegoHarry Potter Hogwart'sschool."- Lucas N.

"If I had $100, I would wish Iwas in charge and I had acastle above the clouds and it

was made out of candy. Iwould want chocolate."-Brooke X.

"If I had $100, I would buy allthe pizza I could and I wouldbuy a house. I wish I had$100." - Brayden W.

The Kindergarten classes spent theday together participating in bothLanguage Arts and Math activities forDay 100. Some of the activities were:writing about what we would look likewhen we were 100 years old, writingnumbers 1-100, making a cube train100 cubes long, and counting to 100by 1's and 10's.

100th

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Staff Interviews

Each month different staffmembers will be interviewed

by 3rd and 4th gradestudents.

The students will developthe question with help from

teachers.

Sta Interviews

Miss Hancz - Grade 1Interviewed by: Joseph and Michaela

1) When is your birthday? September 15th

2) What books do you like? Biographies

3) Where are you from? Bethlehem, PA

4) What is your favorite food? Pizza

5) What did you do before working at MarchElementary? I taught at the Easton AreaMiddle School.

6)What books do you like to read? Biographies

7)What is your favorite movie? Lion King

8) What is your favorite country? U.S.A.

Mrs. VanFleet - Grade 1Submitted by: Jarred and Angie

1) When is your birthday? August 28

2) Do you have a son or daughter?Yes, I have one daughter, Melissa

3) What books do you like? NicholasSparks books

4) Where are you from? Easton, PA

5) What is your favorite food? Pasta

6) What did you do before working atMarch Elementary? Nursery Schoolprograms

What books do you like to read? Jan Britt

What is your favorite movie? Cinderella

What is your favorite country? U.S.A

Mr. Moussa -Grade 1Submitted by: Kevin and Aiden

1) When is your birthday? April 21

2) What books do you like? Dr. Seuss

3) Where are you from? Allentown, PA

4) What is your favorite food? Cheese Fries

5) What did you do before working at MarchElementary? I managed a Sunglasses

store

6) What books do you like to read? Dr. Seuss

7) What is your favorite movie? Batman Movies

8) What is your favorite country? American andSyria because my parents are from Syria.


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VISIT THE SCHOOLWEBSITE @

HTTP://WWW.EASTONSD.ORG/MARCH/WELCOME.HTML

SCHOOL ADDRESS:

429 READER STEASTON, PA 18042

PHONE NUMBER:

610-250-2531

Articles

Contributions:

H. Bonilla C. Kordek

N. Niosi

M. Woodland J. Brunetti

C. Rodrigues J. Brodhead

K. Waring

L. Van Fleet K. Wilcox

M. Kinney K. Gould

M. Danyi

Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek

Its Hip to C ip: Boxtops

Our Little Leopards are

doing a FAME-tasticjob of clipping Box

Tops for the 2012-2013

school year. We set a

goal of raising

$1,500.00. The money

earned through the

collection of Box Tops

will help to fund our FAME prizes.We are so excited to share that our school just hit $1000.00 in

box tops. What a fabulous job! Take a LOOK at our Box Tops

tracking chart in the hall and cheer our school on as we celebrate

our progress. Don't forget to clip box tops and bring them into

school because its HIP to CLIP!

Leopard Council and K-Kids is a program at school for 3rdand 4th graders to help our school and the community.The community service project we are working on iscollecting can tabs. This will help save the RonaldMcDonalds house and help sick children. So help us andbring in tabs to help sick children.

Leopard Council Collects Tabs
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