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Student Mystery Readers: Night Before ChristmasThis

past holidayseason, we

kicked off our

second annual

Student

Mystery

Readers. 3rd

and 4th grade

students went

into classrooms throughout the

building and read a version of

The Night Before Christmas.

Two different versions of the sane

story was read to every class.

Student Mystery Readers

are for 3rd and 4th grade students

only and is optional. Students

sign up and then are randomly

choosen to read on one of the

four Student Mystery Reader

Days through out the year. Theyreceived a special reader hat, this

time a santa or elf hat. The

mystery part is that classroom

students know someone is

coming to read to them but they

dont know who, when, or what

book.

Our student readers did an

excellent job of reading to the

students. Students and staff hadgreat time hearing the stories.

Look for our next Student

Mystery Readers in March fo

Dr. Seusss Birthday!

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Chris Van AllsburhWriting Competition

This December March

Elementary School held a

writing competition based

upon a book by Chris Van

Allsburg, a renowned author

and illustrator. Students in

Grade 1st - 4th had to write

a story using four specific

images from the book, The

Mysteries of Harris Burrdick.

The four images were Mr.

Linderns Library, Uninvited

Guest, Under the Rug, and

The House on Maple Street.

The students were given theimage, the title, and the

caption that went along with

it.

We had 43 students

submit wonderfully creative

stories. From each grade

level one Grand Prize story

was chosen and two

runner ups. They received

an framed awarded and a

gift certificate from either

Barnes & Nobles or our

Scholastic Book Fair. All

other students received an

award of participation.

Book Drive

! On Dec 20, 2011Kindergarten through 2nd gradestudents came to the library for our

buildings Book Drive. The BookDrive was established last year to help put books into thehands of our students and their home libraries. Since the Springof 2011 over 2,500 books have been shared with F.A. Marchstudents. All the books given out have been generously donatedby our community members. They are new or gently used books.! During the Book Drive in December, 1,300 books wenthome with our young readers. Students were able to pick 5

books for themselves as well aspicking a board book for each oftheir preschool aged siblings.

There will be several babiesborn soon with their homelibraries already begun thanksto their older siblings generosity.The children were so excitedwhen they found out they get tokeep these books for their home

libraries. One little boy sharedwith a parent helping that day " I am so happy. We couldn't havesuch great events withoutthe help of our wonderful

teachers, staff, parentsand students from theEaston High SchoolNational Honor Society.

Winners1st Grade:Grand Prize - Tim G.Runner Ups - Oliver F. Emilia M.2nd Grade:Grand Prize - Nichole Y.Runner Ups - Madeline S. Molly R

3rd Grade: Grand Prize -Giovanna B. Runner Ups - Stella S. Harvest G.4th Grade: Grand Prize - Genevieve T. Runner Ups - Isabella B. Fernand E.

Look for an article nextmonth about 3rd and 4th

Grade Book Drive.


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! On Thursday,December 22nd the

F.A.March First Graders

climbed aboard The Polar

Express. They rotated through each first grade classroom,

wearing their pajamas, and participated in multimedia

activities. They heard the story read by a guest reader, work

on computers, did a response to literature 4 square writing

activity, and also did a narrative story writing activity. The da

culminated with a Polar Express sequencing activity compleby each student to check for their understanding of the story

was a fun learning experience!

F.A. March Elementary School PTA just finishup their Spirit Wear Fundraiser. The money

raised will support student field trips and activities! Students can be sewearing sweatshirts and t-shirts supporting their favorite school any daof the week, but especially on March Pride Assembly days! Just anoth

way to show how muchwe love F.A

MarchElementaGo LITTLLEOPARD

Little LeopardsWelcome Mrs.Shelly Gottlieb

Last year, Mrs. Gottliebworked at March Schoolsupporting our ESLstudents. We are veryglad to have her back inthe ESL program againthis year.

We Got Spirit, Yes We DoWe Got Spirit, How Abou

You?

Jump on thePolar Expresswith 1st Grade

Little Leopardswelcome

Mrs. Leslie McCadden.Mrs. McCadden is ourcafeteria monitor and willbe working withkindergarten students inthe classroom setting.Mrs. McCadden is eagerto catch all the LittleLeopards showing FAMEin their classrooms and inthe cafeteria.


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! Penguin Pals was thetheme for our first gradestudents as they participated intheir third RIF day! Studentswere treated to four centersthat all focused on the elementsof writing. The boys and girlsengaged in writing friendlyletters to their pen pals at the

Easton Area High School andcompleting a four squarewriting activity using the wordsfirst, next, and last. The firstgraders also received a specialbook, courtesy of UGI, to add to

their ownpersonal libraryat home. Andwhat greattiming! Now is

the perfect timeto cuddle upinside with agood book!

Look on Pg 6March StaffCurl up withGood Books.

First inMath

An online

math programwith games to practiceall areas of math skills.It can be played both atschool and home.

Top Monthly Class4th Grade -

Mr. Scarponi (+6,628)3rd Grade -! Miss Haller (+3,726)2nd Grade -

Mrs. Rodrigues (+6,523)

Total School Count:

77,690

Box Top Update

For the month of December,the F.A. March Schoolcommunity collected 1,217Box Tops bringing our totalto 6,970 Box Tops! Way togo First Grade! Theycollected the most thismonth and will berecognized at the nextMarch Pride Assembly!

1st Grade Penguin Pals

Students with most Firstin Math stickers earned:

Luca C.+2,856


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F.A. March Elementary School offers an after school program to students in third and fourth grade.This years program began in October and will run through March. The program is focused onReading and Mathematics with an emphasis on fluency and vocabulary. The program servicesabout 40 third and fourth grade during each six week session. The dedicated staff plans engaginglessons each week for students including readers theaters activities and math fact fluency games.Students have enjoyed every moment of the after school program this year.

StudentsReaching Success

ASSP:


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Mrs. CostelloBrave Irene

By William Steig

Miss FowlerFrom the MixedUp Files of Mrs.

Basil E.Frankweiler

Mrs. VanfleetThe Mitten

By Jan Brett

Mrs. CalominoThe Miraculous

Journey ofEdward Tulane

By Kate DiCamillo

Mrs. BreischHarry Potter

By J.K. Rowling

Mrs. Gouldoudy with a Chance

of MeatballsBy William Steig

Mrs. WiederDeltora Quest

By Emily Rodda

Mrs. WilcoxHarry Potter

By J.K. Rowling

Miss ElyWonderstruck

By BrianSelznick

March Staff Curl Up with

Good BooksWhen the weather outside is frightful, curl upand read inside with a good book. Here aresome of our staffs favorite books.

Mrs. BrunettiGoldilocks and the

Three SquaresBy Grace Maccarone

Mrs. KinneyThe Mitten Tree

By CandaceChristianse

Mrs. SteinbergCharlie Bone

By Jenny Nimmo


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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:

1st Grade

3rd Grade J.S. Ely

C. Kordek L. Weider

J. Brunetti

N. Niosi M. Kinney

March PTA

Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek

hank you to those who donateduminaries for March School toenefit Safe Harbor on December8, 2011.

Luminaries

Second grade students enjoyedthe assembly presented by theWeller Health Center titled FoodLabel Mabel. Students learnedhow to find and read food labelsthat are located on packagingand came away with a better

nderstanding of what nutrients are important to eat a healthy diet.ome of the second graders were asked to resemble the nutrient proteinnd to show how it helps to build muscles.Another student resembledalories and showed the energy that it gives while another studentetended to be fat which helps to improve your concentration andetended to read a book.

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