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News
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.
Food LabelMabel
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