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    Nov - Little Leopard News

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    This is a monthly newsletter published by the Staff at March Elementary to share what exciting items occurring at out school.

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    LittleLeopard News

    Students doing as many physical activities in a minute and determine how many points they earned at Math

    March Families Step Up to the Plate: Math and Literacy Night


    On Wednesday, November 9, from 6:00-8:00, the evening was kicked off with Troy Hein, author of the Jay at Play series. He stayed for the evening to sign books and talk with parents. !!Our school was fortunate to have high school students and East Stroudsburg students help with the evening activities. ! Families followed maps that took them to: dribbling up to basketballs missing addends football math designing new sports elds folding cubes of numbers minute mania in the gym, sports 4Square writing sports vocabulary. ! In addition, educational computer activities gave students an opportunity to show off for their families how much they have learned and made themselves proud in math and literacy all year. ! Parents took part in a break-out session giving them information and activity ideas to use at home. ! Many lucky families won door prizes of books, gift certicates, school sweatshirts, and school supplies. A huge thank you to all of the families and staff that made another math and literacy night a success.

    More pictures on Pg 9

    Box Tops Update

    October was a big month for the Little Leopards. In just one short month, the LittleLeopards collected 1,316 Box Tops! Kindergarten collected the most and will be recognized at the March Pride Assembly. We are proud of our students and their families for raising $438.60 since the beginning of the year!

    Bookfair Family Night

    On Oct 26, we held our Bookfair Family Night which also consisted of an evening presentation from Alan St. Jean. Families were able to come back and shop at the Scholastic Bookfair and then hear Mr. St. Jean share about how he became an author. We had a great turn and all that came had a great time.

    Room 215 is hard at work using letters and videos to communicate. This month, Miss Elys 3rd grade class has become pen-pals with a 3rd grade class in Harrisburg, PA. Miss Elys class created a video which included a greeting and invitation to be pen-pals and sent the video to the third grade class in Harrisburg. After choosing our pen-pals, we are now hard at work writing letters back and forth to each other. Next month, we hope to use video conferencing to teach the class in Harrisburg a game we play during Morning Meeting!

    Miss Elys 3rd Grade Class Pen Pals

    The Kindergarten classes at March Elementary celebrated their annual Friendship Feast before Thanksgiving Break. The students participated in activities across the curriculum such as listening to stories about the rst Thanksgiving, writing about friendship and things they were thankful for, and making pattern place mats. Activities culminated with a feast of cornbread, craisins, apple juice, and our homemade butter and popcorn.

    Kindergarten Friendship Feast

    Much of the success students have is because of our wonderful paraprofessionals. These group of individuals are dedicated to our students and we are thankful!

    iPads in the Classroom


    ! This month March Elementary students were able to use one of EASD iPad2 carts. Students used the iPads in the library with Miss Kordek and music with Miss Klabunde. ! In library all grade levels used the iPads. 1st and 2nd read an interactive story, Fantastic Flying books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. While 3rd and 4th did a QR scavenger hunt practicing library skills. They also had a chance to explore other apps. ! In music 3rd grade created rhythm patterns using MadPad.

    Students had a blast!!!

    Surprise Visit from Lafayette Leopard and Football Coach


    ! On Friday Nov 4, March students had a surprise visit from Leo the Leopard, lafayette Colleges mascot and their football head coach, Frank Tavani. They came to invite our students to attend their home game on Sat Nov 6 against Colgate. They also gave the students free tickets for themselves and their parents.

    ! opards! Go Le

    ESL: Where I Come From


    During our monthly March Pride Assembly, all of our ESL students shared a song with the teachers and students. This same song was shared at ESL Family Night that was held on October 19. The students sung a song called: Where I Come From, which is about the cultures we come from, what different cultures are like, and how it is important to be proud of where you come from. After the students sung a song, there were many pictures shared to show what we do in ESL class. The ESL students were very proud of their performance and they did a great job singing! Click here to see the video.

    Lafayette won 37-24

    ! Mr. Tavani talked to the students about the importance of report cards and academics. He shared the he looks at all his players grades because they need to be doing well academically in order to play.

    March Students were BackPack Buddies


    The National Honor Society"in conjunction with the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley and Second Harvest Food Bank collected non-perishable food items for one week in October for the "Be a BackPack Buddy" program. " A collection bin was located in the the Cafetorium and the F.A. March students made a great effort, bringing in many donations. "Food items that were collected will be placed in backpacks and given to local children whose families are in need. Thanks to all of our F.A. March families who participated!

    Mrs. Rodriguess 2nd Grade Class: The Strongest One


    In second grade, Mrs. Rodrigues' class worked on oral reading uency and expression through reading a play and singing a song. Students invited their relatives to watch them perform The Strongest One, an American Indian tale retold by Joseph Bruchac, and the song "The Ants Go Marching In." The story is about a little red ant that leaves her colony to nd the answer to the question "Who is the strongest one of all?" After exploring nature looking for the answer, and returning to the colony, the little red ant realizes that ants can be the strongest ones in some ways, even being so small. The audience of about forty adults and children were delighted with the performance and enthusiastically joined the song about busy, marching ants and the end of the performance. A video of the play was produced by a group of students with Mrs. Rodrigues, which was projected at the most recent F.A. March assembly, providing the opportunity to share their experience also with the other students and school staff. Mrs. Rodrigues concludes, "We worked in our reading skills, integrating Language Arts, Science, Art and Technology, but most of all we learned that even if we are small, we can be very strong if we work hard and give

    First in Math
    A n o n li n e math program with games to practice all areas of math skills. It can be played both at school and home.

    Top Monthly Class


    4th Grade ! Mr. Hinkle (1,901) 3rd Grade ! Miss Haller (6,672) 2nd Grade Mrs. Rodrigues (7,070)

    Total School Count: 29,001

    March McT eacher Night


    " On Wednesday, November 2nd, March School PTA hosted a McTeacher Night at McDonalds to raise money for school-wide events. We had a terric turnout with 21 staff members making and serving food to many of our March School families. The location of the event helped to bridge the gap between our school location and many of the families that attend March. It was great to look out from behind the counter and see the excitement that each child was feeling as they walked in and saw their teachers. March PTA received 20% of all prots made during our 4-hour shift. Our hard word paid off, as we were able to receive a check for $637.80 from McDonalds. What a fantastic event!

    First Grade Stepped Up to the Plate with RIF


    " The First Grade Students at F.A. March Elementary School participated in their rst RIF day for the 2011-2012 school year with a special kick-off event. The entire event was centered around the story element of characters and many special guests attended. " Students were invited to dress-up as their favorite story book character while they rotated through various literacy-based center. The students created story maps and worked on the computers. Their favorite center included a surprise guest reader from the Easton Area High School. " The students enjoyed acting out the story entitled, The Little Old Lady Who Wasnt Afraid of Anything, by pretending to be the characters in the book. They also were treated with a visit from two past alumni who shared what our school was like when they attended F. A. March School. As you can see, it was a jammed packed day and everyone had a FAME-tastic time!

    Veterans and Grandparents Day

    East Stroudsburg Student Visitors

    She also honored Veterans by having them come forward to receive a ag. " Grandparents then went back to the classrooms with the students and did a variety of activities about Grandparents and Veterans. In one classroom they watched a Readers Theater (below). In another they did an " November 11, 2011 (11/11/11) activity comparing what was the we honored both the Veterans same and different between that served our country as well as them. Both Grandparents and grandparents. We had students had a great time. approximately 35 grandparents attend. " The day began with an assembly in the Cafetorium. Students and visitors sang America the Beautiful followed by Mrs. Rodriguess 2nd grade class singing the 11-11 March. " Mrs. Steinberg, our principal, read two poems for Grandparents and Veterans.

    Seventeen students from East Stroudsburg attended our Math/Literacy Night on November 9th. "As part of Mrs. Baldwin's reading class at ESU, the students helps facilitate reading and math activities as well as physical activities in the gym . "Our Little Leopards really enjoyed the ESU elementary student's help and enthusiasm! "The ESU students really enjoyed meeting our students and parents at this very special after school activity."

    ! While reading the story Tops and Bottoms, Mrs. Costellos third grade class explored the rich character traits associated with the memorable characters, Bear and Hare. The students were able to identify traits that depicted both characters behavior and their actions in the story. They used story details to support and prove that particular character trait matched the characters personality.

    Mrs. Costellos 3rd Grade Reader Theater

    ! Miss Smith, a student teacher from Bloomsburg University, turned this enjoyable story into a readers theater. Practicing their fluency, prosody, and strong speaking voices, the children performed the Readers Theater during Grandparents and Parents Visitation Day.

    Character Parade
    On Oct 28,we had our annual character parade and fall celebrations. Students dressed up as their favorite story book characters and paraded around the school.

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    Art Class with Miss Reifsnyder!

    In art class at F.A. March Elementary, second grade just finished studying the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh. The students analyzed the floral works of Van Gogh to see how he combined lines to create his beautiful vases. They then used a variety of materials (oil pastels, watercolor, and tissue paper) to create their own vase of flowers inspired by Van Gogh, but with their own twists and personalities of course! Fabulous work, second grade!

    Math and Literacy Night


    Pictures from Math and Literacy Night, Sports Night Out from page 1.
    VISIT THE SCHOOL WEBSITE @ HTTP:// WWW.EASTONSD.ORG /MARCH/ WELCOME.HTML SCHOOL ADDRESS: 429 READER ST EASTON, PA 18042 PHONE NUMBER: 610-250-2531

    Articles Contributions:

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    S. Telesz C. Kordek C. Rodrigues N. Niosi M. Kinney

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    J. Baldwin J. Brunetti M. Winkler A. Stetler J. Ely

    ! E. Costello ! K. Waring ! D. Williams

    Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek

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