A district goal of the Shrewsbury Public Schools is student participation in project based learning. This is a student lead discovery on a topic of their choosing. Recently, the second grade students began to wonder about raising chickens. We will explore this possibility through a PBL project. Students will research the pros and cons of raising chickens and may consider raising some here at school. Follow us as we investigate this real world learning project.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Project Based Learning
Should Community Members Raise Chickens?
A district goal of the Shrewsbury Public Schools is student participation in project based learning. This is a student lead discovery on a topic of their choosing. Recently, the second grade students began to wonder about raising chickens. We will explore this possibility through a PBL project. Students will research the pros and cons of raising chickens and may consider raising some here at school. Follow us as we investigate this real world learning project.
A district goal of the Shrewsbury Public Schools is student participation in project based learning. This is a student lead discovery on a topic of their choosing. Recently, the second grade students began to wonder about raising chickens. We will explore this possibility through a PBL project. Students will research the pros and cons of raising chickens and may consider raising some here at school. Follow us as we investigate this real world learning project.
Friendship Quilt
Author's Theme - Friendship
The second grade team recently completed an ELA unit on determining the author's theme in literature. We shared stories of friendship. Our investigation included human friendships and unlikely animal friendships. The unit culminated with the creation of s friendship quilt - a collection of the students thoughts on friendship, which is proudly displayed in the second grade hallway. Stop by and see their thoughtful presentation.
The second grade team recently completed an ELA unit on determining the author's theme in literature. We shared stories of friendship. Our investigation included human friendships and unlikely animal friendships. The unit culminated with the creation of s friendship quilt - a collection of the students thoughts on friendship, which is proudly displayed in the second grade hallway. Stop by and see their thoughtful presentation.
Legos Wanted
Help Build Lego Kits
Mrs. Clouter is collecting legos to promote S.T.E.M.
activities with Coolidge students. So far she has collected enough legos to
build four kits. Her goal is to
build a class set of twenty-one. Can you help? Please send any gently used, no longer needed
legos to school and we will make sure they find their way into the hands of an
inquiring mind.
Spring Book Fair
Book Fair Opens at Spring Fling
The Spring Book Fair will be open at the SPring Fling and continue at media classes the following week.
Reasonably priced, quality texts are available for student purchase. We
will assist the students in making selections at an appropriate reading level.
Please discuss as a family the preferred use of any money you send in. Thank you to Mrs. Fox and the parent volunteers who make this event possible.
Spring Fling April 10th
Spring Social Always A Fun Night
The Coolidge School Spring Fling will be held Friday, April
10th. The ice cream social is a popular event. Be sure to order your
tickets for a delicious hot fudge sundae, basket raffle, and Bingo.
Rubins and Hurleys Read Together
Kindergarten Authors Share Their Writing
Ms. Rubin’s kindergarten class came to visit us on Author Day. They were in awe of the bright colorful books displayed by Happy Hurley Publishing. When speaking with our friends we learned that they too had published non-fiction texts. On Friday afternoon we buddy read with our friends their books on polar bears, orcas, and penguins. They were amazing. We plan to get together for shared learning again soon.
Leadership Team Visits Coolidge
Coolidge Welcomes Colleagues
The Shrewsbury Schools Leadership Team meets weekly to discuss the goals and objectives of SPS and how to move toward successful implementation. Once each month the leadership holds their meeting in one of the schools. The last in-school meeting was hosted by Mrs. Clouter here at Coolidge. During the meeting the administrative team visited classrooms and sat in as observes or active participants.
Mrs. Banios, Assistant Superintendent, was a guest of the Happy Little Hurleys. She visited a differentiated math lesson where your children were engaged in solving the problem of the lesson, showing strategies for solving multiplication problems, and investigating the table of 5. She was impressed by the students' use of success criteria and their ability to articulate how they help ensure understanding. She was also noted the students abilty to think through problems and possible solution strategies.
Thank you Ms. Banios! Congratulations Hurleys on your progress with Math in Focus!
The Shrewsbury Schools Leadership Team meets weekly to discuss the goals and objectives of SPS and how to move toward successful implementation. Once each month the leadership holds their meeting in one of the schools. The last in-school meeting was hosted by Mrs. Clouter here at Coolidge. During the meeting the administrative team visited classrooms and sat in as observes or active participants.
Mrs. Banios, Assistant Superintendent, was a guest of the Happy Little Hurleys. She visited a differentiated math lesson where your children were engaged in solving the problem of the lesson, showing strategies for solving multiplication problems, and investigating the table of 5. She was impressed by the students' use of success criteria and their ability to articulate how they help ensure understanding. She was also noted the students abilty to think through problems and possible solution strategies.
Thank you Ms. Banios! Congratulations Hurleys on your progress with Math in Focus!
Early Release - Tuesday, April 7th
Professional Development Day - April 7th
Students
will be dismissed at 12:15 on Tuesday, April 7th. The cafeteria will
be closed. No breakfast or lunch will be served. Please send a morning snack
for Hungry Hurleys.
Teachers throughout the district will be working on writing instruction and district determined measures. Thank you for your support of this opportunity for cooperative teaching and learning.
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