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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Blue Ridge Elementary Celebrates Character Education Week
Blue Ridge Elementary School celebrated its fourth annual Character Education Week and first annual pep rally during the week of November 12th. It was a week to celebrate the school’s character education program and good character of the students, faculty, and staff. The character education program is based on the six pillars of character which are respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
Character Education Week included daily spirit themes such as crazy hair day, mismatch day, and pillar of character color day where each grade level wears a different color to represent a specific pillar of character. Students also read special character education messages each day. The week of celebration ended with a pep rally.
The pep rally included cheers and a routine from the Blue Ridge Triplet “C” Team cheerleaders, a tricycle race, a hula hoop contest, the Cupid shuffle, and a pie in the face contest. We ended the pep rally with each grade level revealing their pillar of character chant, such as “R-E-S-P-E-C-T, treat others the way that you want to be!”
Students, faculty, and staff all contributed to making Character Education Week and the first annual pep rally a huge success! We look forward to another year of good character at Blue Ridge Elementary!
Character Education Week included daily spirit themes such as crazy hair day, mismatch day, and pillar of character color day where each grade level wears a different color to represent a specific pillar of character. Students also read special character education messages each day. The week of celebration ended with a pep rally.
The pep rally included cheers and a routine from the Blue Ridge Triplet “C” Team cheerleaders, a tricycle race, a hula hoop contest, the Cupid shuffle, and a pie in the face contest. We ended the pep rally with each grade level revealing their pillar of character chant, such as “R-E-S-P-E-C-T, treat others the way that you want to be!”
Students, faculty, and staff all contributed to making Character Education Week and the first annual pep rally a huge success! We look forward to another year of good character at Blue Ridge Elementary!
3rd Grade |
Mrs. Hull off to the races |
Cupid Shuffle |
Cupid Shuffle |
Cupid Shuffle |
Cupid Shuffle |
Mrs. Hepler and Mr. Burchell showing off thier moves |
Josiah Smalley |
Mr. Jones' hoola hoop slipping away |
Mrs. Pearson has it figured out |
The lucky faculty prepared for their pie!! |
Ben Bleck has his ready for Mrs. Tench |
Mr. Button's pie was delivered by 1st grader Molly Yannone |
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Blue Ridge Students Attend Annual Young Authors’ Day
Students from the Blue Ridge Elementary, Middle, and High Schools attended Young Authors’ Day at Keystone College on November 9th. This is an annual event sponsored by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Reading Association that enriches and encourages students’ writing abilities. This year’s highlighted author and illustrator was Robert Bender who has written and illustrated over a dozen highly praised children’s books. Mr. Bender shared from his book Never Eat ANYTHING that MOVES: Good, Bad, and Very Silly Advice from Kids. He then encouraged the students to think of their own advice to write down and then had several students share. Students then attended additional break-out sessions given by professionals who have careers in writing. A final presentation was given by Suzanne Fisher Staples, a children’s author who has written several books on the Middle Eastern culture. This knowledge comes firsthand to her since she lived and worked as a news reporter in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and Hong Kong for nearly twenty years. The event proved to be a wonderful educational opportunity for all students!
Third grader Ashley Tomassacci is thrilled to get her book signed by children’s author and illustrator, Robert Bender
On the bus ride home, fourth grader, Ryan Mills entertains his classmates by asking them jokes from Robert Bender’s book, Ribbit Riddles.
Blue Ridge Students Who Attended Young Authors’ Day: Back Row – Stephen Lines, Garrett Mansfield, Charlie Randall, Kristine Carlsen, Kyra Powell Third Row – Alley Ayers, Gabe Waldowski, Makenzie Cook, Sarah Marble, KayLeen Conklin, Madison Welsted, Ryan Mills Second Row – Rachel Upright, Danielle Tierney, Alexis Parks, Ashley Tomassacci, Hannah Gallagher Front Row – Kaelin Hughes, Sienna Kowalewski, Gerald Welsted, Mason Conklin, Cassidy Howe, Breanna Post.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Research: What's That?
Fifth grade students are learning to conduct research during their library classes. Research is the process of collecting information about a particular topic. We are learning that there is A LOT to think about during the research process! Throughout the year students will be learning to use the Big6 Approach which involves:
Step 1: Task Definition
This is when you define your job, including questions that need to be answered, the kids of information needed, and how much you need.
Step 2: Information Seeking Strategies
This means thinking of all of the different ways that you could find the information you need and then picking the best ones.
Step 3: Location and Access
This means actually finding the sources of the information. This is when you figure out all of the places that might have what you need and figure out how to get the information.
Step 4: Use of Information
Now it's time to dig in and learn the material. You may end up reading it, listening to it, looking at it, etc. Taking notes is very important so that you can organize the information later.
Step 5: Synthesis
This is the toughest part. You have to put everything together in a way that makes sense to you and to other people.
Step 6: Evaluation
Even after you have solved the problem, it is important to go back and figure out how well you did and to look for ways to improve the next time you have a problem to solve.
For the first project of the year students are conducting Animal Research. They are learning to pick, evaluate, and cite sources and take notes. They are using 4 different sources for this project; nonfiction books, World Book Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, and Internet sites.
A screen shot of Encyclopedia Britannica Online. |
Walter using a nonfiction book about Turtles and taking notes
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Tyler taking notes from Encyclopedia Britannica Online. |
Morgan choosing a World Book Encyclopedia.
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BRES October Citizen of the Month Students
FRONT ROW: Mason Christ, Clarissa Muzzy, Parker Glasgow, Brandon Carpenetti
SECOND ROW: Olivia Seaman, Andrew Kowalewski, Tiffani Henke, Jesse Robbins, Aiden Glasgow, Isaiah VanScoy
THIRD ROW: Andre Plunkett, Kayla Blaisure, Madison Carpenter, Elijah Austin, Stephanie Smith
LAST ROW: Nellyna Walters, KayLeen Conklin, Mason Conklin, Sierra Bross, Brandon Gentile, Isaiah Rosa
ABSENT FROM PHOTO – Vanessa Frantz, Troy Ehrie, Elise Argust
SECOND ROW: Olivia Seaman, Andrew Kowalewski, Tiffani Henke, Jesse Robbins, Aiden Glasgow, Isaiah VanScoy
THIRD ROW: Andre Plunkett, Kayla Blaisure, Madison Carpenter, Elijah Austin, Stephanie Smith
LAST ROW: Nellyna Walters, KayLeen Conklin, Mason Conklin, Sierra Bross, Brandon Gentile, Isaiah Rosa
ABSENT FROM PHOTO – Vanessa Frantz, Troy Ehrie, Elise Argust
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
BRES 2012 Mock Presidential Election
The BRES students have casted their vote!!
On Election Day 2012 (November 6) the BRES students participated in a mock election during the school day. It wll be interesting to see if our students predicted the winner. The results are..................
Classroom Results:
Grade Level Results:
On Election Day 2012 (November 6) the BRES students participated in a mock election during the school day. It wll be interesting to see if our students predicted the winner. The results are..................
Classroom Results:
- President Obama won 12 classrooms
- Mitt Romney won 7 classrooms
- 1 classroom ended in a tie
Grade Level Results:
- President Obama won 7 grade levels
- Mitt Romney won 0 grade levels
- 273 votes for President Obama
- 201 votes for Mitt Romney
October Student Standout Students
Front row – Ayden Judge, Reese Allen, Kendra Brant, Ashley Tomassacci
Back row – Garrett Conklin, Jacob Morris, Sean Knight, Olivia Martin |
Monday, November 5, 2012
New Milford Rotary Donates Dictionaries to Grade 3
Sunday, November 4, 2012
BRES Supports Feed-A-Friend!!
A thanks is due to the BRES students, families, faculty, and staff for donating 608 items to the Feed-A-Friend Program. Great Job!!
# of items per grade:
Pre-K - 84
Kindergarten - 159
1st - 115
2nd - 63
3rd - 50
4th - 43
5th - 94
# of items per grade:
Pre-K - 84
Kindergarten - 159
1st - 115
2nd - 63
3rd - 50
4th - 43
5th - 94
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Check OUT the Library's Online Resources
Our Fourth grade students are learning to use Edmodo, a social learning platform, to connect and share student created book reviews and provide feedback to classmates. |
Under Ebooks you will find Tumblebook Cloud Junior and Tumblebook Library.
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