Mrs. Giordano, Miss Reszka

It is hard to believe that we are approaching the end of our school year!  We’ve been very busy here in the resource room.  In the areas of math we have learned our basic multiplication facts, basic division, geometry, telling time, and problem solving.  We’ve created high flying math facts using kites, we’ve named the angles in our names and created an area and perimeter zoo!   We have been reading up a storm!  We’ve read novels, short stories, chapter books, informational text and poetry.   We’ve been writing about all kinds of things and we are so excited about what talented writers we have become.  We have accomplished so much throughout this year. We are so very proud of our students and all of their achievements!

Ms. MacMillan

As winter begrudgingly stepped aside for spring's longed-for arrival, language literacy inclusion students eagerly cultivated their writing skills.  Responding to both fiction and non fiction selections, pupils familiarized themselves with the appropriate format for answering open-ended questions.  Fourth grade inclusion  language arts students particularly enjoyed interpreting the delightfully amusing imagery in Judy Blume's popular novel Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.  Among the projects they completed was the creation of a jingle and poster advertisement for a self-invented product, thus imagining themselves in the place of Peter Hatcher's father, an advertising executive.

In addition to the activities above, as well as many others, was the special celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America.  Many delightful and creative activities were participated in  throughout the school.  Not to be left out of the fun, math replacement students also engaged in a research project concerning the popularity of various books by Dr. Seuss.  Each student completed a survey of their classmates, recording which books they had read and enjoyed.  After correlating the data, students created bar graphs illustrating the results.  Students had a great time and their finished work was proudly displayed.  Sixth grade inclusion math students were also hard at work facing the challenges of mastering higher level critical thinking in response to open-ended math problems.

While language arts students practiced decoding, analyzing, and responding to various types of literature and math students continued to master skills and analyze word problems, support students honed their skills in the content area subjects.  They are gaining confidence when citing from the text to support essay responses to comprehension questions.  In addition, students are reviewing important skills necessary for writing longer compositions.

Lincoln