Homework is a very important piece of your child’s education. Please remember that homework must be brought back every Friday. Please make sure that your child completes all homework. It is a grade for Math & Reading. Check your child’s homework folder each day for important notices and make sure to empty out all the old papers. Homework is expected to be neatly written and returned on time!
Star Reader Reports Read as many books as you can each day. Your child picks 6-8 books on their level every Monday morning. These books can be read every day or as much as possible. Getting to be a great reader takes PRACTICE! Please write the name of the book AND sign the sheet Monday through Thursday. This counts toward a Reading Homework grade on their report card. Thank you to all the parents who take the time out to help their child READ.
PBL - Project Based Learning Clinton Avenue School is a Project Based Learning (PBL) school. These projects, as well as science and social studies, are integrated into our ELA block. Our projects this year focus on the following topics:
Marking Period 1 - Hispanic Heritage/All About Me-Colombia Marking Period 2 - Recycling Marking Period 3 - Black History Marking Period 4 - Life Cycles
Marking Period 1 - Our focus for Hispanic Heritage is "All About Me" as well as the country Colombia. The students learn about themselves, their family heritage as well as the country Colombia. They will create All About Me posters, present them to the class and create All About Colombia posters.
Marking Period 2 - We will work on a Recycling Unit. The students will brainstorm, demonstrate how to recycle, by creaing posters, recycling and making paper, presenting and writing a narrative about recycling. This will be displayed at our Community Cougar night TBD
Marking Period 3 - we will be working on our Black History Unit. The students will be learning about Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman & various others. They will research events in history,create a timeline of events, write an opinion piece as well as begin to publish a book with the information they have researched and learned.
Marking Period 4 - Life Cycle of a Butterfly: We will create a classroom butterfly habitat. Where the students will witness the life cycle of a butterfly, Understanding the life cycles and there perpetuity. They will take notes, observational drawings and then release the butterflies outdoors.
We tie in all these units with culminating assemblies, field trips and activities throughout the year.