The November Crocker Chronicles is available online:
http://cf.arps.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_927419/File/Chronicles/NovemberChroniclesFINAL.pdf
November 2014
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We are sending you best wishes for a holiday season full of great times with friends and family members. Hopefully you will find some time to relax and reflect upon the beauty of our Pioneer Valley and the many blessings that we share each day. We thank you for your communications and your gifts of support. As we look towards to 2015, we anticipate celebrating discoveries and accomplishments with your child(ren) each day. We draw your attention to the following happenings around Crocker Farm:
** Kindergarten students have practiced being scientists outdoors and will now use their outdoor discoveries to inform their writing workshop
** 1st graders have been thinking about the weather and the tools that scientists use to measure temperature and wind. They continue to enjoy reading and writing about their Superkids friends (reading program just for K-2).
** 2nd graders want to learn how to Flamenco dance! They are planning a community service project to help throughout the building
– more news to come on that front.
** 3rd graders have been studying Massachusetts. We are learning about its geography and history. Have been learning about how historians examine stories of the past and try to decide what has happened. We will be working on recreating what life was like in this area four hundred years ago. We are studying how people lived including eating, dressing, chores/tasks and jobs, houses and entertainment
** 4th graders just finished their realistic fiction project. Please ask them about “The Big Dinner” project that included ratios pertaining to their delicious feast.
** 5th grader classes completed their study of ancient Native American civilizations by designing posters highlighting the Incas and their many innovations.
** In 6th grade students have been wrapping up a close study of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by analyzing the Hero's Journey archetype in different stories, and writing their own Hero's Journey.
Best wishes to all,
Derek Shea, Principal
Sharri Conklin, Assistant Principal
