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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Kindergarten & 1st Grade Honor Students Ice Cream Party June 17, 2011
On Friday June 17th, the Kindergarten and First Grade Honor Students were treated to an afternoon of fun. Due to inclement weather the day at the park changed into a movie with popcorn and ice cream.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session VI
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session VI
Session VI too was focused on non-fiction, with the five non-fiction text structures demonstrated. Each teacher, and Ms. Schwebel as well, wore a head piece with the name of a different text structure, including sequence, descriptive, cause and effect, compare and contrast and problem/solution. Families were introduced to the different graphic organizers that were useful to use with each text structure. Finally a matching game was played, with text structures and their definitions.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session VII
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session VII
The final session, VII dealt with Poetry Prompts. Teachers modeled prewriting and responding to a Poetry Prompt, after which students wrote their own responses. Then there was a celebration-with cake, prizes, certificates and medals saying “Readers are Leaders” distributed. A good time was had by all!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session V
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session V
Session V began the non-fiction focus of the workshop. Non-fiction text features were taught and identified in the students’ own books, after which Text Feature Bingo was played, with students receiving prizes.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Reading Night June 8, 2011
Another successful Reading Night, this one for kindergarten through second grade, was held at
99 Washington Street on Wednesday, June 8th. The theme was Animals, and there was a Safari
room, an Ocean room, a Pet room and a Farm room. Volunteers dressed in animal costumes,
read books related to their animals and entertained students and parents alike. Stuffed animals
were raffled off as prizes, and every student received a book related to animals. Once again,
EOCCS staff showed their devotion to their calling by volunteering time, and families showed
their appreciation by attending and enjoying!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session IV
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session IV
Session IV also pertained to fictional text. The use of Character Maps was the strategy modeled. The culminating activity was a fun game-character charades!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session III
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session III
Session III covered the elements of a story, or story “maps.” The lesson culminated with the playing of “story element beach ball.”
4th Grade Spanish Class Skits
A few Skits the 4th Grade performed during Spanish classes that I wanted to share before the end of the year.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
EOCCS Alumni to attend Berklee College of Music
East Orange Student gets Accepted to Berklee College of Music
Continue reading on Examiner.com East Orange Student gets Accepted to Berklee College of Music - Newark Music Education
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session II
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session II
During session II, all four teachers ( Ms. A. Williams, S. Marquez, S. Craig and C. Varady) met with their “classes” of parents/caregivers and their children. They modeled reading strategies, including rereading, reading ahead, visualization, prediction, connections and inference. The attendees practiced with the books they received for the lesson, and then the students shared some of the strategies they had learned. Interactive notebooks were given to the students and their parents/guardians. These were used for storing the strategy flipbooks and other materials they were given and for responding to the reading.
World Oceans Day 2011
Today is World Oceans Day 2011
Here are some websites to help you celebrate!
Enjoy Some Videos from Sea World Orlando!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session I
Go With the FLOW (Family Literacy Opportunity Workshops) Session I
During session I of these interactive school/family collaborative workshops, Ms. Schwebel introduced the program to the families, discussed the components of literacy, introduced the term “metacognition” and talked about reading strategies. Ms. Schwebel modeled the strategy of visualization, after which the attendees drew their own visualizations in response to the book “Owl Moon” by Jane Yolen. Additionally, Ms. Williams and Ms. Schwebel modeled paired reading, followed by the parents/caregivers and their children practicing reading together and then performing their poems from I’ll Read to You, You Read to Me.
Africa Speaks Available on DVD!
EOCCS is proud to present Africa Speaks on DVD!
To purchase your copy for only $15.00
Contact Mr. Dash 973-996-0400
Friday, June 3, 2011
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