James Madison School # 10
We Celebrate the
100th
Day of School!
Volume 2, Issue 3
February 2016
Inside this issue:
Educator Spotlight
1-3
Family Events Committee
3
Dr. Panther
8
In Our Classrooms
4
Jokes
5
Fashion Blog
5
Artist of the month
5
Word Search
6
Horoscopes
7
Word Scramble
7
School Health
3
School Climate
3
Gym
3
On February 10, 2016 the
kindergarten students
celebrated the 100th day of
school by dressing up as 100
year old people and doing
activities that had to do with
100.
Educator Spotlight— Ms. Martins
by Ismeal & Erik
3. What is your favorite hobby?
This month we are interviewing
several staff members. We would
“To go shopping at the mall.”
like you to get to know our Second
4. What is your favorite subject to
Grade teacher Ms. Martins. She has
teach?
worked in our school for several
“Math, because I like when the kids
years and the children love to be in
start to get it.”
her class.
1.
What was your first job and
why?
“I worked at Acme supermarket
because at 16, it was close to
my home.”
2. If you could choose any grade
to teach which one would you
pick and why?
“I like second grade because
they are not too little but still
need help.“
5.
Why did you become a teacher?
“To help kids learn.”
6.
Is there a certain type of teaching
you do and why?
“I like to have kids involved, with
a group, the more they help the more
they get it.”
7.
Would you want to have a different
job instead of teaching?
“No, I love teaching. I love being here
for the kids.”
8.
What is your favorite color and
why?
“ Purple, because I had a purple bear
I use to take it everywhere with
me.”
9.
What is one memory from your
childhood you still remember today?
“ Going to Disney World for the
first time.”
10. Who is someone who inspires you?
“ My mom, because she told me to
Never Give Up.”
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Educator Spotlight
We would like to tell you about
our GAAPS classroom teacher
Ms. Paladino. Ms. Paladino has
been a teacher for several years.
She has a fun personality and
enjoys working with her students.
Here are some of the questions
we asked her.
1. What was your college
experience like?
“I went to school for Special
The Panther Press
Meet Ms. Paladino
by Lujine & Victoria
learn, which I enjoy.”
“The hardest part is not having
support from parents or not
having follow through from the
parents.”
3. Why did you become a teacher?
“My mom was a teacher and
inspired me to teach.”
4. In what ways do you encourage
creativity in your classroom?
“The students are allowed to
9. What do you like to do in your
spare time?
“I like to read and eat”
10. What was your first job?
“It was babysitting and being a
change what goal they work for
which includes a wide variety of
toys and technology use.”
nanny.”
5. What is something people would
Education at Seton Hall. I
be surprised to know about you?
lived on campus, and I was
“ I really enjoy baking.”
able to intern at four different 6. What is your favorite part of
schools.
teaching?
2. What is it like to working with
“Seeing my students progress.”
students at this age level?
“I’ve worked with students
7. Do you ever regret becoming a
teacher?
“No, I don’t because I feel like I
grade K-2 for 5 years now. I
really enjoy having different
have so much to contribute to
students each year. My
this profession.”
students at this age have so 8. What is the hardest part of
much energy and willingness to
teaching?
Meet Ms. D’Annibale - by Brianna & Victoria
Introducing one of our Special
“ I worked at a video store.”
Education classroom teacher Ms.
4. What is a surprising fact to
D’Annibale. Ms. D’Annibale has
know about you?
worked in our schools for a couple of
years. She enjoys working with the
“ I have a REALLY big fun
children. We hope you enjoy our
family.”
interview with her.
1. Why did you want to become a
teacher?
“Because I wanted to help
children learn.”
2. Why did you choose to become a
teacher at James Madison
School 10?
“ Because I love the principal,
staff, and kids. I love the
Garfield community.”
3. What was your first job?
5. What is the best part about
being a teacher?
“Seeing the kids learn progress
and learn new skills.”
6. Do you like working with kids
and why?
“I love working with kids because
they can be more fun than grown
ups.”
7. How many schools have you
worked in besides School 10?
“ I worked in two other schools.”
8. What do you like doing when you
come home from work?
“ I like to walk my dog and hang
out with my family.”
9. If you could have only eat one meal
each day what would it be?
“ Sushi, because I love Japanese
Food.”
10. Who do you look up to or someone
who inspires you?
“ I look up to my whole family.”
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Our Resource Room Teacher- Ms. McCauley by Gianna & Jessica
We would like to introduce you to our
resource teacher Ms. McCauley. She is new
to our school and to teaching. She teaches
the fourth and fifth grade resource students
Are you ready to meet her? Here are some
questions we asked her:
1.If you were not a teacher what would you
become?
I like to be a resource teacher because i
get to know the kids better and I have a
small group.
5. What is your favorite type of music?
My favorite type of music is the 70's. My
parents listened to it when I was growing
up. I know all the songs by heart.
In my spare time I love to read, hang
out with friends and family.
9.What do you like about the common
core ?
I like how the concepts are through
kindergarten-twelfth grade.
I would love to be a movie writer (script
writer). I love to guess and figure out what
has happened during a movie and love to
watch new movies!
10.What grades do you like to teach
6.Do you think technology will improve with why?
teaching?
4. Do you like to be a resource teacher?
time?
I like teaching all different types of
I think eventually everything will be done on grades. I have a specialty in young
2.What would people find surprising about
some kind of device, there will be no more grades. In older grades I can have fun
you?
pencil and paper.
and joke around like where I am right
now. In younger grade there always
I talk and walk during my sleep. I once
7.Have you worked in any other places?
happy too and
almost walked outside during the night in my
love to go to
sleep.
I have worked in 2 other places. As a high school.
school aid, finished as a pre-school
3.When did you want to become a teacher?
teacher and ended up here.
I always wanted to become a teacher since
5th grade. I loved my teacher Ms.Dorren.
8.What do you like to do in your spare
Family Events Committee
The family events committee has planned a Just Dance Night. It took place on
February 12th. There was dancing, music, and food. Everyone had a great time. The
students really enjoyed a night of dancing and hanging out with their friends.
School Climate
The monthly theme is responsibility. The school is having a
souper bowl food canned donation until March 18th
Gym
In the month of February School 10 have been working on all they're exercises. They have been practicing they're
exercises because they will be tested on push ups, running, and sit-ups. We want to see if the students will beat
they're score from the beginning of the school year. We also want to see if the students will beat the current
leaders on the leaderboard or the current leaders will remain on the leaderboard
School Health
The school nurse has been busy doing hearing screenings. With the weather
changing, the nurse would like to remind parents to dress their child
appropriately for the weather.
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Inside Our Classrooms
In the first grade the students
started to work on matter in
Science. In Math, they are
working on place value. In
Reading, The children are working on fact and opinion. In Social Studies, the students are
learning about Presidents
Washington and Lincoln. They
just completed their World
Language for the school year.
In second grade the children are working on the
following subjects:
-ELA: reading our weekly stories & finding the main
idea vs details, finding the theme of a story. We use
organizers for each weekly concept
-Writing: focusing on paragraph writing and using a
"hamburger" organizer to organize their sentences.
-math: subtracting two 2 digit numbers with
regrouping & constantly working on word problem
solving
-Social Studies- students researched with the IPADs
during class on their assigned president. Then over
the February recess they had to take that
information from their organizers and create a
creative project. Some students made posters, some
created a Lego presentation or made a book report.
Students then presented their projects to the class
so that the students start to practice listening to
others present.
The Third grade has learned a lot
this month. In math they are learning
about measurement and fractions.
In ELA the students are focusing on
run on sentences, similes, and
metaphors. Health is all about body
systems and in social studies the
students are learning about economy.
Good luck to the third graders when
they take the PARCC. Soon the third
graders are going to be some
Geniuses.
In the month of February, the 4th
grade have been really busy. In
math, the 4th grade are still
learning fractions and also area
models, they learned how to add
and subtract fractions and mixed
numbers and improper fractions. In
Science, the 4th grade had just
finished learning about Force and
Energy. In Reading, the 4th grade
have been learning Point of View and
have been practicing for the PARCC
Test.
This February the fifth grade has
been reviewing for the PARRC. The
children started a new program on
the Chrome books called “Test
Nav”. This is a program which
helps students prepare for the
PARCC by
providing sample
tests. The sample tests allow the
students to understand what kinds
of questions they will be seeing on
the actual test.
Art
Resource
BSIP
The Kindergarten students have been working
on their numbers 0-60. They have been
working on number recognition and writing
numbers 0-60. They have been working on
their addition and subtraction skills as well.
The children have also been learning new sight
words and are working on proper sentence
structure. They worked on projects related to
the 100th day of school. The students
learned about holidays that are celebrated in
February, such as Valentine’s Day, President’s
Day and Groundhog Day.. They made projects to celebrate the 100th Day of School.
The children have been learning
about the colors and the color wheel.
They learned what are cool colors, warm
colors, and primary colors.
Music
The kindergarten children are working
hard on memorizing their songs for their
moving up ceremony. The 1st and 2nd
grades are getting ready for their concert
on the 21st. They have been rehearsing
songs about animals.
Computers
Students have been learning working on
the program Microsoft Excel. We zeroed in
on creating a basic bar graph in all grade
levels. The students in the younger grades
are exploring KidPix and understanding
mouse control techniques to assist them
in drawing.
In Math, the 5th graders are doing a
project called volume city they have
measure and calculate the scoundrel of
the building. The 4th graders are doing
pizza fractions where they have to find
the fraction of each topping on the
pizza. In Language Arts we are doing
PAARC prep.
Basic skills teachers will be helping
teachers get ready for the PAARC test.
Our Wilson reading students are doing
great!!!!
Reading Specialist
4th Grade: In Reading the 4th Graders are
learning the structure and concepts of
Greek and Egyptian Mythology. Learning
ESL
different Character point of views and how
to compare the changes on someone else’s
In first grade they are taking it to
perspective. 5th Grade:In Reading the 5th
the next level and learning why weather
Graders are learning different characters
goes wild. Grade two is doing great and
point of view like 1st person, 2nd person,
moving on to why people work together.
3rd limited, and 3rd omniscient.continuing
Third grade is learning about science and
to find evidence and suppoting / explaining
what causes matter to change. Fourth
by restating quote and explain. By doiung
and fifth graders are working together
worksheets on King Artur and the Renaisand figuring what forces tend to change
sance and then suppoting from the text
Earth. Overall, this month is at the top and answering the multiple choice questions
of it all.
like about the Main Idea.
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Jokes
By Adrian, Patrick & Grace
1.
What do you call a slow skier?
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Where do polar bears keep their money?
2. What kind of hat does the world wear?
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What did the snowman say to the customer?
3. What is the saddest fruit?
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How does an Eskimo fix his home?
Fashion Blog
By Julia & Amaris
The best part about prints for February is that they are full of bright colors. Play up your favorite color in
a bold print by matching it with a solid pair of leggings!
Team up your prints with Chambray! A chambray shirt is the perfect addition to any outfit this season, but
we especially love it paired with our boho print leggings. Tie it up or tuck it in for the perfect play-date look!
Pair up a great pair of printed leggings or a patterned dress with neutral accessories like the Ankle
Boots or Glitter Mesh Slip Ons, for a balanced look!
Go Head to Toe! We know some days it’s the best we can do to get our little ones dressed and out the
door. For your rushed mornings there’s nothing easier (or more stylish) than going head to toe with prints
in a romper or a dress. We especially love the pops of blue and pattern in the Butterfly Catcher outfit!
Keep it Playful! Try matching your girls favorite graphic tee with a pair of printed leggings or joggers for a
casual look that’s perfect for the classroom or the playground! Keep the look cute and cohesive by staying
in the same color story for the print on bottom and graphics on top!
Marcel
Ms. Kaytor’s
Class
Artist of the Month!
Jessica
Ms. Naham’s
Class
Each month we will be showcasing
students artwork that they submitted
to our newspaper. These students
worked very hard on their drawings and
should be very proud.
Izabella
Mrs. Capozolli’s
Class
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February’s Horoscopes
Aries - March 21-April 20
Leo - July 23-August 23
Capricorn - December 22-January 20
People who were born in this section of the year
have unusually strong will power and great obstinacy of purpose. They are usually born to be fighters in every sense of the world: they have also the
greatest ability as organizers on a large scale. They
find themselves as the organizers of big schemes or
as the heads of big businesses, and also in the
organization and development of countries.
After a couple of days you will feel stress because of test to
study for or stuff in general. You won't feel that happy you will
feel down or may i say gloomy. You won't feel like how you
really are, but that's ok because you will know how to fix the
problem to stop being stressed out
People born in January are usually mentally strong, but
they are, as a rule, generally aren’t understood by other
people. They are thinkers, reasoners, and usually successful
in business or any form of government work. Capricorn is a
pushy Cardinal Earth sign ruled by Saturn, the planet of
adversity.
Taurus - April 21-May 21
Virgo - August 24-September 22
Be prepared for change. Something big is going to happen
soon. Don’t freak out though! Although it may not seem too
great at first, this will have positive results in your life
Aquarius - January 21-February 19
AQUARIANS have great desire for material gain, but are
not greedy. They are tireless workers and are willing to
work for what they want, and do not demand more than
their fair share. They read character instinctively, and for
this reason they "see through" people too easily to be
really happy.
People born under the sign of Taurus tend to be
very patient, practical and dedicated people. Such
people are usually very cautious when dealing with
You relationships with friends will go really well. You will stay
people, life and money. They have a curious power of
good with your friends for a while. People will like you as a good
dominating others, even when not conscious of
friend. But you might not like some of your friends and you will Pisces - February 20-March 20
trying to do so
get in minor arguments but you will apologize in the future to
The young Pisces are adventurous, ambitious, impulsive,
your friend.
Gemini - May 22-June 21
enthusiastic and full of energy. The Pisces are pioneers
The people who were born in this period are widely
both in thought and action, very open to new ideas and a
known for their dual personalities and ability to
lover of freedom. These people possess a curiously natural
If you see something you want to accomplish, go for it. Don’t
change mood from moment to moment. Although
understanding, which they do not obtain from books or
let anyone put you down and remember to your hardest. While study. They easily acquire, or rather absorb, knowledge,
they hate to be tied down, they make lively, enterit may seem like a lot of work, the award will be worth it.
taining and romantic partners, even if they can be
especially of the history of countries, travel, research, and
rather fickle if bored or unhappy
like subject.
Libra - September 23-October 22
Scorpio - October 23-November 21
Cancer - June 22-July 22
A couple of days from now in your home you will be
receiving a delightful surprise in your room. You will
feel like you are in your own world full of joy and
happiness. You will be surprised and happy. You will
feel like a winner. You will take this as a reward.
Sagittarius - November 22-December 21
You will soon find your social life expanding more than you
expected. You’ll have more friends than you can count while
your social life may clash with your school responsibilities from
time to time you will still be able to manage it all while having
time for yourself.
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Word Scramble
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ATTENTION, ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!
Need advice?
Don’t know what to do?
Feeling sad? Scared? Or Confused?
Dr. Panther is here to help.
Every month Dr. Panther will
answer some of your questions in
our school newspaper. If you have
a question or need advice, just fill
out a form located outside the
cafeteria
DR. PANTHER:
Question: I’ve been left out a lot. Can you help me?
Getting left out or excluded from games or conversations in school can be very
hurtful. So what should you do? First, think about who you are trying to play
with or talk to. Are the students nice? Are they your friends? Do they exclude
other people?
If they are usually nice, ask them why they don’t want you to play? They may
have a reason. If they are not nice and they exclude others also, then you
shouldn’t play with them anyway. It is important to play and spend time with
FRIENDS. If they exclude you, they are not your FRIENDS.
Here is an idea….the next time you have recess, look around and find a student
that is alone. Ask them to play, or to talk. Chances are, they will welcome your
invitation. Good Luck!
Question: My friend is always mean to me. How do I get her to stop?
You must let your friend know that she is making you feel bad. You can say “It
hurts my feelings when you say mean things to me.” If she does not stop, she is
NOT A REAL FRIEND. Remember, real friends care about you, respect you, and
would not hurt you on purpose. It is important to be honest about your feelings.
It is also important to spend time with people who are good to you.
Just remember…it is important to learn from our mistakes. They help
you make better choices in the future!