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on the

What's New page

We'll keep them here to so you can still look at them

Miss Brower

for being chosen 2009 Governor's Teacher Recognition Award winner

The 2009 JMP Staff Entertainment show was a big hit.

The baby chicks are here! Miss Heine's class had the first chicks to hatch. The little guy below was the first followed by a few of his friends. There are soon to be many more.

Watch a video of a chick hatching

HERE

See some of our hallway displays

and

Showcases

HERE

Earlier this year, Miss Brower organized a fun event to help raise money for "AUTISM SPEAKS". The staff at JMP brought in pictures of themselves when they were children. The pictures were then displayed and students had the opportunity to try to guess who they might be. The names were later added so everyone could check their guesses. Thanks to all who participated. See the display HERE

On Tuesday December 16, the Kindergarteners of JMP had their annual TEDDY BEAR PARADE. Click on the Teddy Bear to watch the parade.

The Reading & Writing Connection

With

Leah Mermelstein

Thanks to the generosity of our PTO, the teachers at James Madison Primary School explored the planning of reading and writing units with Leah Mermelstein, an expert in the field of literacy.

Leah challenged our kindergarten and first grade teachers to examine their writing goals in a Small Moments Unit of Study, and then envision what those goals could mean for the teaching of reading. With Leah's direction, the teachers looked at their writing goals with a reading lens. This, in turn, opened up grand opportunities to develop well connected reading and writing lessons.

Our grade two teachers traveled a different path with Leah. They chose to develop additional lessons to enhance and extend the current Nonfiction Unit of Study. The work began with an introduction to the different types of nonfiction studies and the various methods for choosing a topic. Dialog followed regarding the establishment of goals, text structure, conventions, and language particular to the genre. Much to everyone's delight, a variety of new and exciting structures of nonfiction came to life.

The day's work ended with a debriefing session in which we celebrated our many experiences in small group shares. We were awed and inspired by a realm of possibilities. We soon realized that our experience produced more questions than answers, and so the dialog and the learning will continue.

On May 15th , Mrs. Rinaldi's Class with the efforts of the JMP Family came together to give back to our community. With the slogan,

'Let's Give Back By Wearing A Hat'

Raised $900.00!

Students then purchased items that our local shelter needed and presented these baskets on June 3, 2009.

This years

JMP Pumpkin Patch

Thanks

to the

JMP-PTO

Recently Mrs. Riolo arranged a "Book Unveiling" held in the JMP library to showcase new books purchased for use in the classsrooms. This event allowed teachers to explore and preview these books during their free periods and lunch. Some of the new books were purchased and donated by the JMP PTO. The staff and students say "THANK YOU".

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