Boy, have we been busy at Chickering School and in the library!  We have completed our FIT & LIT Incentive program … everyone worked so hard and accomplished so much.  We had three classroom winners … the object was to read and exercise a lot but to be more balanced between the reading and moving.  The First Place winners, Mr. Harte’s class, developed a strategy to help them.  Second and Third Place winners were Mrs. Wasik and Mrs. Moran’s classes, respectively.  All three classrooms enjoyed their prizes.  We had a wonderful assembly to celebrate our successes … the Chickering Pep Band played and we all did the Cha Cha Slide with Mrs. Gillis.  Thank you to our parents who helped our students keep track of their minutes and now, hopefully, will help them put their necklaces in a safe place until next year!

In the Library …

Fifth grade has just finished their Explorer Interviews.  We met some very interesting gentlemen: learned about who they sailed for, their reasons for their expeditions, what they found, and the impact their discoveries had on the indigenous people and the world.

Fourth grade are busy writing their scripts for our “Good Morning, North America” show, hopefully to record in May.

Third graders are learning about the important women in the world who have made a difference since this is Women’s History Month.

Second graders are working on our first recorded Reader’s Theater which should air on this site in a couple of weeks, thanks to the generous permission of the author Eric Kimmel, who is letting us share our Reader’s Theater Ananzi and the Talking Melon.

First graders are now analyzing several different versions of a fairy tale to determine how they are the same and different.

Kindergarten has begun their Reptile research and creating their Reptile Journals.  They are learning to make picture-notes and then turning them into diagrams with their words.  They should be arriving home in a couple of weeks.

A new business in town, owned by Diane Hughes called, ‘Back Room Gifts’, and an artist, Amy Citarell, have very nicely donated a wonderful painting of an alligator to our library.  It seems that one of our library aides was checking out the new store and commented on how our kindergarten students would love the alligator – our experts on reptiles.  As you can see, the alligator looks right at home amid our jungle plants.  If you happen to stop in, please thank them for us.