4th/5th Grade to Dudley Farm As a culminating activity to the reading of our book, A Land Remembered, our 4th/5th grade class paid a visit to Dudley Farm historical site. The setting of our book was Florida in the mid 1800’s. Through reading the book we learned about pioneer life, cattle ranching and the joys and hardships of the time period. The trip to Dudley Farm allowed us to step back in time and experience what life was like for the early Florida Crackers. We enjoyed washing clothes in tubs, drawing water from the well, grinding corn, feeding chickens, plowing a field, watering the garden, pumping water and picking fresh mulberries. We discovered the hardships of this time period and decided we are happy to be living in the 21st century. Sunshine State Reader Books One of our reading incentive programs at MMS for the 4th/5th grade students is the optional reading of the Sunshine State Reader Books. To complete the program each student must read at least 5 books from the list of 15. Those students that meet, or exceed, their reading goal are able to participate in the state-wide voting to help decide the year’s winner, and enjoy a pizza/movie party. This year’s participants included: Kyleigh Beecham, Ava Bender, Becca Bernal*, Sumin Choi *, Shreya Pathak*, Bella Kemp*, Anna Tosolini, Charlie Meyerson, Shadee Tajalli and Juliana Valentine. The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for personal satisfaction, based on interest rather than reading level. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. Students are encouraged to read books that are above, on, and below their tested reading level in order to improve their reading fluency. You can visit the site, and get a head start on the books for the 2011-2012 school year at: http://myssyra.org/default.html Congratulations to all who participated! * students who read all 15/15 books
Summer 2011 Montessori Monitor
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