October 1 - October 18

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Wednesday, October 1 Taking Notes   Fourth graders are preparing reports on New York State animals. Note taking is an important skill and is still best done with paper, pencil and book.

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Thursday, October 3 A Trip To the Orchard   First graders took a fall trip to the orchard where they saw more than apples!

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Monday, October 7 School Pictures   Smiles were required all day long as school pictures were taken.

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Tuesday, October 8 Fire Drills   Fire drills prepare the children in the event of an emergency. These kindergartners have remembered to exit the building in quiet straight lines.

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Wednesday, October 9 Fire Safety   Fire safety lessons were brought inside the classrooms as well, as local firefighters visited all classrooms to teach basic fire safety lessons to the children.

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Thursday, October 10 Helen Keller's Life   Keller Johnson-Thompson, great grandniece of Helen Keller and Ambassador for the American Foundation for the Blind, presented highlights of Helen Keller's life through a slide presentation and talk for fourth grade classes.

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Tuesday, October 15 Learning About Our Government   Mr. Dzikas's fifth grade class has created their own classrrom government, modeled after our United States government.

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Wednesday, October 16 Rainy Day Run   A rainy day means gym classes indoors. This was a warm-up run to get the blood flowing.

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Thursday, October 17 New York State   Ms. Javarone's and Miss Holland's fourth graders are making a map of New York State. They are using plywood and plaster to show the mountains and lowlands of our state.

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Friday, October 18 Computer Time   Kindergartners are learning to "log on" and use the new wireless laptop computers this year.

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