Connors School Scoop

Dear Connors Families,

We had an exciting week at Connors with our Tenafly Nature Center Assembly for our 3rd-5th graders and Connors Theater Showcase featuring our 4th and 5th graders. We would like to wish a big congratulations to the 4th and 5th Grade students for their performance today! We are so thankful for everyone who was able to attend. Please make sure to review all of our exciting upcoming events!

NJIT E-STEM Challenge-Grades 4 and 5

NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs is proud to announce its 3rd annual elementary STEM challenge. The focus of the challenge is on engineering and design. This year's challenge will feature a "disruptive technology" question (involving topics such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, or Internet of Things) that student teams will have to solve using the Engineering Design Process. Student teams will design, build, and demonstrate (present) their working models. We will send 2 teams representing all three elementary schools. We only have slots for 4 students per school (two in 4th grade and two in 5th grade) in alignment with NJIT's guidance. In the interests of time and equity, should more than two students per school per grade be interested in committing to this endeavor, participants will be determined by a random draw. The teams will meet every Tuesday from mid-January through early March at Hoboken High School. The teams will participate in the on-campus challenge on March 24, 2023. Each team will be assigned an NJIT Student Mentor that will meet with the team on a weekly basis for 6 weeks prior to the competition to answer questions regarding rules, logistics, and to provide overall guidance. If your 4th or 5th grade student is interested in participating in the NJIT eSTEM Challenge 2023 please fill out this Google Form. Please feel free to VP Hamlin jhamlin@hoboken.k12.nj.us with any questions.

These are the challenge components:

-Engineering Design Device Demonstration: The first component of the challenge will require students to demonstrate the devices they worked on for the six weeks leading up to the competition. Judges will time, observe and evaluate the students using a score sheet during the device demonstration.

-Game Show Challenge: The second part of the challenge will be a game show style question and answer challenge where the teams will use a Computer Application to answer questions.

-Oral Presentation: The third part of the challenge will feature team members’ presentations of project overviews that include their design processes, concepts, and evidence of teamwork. The presentation will include a board/slide display and provide information on Engineering principles used as well as methodology and scientific reasoning.

-Engineer's Logbook: The fourth part of the challenge will require the team members to complete and submit an Engineer’s Logbook.

New Jersey School Climate Improvement Survey

Our school is participating in survey data collection using the New Jersey School Climate Improvement (NJ SCI) Survey to help obtain multiple perspectives on aspects of school climate. Collecting data is important for understanding strengths and needs in our school and how it feels to be a member of the school community. Your voice is important to us, and your opinions will help us to address current priorities. The survey is anonymous and it is voluntary. The results will be used to help create a plan to address school climate needs and make improvements to the school. You may submit a separate survey per child in the school building if you feel their experiences are different, but you do not have to. This survey is for you and reflects your experiences. The students and staff will all take the survey here at school. Click here to take the survey and enter the password: parent The survey will be open for two weeks and closes at the end of the day 11/25/2022, If you have any questions during or after the survey, please contact me at jhamlin@hoboken.k12.nj.us. We appreciate your ongoing support and look forward to exploring new ways to continue working together to create the most supportive and engaging learning environment for your child.

Connors PTO November Newsletter

We have the most incredible Connors PTO. If you are interested in volunteering at any upcoming event, please email connorspto@gmail.com. The Connors PTO monthly newsletter is an easy way to access information about PTO activities, school events, contact information and more. Our goal is to enable the Connors school community to easily stay connected and involved – even when you can’t join the PTO Meetings! Please click on the following link to access the November Connors PTO Newsletter

In addition, here are links to all of our upcoming exciting Connors PTO Events!

• Little City Books Holiday Book Fair (11/7-11/20)
• Thanksgiving Basket Drive (11/7-11/21)

PTO General Info

• PTO Website
• PTO Facebook Group
• Live PTO Calendar
• PTO Monthly Newsletter Archive + Meeting Minutes

Support Connors with our LITTLE CITY BOOKFAIR!

Here come the holidays! Yes, Halloween might be over, but there are a host of holidays rapidly approaching. Why not check a few things off your gift list and support Connors at the same time? Little City Books has kindly sponsored our second annual holiday book fair. When you shop from November 8th through November 20th through this link, 20% of sales will come right back to support the Connors PTO. If you shop in person in the store at 100 Bloomfield Street, just mention Connors at checkout. It's as easy as that!

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE -- Last Call for Items + Dropoff Info!

1. Please help us clear our Sign Up Genius Wish List this weekend. We still need a couple turkeys (check your ShopRite app or receipt or ask at the store if you are eligible) as well as a bunch of other food and tableware items.
2. All items (perishable and non-perishable) must be dropped off this Monday 11/21 at morning drop off.
3. Thank you to all those who are able to generously donate to our Thanksgiving Drive! The PTO team working on this project is looking forward to creating bountiful Thanksgiving meal baskets on Monday.

Minted.Com Holiday Cards-PTO Fundraiser

We’re excited to announce that we’re partnering with Minted this holiday season to help us fundraise! Please support the Connors PTO by ordering your holiday cards & gifts from www.Minted.com using our promo code FUNDRAISECONNORS. You’ll get 20% OFF your order and 15% of every purchase made using our code will be donated back to us at the end of the year! This code is available to friends and family too, so spread the word! Happy shopping!

LUNCH

Please ensure that you check with your child regarding what they would like to eat when you place your child's lunch order on the lunch order form. Oftentimes, children may want to choose different items than what their parents order for them which causes many students to feel upset. Here is the 11/21-11/23 Lunch Form. Here is the detailed lunch and breakfast menu from Chartwells, which has all of the nutritional information. https://hoboken.nutrislice.com/menus-eula.

Governor's Educator of the Year Nominations-GEOY

The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) aims to recognize educators and encourage them to become champions for education. Please take the time to honor our hardworking teachers and educational services professionals. Please find attached, the Governor’s Educator of the Year Program Nomination Form & Eligibility Criteria. Please be mindful to adhere to the Eligibility Requirements as detailed in the link below. Kindly submit your completed forms to the Main Office no later than November 25th, 2022.

Here is a link to the GEOY Nomination Google Form

Governor's Educator of the Year Nomination Google Form

Here is a link to the hard copies of the form. Hard copies will also be sent home with students in their backpacks:

https://www.nj.gov/education/recognition/educators/geoy/materials/NominationForm.pdf

(Please remember the due date of 11/25 as it will not appear in this link when you are completing).

Eligibility Requirements can be found here:

https://www.nj.gov/education/recognition/educators/geoy/materials/eligibilitycriteria.shtml

Elks Poster Contest:

The Elks is sponsoring a national-wide poster contest. Here is the link for more information: https://www.elks.org/dap/resources/poster.cfm

**VERY IMPORTANT**Attendance:

If your child will be absent from school, please email connorsattendance@hoboken.k12.nj.us along w/ your child’s homeroom teacher with the following information:

• Child’s Name

• Reason for absence

• Date of expected return

• Any documentation for your child’s absence (i.e. doctor’s note, court note, etc.)

School begins at 8:15 am. Please ensure that your child arrives on time to school and enters the building with their homeroom class.

Early Pick-Up

If you are picking up your child early from school, please Email connorsattendance@hoboken.k12.nj.us along w/ your child’s homeroom teacher with the following information by 10:00 am.

• Time that you will be picking up your child

• Who will be picking up your child. Make sure that whoever is picking up your child is listed on your child’s approved pick-up list. Connors Parent/Student Information Form 2022-2023

• Parents will not be able to sign children out between 2:30 and 3:00 PM. After 2:30 PM, you must wait until regular dismissal time.

Additional helpful sites/links

Hoboken Public School District Calendar 2022-2023

Connors Calendar of Events 2022-2023

T.G Connors School Directory 2022-2023

Connors Team 2022-2023

Who should I contact for assistance?

Connors Family Manual, FAQ's Connors Elementary School 2022-2023.

Connors PTO Google Site

2022-2023 District Assessment Calendar and Information to Parents

HPS Technology Google Site

Important Upcoming Dates

• November 7th-20th-Connors Little City Book Fair (PTO Fundraiser)
• November 7th-21st-Thanksgiving Turkey Donation Basket Drive
• November 20th-Youth City Challenge Race https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Hoboken/YouthCityChallengeRaceatLibertyStatePark
• November 23rd-Thanksgiving Class Celebrations and Learning Activities *PTO
  
• November 23rd-1:00pm Dismissal (No PTL)
• November 24th-25th-Thanksgiving/School Closed
• December 5th-Picture Day Retakes

All the best,

Juliana Addi, Connors School Principal

A big congratulations to the 4th and 5th Grade students for their performance today! The students learned about projection, stage direction and presence and about all the aspects that go into putting on a performance (on and off stage) and applied all this knowledge to put on this performance! We are so thankful for everyone who was able to attend. Our marking period showcase is now complete!

Our first-ever Connors Comedy Night on Thursday evening was amazing! How incredible to see a room full of nearly 60 Connors parents laughing, connecting and having a well-deserved night out! Thanks to all who joined us to make this a super successful event and fundraiser. For those who couldn't make it, we hope you'll join us at our next PTO social event. Thanks also to the Pilsener Haus + Biergarten for hosting us, our generous raffle donors (Baked by Melissa, School of Rock and Deerkill Day Camp), the host Dan Frigolette and his lineup of awesome comedians, and also to those who helped with planning and preparations behind-the-scenes. What a fun and memorable night!

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE -- Last Call for Items + Dropoff Info!

1. Please help us clear our Sign Up Genius Wish List this weekend. We still need a couple turkeys (check your ShopRite app or receipt or ask at the store if you are eligible) as well as a bunch of other food and tableware items.
2. All items (perishable and non-perishable) must be dropped off this Monday 11/21 at morning drop off.
3. Thank you to all those who are able to generously donate to our Thanksgiving Drive! The PTO team working on this project is looking forward to creating bountiful Thanksgiving meal baskets on Monday.

Support Connors with our Little City Book Fair!

Here come the holidays! Yes, Halloween might be over, but there are a host of holidays rapidly approaching. Why not check a few things off your gift list and support Connors at the same time? Little City Books has kindly sponsored our second annual holiday book fair. When you shop from November 8th through November 20th through this link, 20% of sales will come right back to support the Connors PTO. If you shop in person in the store at 100 Bloomfield Street, just mention Connors at checkout. It's as easy as that!

Here is the registration link: https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Hoboken/YouthCityChallengeRaceatLibertyStatePark

We’re excited to announce that we’re partnering with Minted this holiday season to help us fundraise! Please support the Connors PTO by ordering your holiday cards & gifts from www.Minted.com using our promo code FUNDRAISECONNORS. You’ll get 20% OFF your order and 15% of every purchase made using our code will be donated back to us at the end of the year! This code is available to friends and family too, so spread the word! Happy shopping!

Gatherings are hosted by Dr. Cecilia D’Elia, Director of Special Services.

Please contact her at 201.356.3635 or cdelia@hoboken.k12.nj.us for more information

To get calendar reminders and SEPAG updates complete this Google Form

Ms. Fleischer, Ms. Watson, Mrs. Schain, Ms. Bartolotti, Mrs. White, Ms. Romanowski and Ms. DePascale

Math: This week we wrapped Unit 2 which is measurement and comparing objects. Students compared real life objects by using the words longer or shorter. They were able to sort animals from shortest to longest Students learned how to measure objects using nonstandard units. Students played many measurement games during math workshop. Each students is learning how to use IXL and classworks to reinforce skills to obtain mastery. Keep it up Kindergartners!!!

Social Studies: This week students are reviewing important information we’ve learned so far through our Young Citizens book. We have learned vocabulary associated with time such as the past, present, and future. When looking at time students focus on pictures and put them in order according to when they took place. Time also includes the morning, afternoon, evening, and night. We talk about the different events that take place within these times of day. Another important takeaway is the significance of following rules. Students focus on the rules we have in place in the classroom and with their families. Rules are put in place for many reasons: to keep us safe, to ensure students can learn, to keep things fair, and to remain kind and respectful to others. When learning about rules students focused on the Golden Rule. The Golden Rule is to treat others the way you want to be treated. We talked about the importance of treating people kindly so they will in return treat you with the same respect and kindness. Lastly students share the members that make up their families. We are discussing the different family types and what makes them unique.

Writer's Workshop: This week in writers workshop we reviewed verbs and nouns. We made sentences using a noun and a verb. We also sorted nouns vs. verbs in a center! This week we also continued to discuss our non-fiction writing about animals. We revised and edited our drafts, by checking spelling, adding more details, and double checking our sentence structure. Once we knew our stories made sense we worked with a peer to help us to continue to revise our work. Afterwards, we were able to write our final copy. We worked our hardest and tried our best! We even drew and colored a picture to match our story. We then had an author celebration! Each student was able to read their story to the class! We are writers!!!!

Reader's Workshop: This week in Kindergarten Reader's Workshop, we wrapped up unit 2. The essential question was: What kind of bugs do you know about? Students were able to answer the essential question when reading the story I Love Bugs! We were so impressed when our Kindergarten friends read Pat and Tap Tap Tap! as a class. We love watching our students tap-out sounds and blend them together to read an unknown word! As this week was a review week, Kindergarteners reviewed the following letters and their sounds: Aa, Mm, Pp, Ss, & Tt. They also reviewed the following sight words: a, I, can, we, the, see, & like. Our KOALIFIED KINDERGARTENERS did amazing during centers, using their sight words in sentences, identifying beginning and ending sounds, and reading during guided reading. We look forward to another incredible week of learning with our Kindergarten Readers!

Science: Last week in Kindergarten we learned about an engineer’s design process. We talked about how, in order for engineers to solve problems, they plan and build a model before they test it. We also discussed how sometimes our models need to be redesigned, that’s part of the process! Our kindergartners worked hard designing and building a tower to hold up their workbook from a piece of thick paper. They were amazed by the results! We were also lucky to have a virtual visit from our friends at Veolia Water company who taught us all about bubbles!

Ms. Sheridan, Ms. Klag, Ms. Vayda, and Ms. Stinson

ELA: This week our essential question was, "What jobs need to be done in a community?" Students spent time brainstorming vocabulary words that relate to jobs. In phonics, we learned to spell and read words with short e and ea. Our new high frequency words were: again, help, new, there, and use. We read lots of stories that focused on our essential question and helped us identify main story elements, such as characters, setting, and events. Students used graphic organizers to help them understand this concept. We also focused on making and confirming predictions. It is important for students to make thoughtful predictions, based on the pictures and the text they have already read. Our grammar focus was on inflectional ending -ed. We reviewed what a verb is and how we use -ed at the end of a verb to show it happened in the past. We also discussed the 3 different sounds -ed can make. In writing, we finished our first personal narrative and had a writing celebration. Students are now working on another small moment to write about. Keep up the amazing writing!

Math: This week during Math, students completed Unit 2 from Investigations... All About Shapes. Students took the Unit 2 Assessment and tried their very best to answer questions about names of shapes, describing shapes and composing shapes. During the week, we also moved on to Unit 3..Counting on and Counting back. We look forward to learning more about how to add and subtract using dice and learning how to answer the question "how many of each" while problem solving and reading word problems.

Social Studies: This week in Social Studies we continued chapter two in our Young Citizens textbook. Chapter two talks all about what we do in school. After discussing the important roles in a school, we then discussed listening and speaking in school. We talked about what makes a student a good listener. Students shared that listening to directions helps them understand what to do. We also discussed ways to be a good speaker. The students shared some great ideas. We even got to practice with an activity from our textbooks. The students were given a sheet of paper and coloring utensils. The teacher told them instructions to follow like “color the three lemons yellow”. After the teacher gave about 10 directions, the students reviewed why they needed to listen carefully to do this task. Also we went over what the teacher could have done to be a better speaker. This was a great challenging activity that the students really enjoyed. Also, since Thanksgiving is coming up we have been talking about the many things we are thankful for. We did a little writing craft to go along with it. They are so cute!

Ms. Garcia, Ms. Rinaldi, Ms. Pokorny, Ms. Criqui and Ms. Romanowski

ELA: This week our fabulous second graders learned about fables. Students started to learn the important skills of making, confirming, and revising predictions, retelling, and identifying problems and finding their solutions in fables. Students read “Wolf! Wolf!” and made connections to the story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Students were able to make predictions by using the essential question for this text set, “What can animals in stories teach us?” Students were also able to understand the importance of revising and confirming predictions while double checking the text for evidence to support their answers. The phonics focus this week was soft c and soft g. In writing this week students continued to work on their animal research expository books.

Social Studies: On Monday, we learned about Veteran's Day. We put together and colored a booklet about Veteran's Day. After reading our book together as a class, we were able to write a letter to a veteran thanking them for their service. We also were able to complete the last part of our Chapter 1 project! We created a timeline of our own lives in order to show changes that have happened over time. Each of our timelines showed events that have happened in the past, what is happening in the present, and what we want to happen in the future. We ended the week by presenting these timelines with artifacts. Everyone did a wonderful job!

Math: This week we started unit 2 in math! We are learning all about Geometry. We learned that a polygon is a closed shape with straight sides. During math workshop we played with Geoblocks and magnatiles to discover 3D shapes like cubes, rectangular prisms, and triangular prisms. We learned all about the faces, vertices, and sides. We’re so excited to keep learning about 2D and 3D shapes next week!

Ms. Criqui's class:

ELA- This week in ELA, students practiced reading and spelling words that contain the soft c and g sounds. For example, ice and edge. Students also practiced making predictions for books that they have not read yet! Students learned that it is okay if their predictions are not correct and readers often revise their predictions as the story continues.

Math- This week in math, students began to investigate 2D and 3D shapes! Students watched a BrainPop video to learn the meaning of face, edge and vertex. Then they practiced counting the number of faces, edges and vertices by engaging in fun games such as “mystery shape” and “draw a face.” Students also continued to practice their math fact fluency.

Ms. Januse, Ms. Hall, Ms. Schmidt, Ms.Criqui, Ms. Layson,

Ms. Goodwin and Ms. Stinson

ELA: The third graders had a busy week focusing on our covel novel, The Littles, and our shared read, Sailing to America. Students identified character traits and analyzed how characters develop and change. They then used this information to discuss theme, or the author's message, in various texts. Additionally, students explored point of view by completing POV centers, interactive notebook activities, and reading opportunities to practice recognizing and understanding perspective across texts. Students will continue using this important skill to engage in narrative writing from a character's point of view.

Math: This week students continued to find the relationship between measurement and graphing. We worked on converting inches into feet and then plotting the data on a line plot. On Friday, students played a Jeopardy style review game in order to prepare for the Unit 2 test that we will be taking next week.

Social Studies: This week students reflected on their responsibility as citizens. We emphasized the duties of voting and advocating for change. Students learned what it means to be a part of a democracy and how elections work. They also explored the steps to creating change and how they can advocate for change in their own communities.

Third Grade Thrills: On Wednesday third grade students had the exciting pleasure of participating in a Tenafly Nature Center presentation! Students learned about threatened, endangered, and extinct species. Students were able to see a few live animals from species that are threatened, including a box turtle and a corn snake! Students analyzed how human action can impact the preservation of certain species and brainstormed conservation efforts. Thanks for an insightful presentation, Tenafly Nature Center!

Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Schulz, Ms. Goodwin, Ms. Layson and Ms. DePascale

ELA: Phenomenal 4th Graders have been working on their creative writing skills! This month's district writing task focus is narrative writing. First, students wrote a pre-assessment fantasy story about what happens when they put on a pair of wacky shoes. Then, this week the authors wrote a second story about a pair of magical glasses following the Writer's Workshop process of brainstorm, plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish. After writing each paragraph, students had an opportunity to share their work, and it was a magical moment to see so many hands up in the air volunteering! Next week, students will write their final assessment story, applying the skills they learned during Writer's Workshop.

Math: Phenomenal 4th Graders completed the Unit 3 Math Assessment on Multiplication and they did a great job! Students are now working on Division. Students are learning and understanding the relationship between multiplication and division to solve division problems. In this unit students will be solving division problems, using and interpreting division notation, solving division problems by making groups of the divisior, and using the relationship between multiplication and division to solve division problems.

Social Studies: The Phenomenal 4th Graders honored Veterans this week by writing letters thanking members for their service to our country. Students listened to "Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops" by First Lady Jill Biden. Students learned about families of service members through Mrs. Biden's personal experiences.

Science: Last week in Science we continued to discuss the ideas of criteria and constraints, through the lens of an engineer. The students were asked to work in teams and create either the tallest tower or the strongest tower that they could out of only index cards. Most students were very surprised that small index cards could hold up a lot of weight if they were positioned properly. They were very proud of their creations!

Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Schultes, Ms. Pokorny, Ms. Layson and Ms. Hirniak

Math: This week in Math we began our fractions unit. Students started by exploring equivalent fractions. Students were given pictures of grid that were 5x12, 10x10, 6x4 and had to fill in the grids based on the fraction they were given. Students learned two strategies for finding the equivalent fractions (using the grid and converting to equivalent fractions). We also began our lessons on comparing and ordering fractions. Students learned that they can use benchmarks, circles (but we discussed the drawbacks of this strategy), and converting fractions. It is a very difficult skills but students are doing a great job at applying the mini lessons.

ELA: Students continued reading and discussing Coraline this week during ELA. They have focused on making predictions based upon context clues and what they already know. In ELA, we also continued focusing on narrative writing. We worked together to plan our narrative story from the first person perspective of the character, Johnny, in a Paul Bunyan excerpt. We then began developing Johnny's perspective with his internal monologue, as well as the dialogue he had with Paul Bunyan. We are looking forward to continuing our work with our novel and narratives.

Social Studies: This week in Social Studies we started our Young Citizens unit on the Industrial Revolution. To gain background knowledge on our new unit, pairs of students worked together to do a Readers Theater on the Industrial Revolution. Afterwards we watched a short clip from Lucy when she worked at a chocolate factory. Although a hysterical clip, it does show how stressful working on an assembly line can be. We also worked on comprehension questions from the Readers Theater and completed a context clues vocabulary activity based on the words from our Reader’s Theater script.

Science: This week in 5th grade science students learned about plants! As a class, we analyzed what a plant needs in order to grow, as well as what prevents plants from growing. Following this, students drew their own model of an irrigation system to show how plants are able to receive water!

It has been a busy week in Ms. Sivo and Ms. Arciero's classes! We have continued to work on our novels, and have been participating in fantastic discussions about our main characters and their settings! Students have also been hard at work in math centers. In some exciting news, we got a visit from Tenafly Nature Center, and met a turtle named Star and a snake! Our fifth graders have also been practicing very hard for their theatre showcase, we can't wait to see the amazing production! Finally, fifth graders also led the announcements this week, and got to have Pizza with the Principal, they had such a wonderful time! We are so proud of all the teamwork, hard work, and fun we have been having these past couple of weeks!

Science: This week in Science we began our unit on how energy gets transformed by plants! We discussed what plants need to survive and what would happen if they didn’t have their needs met. We also drew models of ways we could create an irrigation system that would bring water to farmland that is dry. The best part was planting our own seeds! The students were very excited to water and care for their plants. Wish us luck that they will grow on our sunny windowsill!

This week during RTI students began each session with the Three Part Drill which is the multi-sensory review of learned phonetic concepts. On Monday, after the Three Part Drill, students in kindergarten used the multisensory approach to learn the letters c,o and a. First through fifth grade students reviewed digraphs (sh,wh,ch, and th). Students read words and wrote words with these digraphs to practice their fluency. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, students learned new Red Words. Red words are words that are not phonetic along with some high-frequency and sight words. Students practiced these words using the multisensory approach which helps the students recognize the words quicker as they read.

Following word work, students were introduced to their guided reading book for the week. During the introduction, students completed a picture walk and made predictions. Then, students read the book as the teacher listened to each child and provided feedback. After the students read the story, students worked on a comprehension task. Students in first through fourth grade practiced retelling the story using the retell rope. Fifth graders wrote summaries of their guided reading story.

Lastly on Thursday and Friday, students completed their grade level PGP task focusing on literacy.

On Mondays - Wednesdays during the Individualized Learning Pathway (ILP) period, students who have qualified to participate in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) programming engage in a wide array of verbal course offerings that address their specific strengths and interests. Johns Hopkins CTY believes in researching and advancing ways to identify and nurture academically talented learners. CTY furthers research, guides educators and families and inspires students from diverse communities and backgrounds to pursue their intellectual passions and create the world of tomorrow.

This week, we would like to highlight one of the CTY courses offered to our Hoboken students this fall:

Johns Hopkins CTY Young Readers Series: Magical Life Lessons - Take an adventure, experience the joys and pitfalls of fantastical new abilities, and encounter the transforming power of magical life lessons. In this CTY course, students will read four novels about kids who experience magic and learn amazing things about themselves in the process. Students will learn how to look at fiction with a critical lens and analyze elements of literature like themes, characterization, perspective, and literary devices while making connections to the real world. Throughout this CTY course, students will also participate in discussion boards to further their critical thinking skills, and complete both creative and analytical writing assignments. Each week, they will receive detailed, personal feedback on their writing that will help these young scholars grow as critical readers and writers.

-GK

Native American Month-Pottery

Explorers in Kindergarten are once again embarking on a new journey. They are delving into the Apache Tribe to learn about how life was back then for Native Americans. The Apache Tribe was one of the Native American tribes that occupied the continent in the past. Through the eyes of the Apache Tribe, our young explorers will observe pottery making and then making their own pinch bowl using the Magic Clay and coloring supplies. In addition, they will trace back the footprint of where the Apache tribe used to live, in what types of places, territories, states, and houses. They will explore the brief history through an Apache Tribe Mini Book and pottery making!

-G1

Native American Month-Headdress

Travelers in First Grade are extending their Native American journey experience to the Wampanoag Tribe. In addition, travelers are making a paper headdress with paper feathers to resemble headdresses which were worn by brave and strong Native American leaders and chiefs of the tribes. Travelers are having tons of fun learning about some interesting facts about the Wampanoag tribe by using the mini books and making Native American headbands!

-G2

The Wolf That Cried Wolf Acting Fable

Artists in Second Grade are once again on the roll for rehearsing and acting out a fable. This time they will be presenting the fable called “The Wolf That Cried Wolf”. Artists created props that identify with their character. By working collaboratively, artists got together to rehearse their lines by using the script. They used a Presentation Practice Rubric to follow their success in the rehearsal. Artists are very enthusiastic to present their work with their classes!

-G3

STEAM Tank Challenge

Future Engineers in 3rd Grade are continuing working on the STEAM Tank Challenge by working collaboratively in groups and brainstorming ideas for their project, invention, or innovation. Engineers will be applying their knowledge of Engineering Design Process to guide them through the process. In addition, they are using Google Slides to constrict their presentation to get ready to pitch their idea to the first round of the challenge!

-G4

Mock Trial-Humpty Dumpty vs. The King Case

The case of Humpty Dumpty v. The King is officially underway in the court. Young lawyers are using the script to analyze the case by using the prior knowledge of the Vocabulary Terms and cases they have looked at before to dive deep into understanding the situation between Humpty Dumpty and the King. Everyone at the court is taking part in the Popcorn Read Aloud while using the script. Students can’t wait to find out the details and the outcome of the case!

-G5

Sustainable Goals and Activism

Future Environmentalists in 5th Grade are learning about what activism is, its purpose of existence and different types as well as perspectives of activism. Using an article by Newsela, it gives a general overview of the topic and why some people decide to become activists. After reading an article, environmentalists will hold a discussion and take a quiz to assess their understanding and attention to the details from the article. In addition, students will think of some world problems and/or community problems that need activists’ attention in order to improve the planet and bring positive change to the people and an environment.

This week in PE we split some time between the gym, the classroom, and being outdoors for class as the gym was being used for different school functions. While students were in the gym we focused on finishing up our manipulative skills unit playing different throwing and catching games. When we were in the classroom and outside we focused on different fitness concepts and practiced locomotor skills. Regardless of where class happened we had an awesome time and worked hard!

Hi Connors families,

The week of November 14th, our students had some fun learning about the treble clef and my favorite instrument family, the percussion family.

In Ms. Bartolotti’s class the students learned about so many various percussion instruments. I can’t even list them all. From pitched percussion to non-pitched percussion they learned that all percussion instruments are hit, shaken, or scraped. They played some shakers with me and even got to hear how a tuning fork vibrates to make a certain pitch. Here Chloe and Aditi are playing one of the coolest drums, the Cajon!

In Ms. Pokorny’s class the students started learning all about the treble clef. When a musician plays the flute, what clef are they reading? How about a clarinet? They also started learning all about the note placement. A musician needs to know what note to play when they are reading their music, so it’s very important to get our 2nd graders to learn how to read notes on the treble clef. Here is Macie leading her class in spelling words using the treble clef.

All of us in art this week worked hard to finish the remaining projects that were put on pause for Halloween/Fall themed art! Some of us finished our pumpkin patches, haunted houses, or spider webs. Others finished their drips to be added to our giant drip wall or continued working on their dot project! Once our art projects were finished, students had a mini lesson on stained glass and created a mini stained glass artwork. The first step to create our mini art was to crumble up our paper. They were very excited about this step! They all investigated the lines and shapes the wrinkles made when opening their paper back up. Taking their time, students outlined as many shapes as they could to create the outline of the stained glass. They used materials of their choice to color it in!

This week in Mandarin class, the kindergarteners reviewed numbers by doing a butterfly worksheet and writing missing numbers on a snake pattern. The first graders drew a turkey tail by connecting thirty numbers in Chinese, and wrote Thanksgiving messages to family, teachers and friends. The grade 3-5 students started a sports unit. They learned how to express their preferences in different sports. They also write a chant of five sports of their choice.

Email: juliana.addi@hoboken.k12.nj.us
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