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Pre-Kindergarten students will read repetitive and predictable texts. Examples we will use are Five Little Monkeys (Christelow) and If you…(Numeroff). Additionally, we will conduct an author study of the works of Byron Barton.

Kindergarten students will be reading and analyzing similarities and differences among several versions of Little Red Riding Hood. We will look for cultural differences in the relating of these tales.

Grade One will finish the unit on media literacy skills. We will research another country as we plan a “trip”.

Grade Two will finish the unit on media literacy skills. We will also address Currency, Authority and Relevancy of media resources and the importance of locating and using the best resources for the topic. We will identify arrangement of the fiction section in the media center and discover strategies to use the electronic catalog as we locate information in our media center.

Grade Three will complete the unit on media literacy. We will identify musical language used in books written by Dr. Seuss. We will analyze genres of literature, introducing the play, poem and story.

Grade Four will complete biography research of the lives of famous African Americans and Famous Women. We will introduce searching using Boolean operators and refining/broadening our searches. We will discover the genres in the media center and review the medal winners of the Newbery Award. We will begin our study of media literacy.

Grade Five will finish our research of a famous person we selected. Fifth graders will be taking the media benchmark in early April. Following the benchmark, we will conduct our unit on media literacy.
Challenge News

There are many competitions that have deadlines quickly approaching…

March 1 is the deadline for all reading logs for the Weekly Reader “Read to Succeed” Program to guarantee they are received by their deadline. Students that read for 6 hours and submit the reading log with a confirming signature are entitled to a FREE ticket to a Six flags amusement park! Logs must be received by March 1!

March 9 is the deadline for National Schools Project--designed to share our youth’s talents with others, supply a national audience for student writing, and provide a publishing opportunity for young poets

All poetry forms are encouraged. Haiku (short poem in seventeen syllables arranged in three 5-7-5 syllable phrases to capture mood or a feeling) is the featured poetry form for the 2010 edition.
All poems must be no longer than 80 words in length.
There is a required submission form to accompany each poet’s submission.

March 26 is the deadline for entries into the media and technology festival! This is a great opportunity for students that have talents in this area to show us all what they have! Information can be found on-line at

http://media.ccps.org/medfest/festival.html

We really look forward to student participation in these contests. They are open to all students in our school! Please see/email Mrs. Wooddell as soon as possible if you have questions about participating. Email dlwooddell@ccps.org

The Rotary Club Spelling Bee will be held at Cecil College on April 24, 2010 for our school representatives. Congratulations to all those students. Information will be forthcoming.
The Charlestown Rising Stars Team is getting ready for the big competition on March 6, 2010. Rising Stars team members work together to solve age
appropriate challenges. They learn to explore and develop creative and critical thinking skills. The team consists of seven boys and girls from first and second grade. They have been working all year to present a structure made of newspaper and tape to the judges at the main competition which will be held at Bel Air Middle School. They have also tackled mini challenges that put their creativity and problem solving abilities to the test in a given moment. Please wish our team, Sydney Channell, Isabella Simon, Haydn Hulbert, Tanner Moore, Ian Ronald, Hailey Poole, and Natalie Steltzer as we get ready for the big competition.
Read to Succeed Reading Log is due March 1, 2010!

Are you looking for a unique way to honor or remember someone special?
For $20.00, a library-bound book (these are more durable than books that you buy at a bookstore) can be purchased. Inside the cover, a bookplate will be placed to honor or remember that special person. Additionally, the honoree can be the first to borrow this book.

Please help support this fund-raising opportunity for our school’s media center by sponsoring a book today!

All books are subject to the CCPS selection criteria.*

Attention Mrs. Wooddell, I would like to sponsor a book for Charlestown Elementary’s Media Center.

To honor To remember

(PRINT name of recipient) (for)

(PRINT name of grantor) phone number

I would like to sponsor*
Title of book/ author
I leave the book choice to the media specialist.

Signature Phone number

I have included the $20.00 for this sponsorship.

What's Going on in Class:

Insect Webliography

Directions: Click on the links below to find sites that can help you with your insect research.

General Link of Insects. Enchanted Learning.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/printouts.shtml

The Ant Kingdom: an on-line book.
http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/BE/Kingdom/0203/0203e.html

The Ant Farm’s Reading Room. LOTS of Ant websites!
http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/read/read.html

Army Ant http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/ants/army/index.html

Army Ant National Geographic site
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/08/army-ants/moffett-text

Bulldog Ant National Geographic site http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/bulldog-ants/moffett-text.html

Bulldog Ant
http://www.no-pest.com/BulldogAnt.htm

Fire Ant
http://www.fireant.net/
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A page dedicated to Beetles http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0502.htm

Beetle images are links to additional resources http://www.cirrusimage.com/beetles.htm

Honey Bee http://www.gpnc.org/honeybee.htm

Honey Bees. A National Geographic Site. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/honeybee.html

Wasps. Everything about Wasps.
http://www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps/
Nuisance Wasp and Bees. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05525.html

The Children’s Butterfly Site http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/
Information about butterflies and moths. Also includes the life cycle of butterflies.

Zoom Butterflies: Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/ Information about butterflies and moths and their life cycles and anatomy.

The Butterfly Site http://www.thebutterflysite.com/ More information about butterflies.

Tiger Butterfly information http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Tigersw.shtml

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Information An Encyclopedia Brittanica Entry. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1523238/tiger-swallowtail

Monarch Butterfly A World Wildlfe Fund website
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/monarchbutterflies/monarchbutterflies.html

Monarch Butterfly A great site about the monarch butterfly for kids. http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm

89 Butterfly I was able to find images but not a website dedicated to the lifecycle, especially since it seems to be an animal in adaptation. Use the general pages on butterflies above, and search images as needed to complete project.