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Baker's kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students attended Family Math Night with their parents on Monday, November 25th. They enjoyed thirty different math games courtesy of the PTO, with assistance from Ms. Russo, Ms. Minakyan, and a fantastic group of fifth grade volunteers. A favorite event is always the jelly bean guess, with one of our kindergarten students guessing closest to the actual number of jelly beans in the jar.
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Fourth and fifth graders are learning about the importance of overcoming obstacles from Mr. Pendergast. Mr. Pendergast has been fighting ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, for many years. This is his 8th year returning to Baker to teach students about the Ride for Life. He is an inspirational individual who is helping to raise awareness for the ALS cause.
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Students in Mrs. Greenspoon and Mrs. Pappas’ third grade class and in Mrs. Murtagh’s class shared the nonfiction books that they wrote with their buddies.
Students from Mr. Dombrowski's fifth grade class met with Ms. Venegas' kindergarten class. The fifth graders chose picture books to read to their kindergarten buddies. Kindergarten students enjoyed the read alouds while fifth graders practiced their fluency and expression.
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Fourth grade students work together to write rhythm patterns on the SMARTBoard. Students were asked to use known rhythmic elements (quarter note, paired eighth notes, quarter rest and half note) to create as many four-beat patterns as possible.
Fifth grade students in Ms. Alexandrou's class perform their compositions on xylophones, Boomwhackers and the keyboard. Students used rhythmic and melodic concepts learned in fourth grade to write their own musical pieces. Students will continue to revise, perform and conduct their compositions in vocal music during the coming months.
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Students in third grade are designing and creating 3D printed crayon containers to donate to St. Mary's Children's Hospital. Last year, grade three students donated to Cohen Children's Medical Center. The containers are delivered with crayons donated by our PTO!
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The vocal music teachers from all of the elementary schools in Great Neck have been working hard on a special project for all of you! Click on the link to view the video. The music teachers hope you have as much fun watching and singing along as they did making it!
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Students in Mrs. Williams' class partner up to work on "Numbers" with OSMO. Students use tangible pieces in this unique interactive learning experience.
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Students in Mrs. Greenspoon's room were matched with biologist, Kyla Ost, through the Skype a Scientist program. Ms. Ost taught students about her work with microbes and showed her lab and the tools that she uses.
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Baker students collected over 500 donations to support the St. Aloysius Interfaith Food Pantry. The pantry feeds 50 to 60 families each week. We thank our Baker family for your generous donations.
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In the third of five books connected to our Habits for Life and "Baker Reads", the Baker family will be sharing "The Day You Begin" by Jacqueline Woodson. This is a beautiful book about making connections when we share stories. Everyone is different, and at some point that may make us feel alone. It takes courage to open up and share stories about the beauty in all of our lives.
