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Note: Author Katie Bass is a second-grade classroom teacher, who also serves as PES’s Responsive Classroom Lead Teacher. She taught grade four for her first four years at PES. In looking back at my five years here at Pittsfield Elementary, I can easily say that I have come a long way in my communication with parents….

  Here at Pittsfield Elementary School we teach using the Four Blocks Literacy Framework as well as the Everyday Mathematics program. The four blocks consist of Guided Reading, Self-Selected Reading (SSR), Working with Words and the Writing Block. These blocks, as well as mathematics, are taught daily. In addition, students will be exposed to Science…

  Every Friday morning between 8:00 and 8:30, PES students in grades 4-6, visit their book buddies in grades 1-3.

The drawing below was made by Alen Husic, an NHTI student who worked this winter with the PES Project Home Team. The drawing shows potential projects we might take on in coming years. The next Project Home meeting is May 26.

  Check out some student work from the 2009-2010 first grade class. Student work from 2010-2011 will be posted on our classroom blog (http://mrsmarble.edublogs.org/).   Student readings of written stories Lucy- Blue Lion Lucy – Blue Lion  Makayla- My Kitten Sunny Makayla – My Kitten Sunny   Please feel free to leave comments to let…

[nggallery id=5] This year sixth-graders meet with their first-grade book buddies weekly to read.   Today they also shared lunch time.