Note: The following article summary is shared with permission from Kim Marshall, a former Boston principal, author, and nationally recognized educator. This is from his weekly educator e-newsletter, The Marshall Memo. In this New York Times article, sixth-grade teacher Sara Mosle says some parents are overly intrusive, which robs children of the opportunity to solve…
As Pittsfield readers may know, we have been on a journey of redesign of our schools for several years; this work may be thought of as a reinvention of our schools to become more student-centered. This means that we are becoming more responsive than ever to individual student needs, strengths, and interests. One of the…
Grades 1-3 Works Featured at the PES Music and Arts Festival.
Monday 8:00-8:30 Morning Meeting 8:30-9:00 WIN 9:00-9:15 Snack 9:15-11:00 Literacy 11:00-11:30 Science 11:30-11:55 Recess 11:55-12:20 Lunch 12:20-12:45 Flex Time 12:45-1:30 Art 1:30-2:30 Math Tuesday 8:00-8:30 Morning Meeting 8:30-9:00 WIN 9:00-9:15 Snack 9:15-11:00 Literacy 11:00-11:30 Science 11:30-11:55 Recess 11:55-12:20 Lunch 12:20-12:45 Flex Time 12:45-1:30 P.E. 1:30-2:30 Math Wednesday 8:00-8:30 Morning Meeting 8:30-9:00 Working with Words 9:00-9:15 Snack…
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In the primary grades at Pittsfield Elementary School, our Everyday Mathematics curriculum includes many counting activities that use number grids. For example, we might have children count by 10s starting at 17 (17, 27, 37, 47, 57) or count backward by 10s starting at 84 (84, 74, 64, 54). Parents can use number grids at…
