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…
What does Mathematics instruction look like at Pittsfield Elementary? Last year, PES teachers spent time ensuring that all standards are met at each grade level. They have aligned the curriculum so that the same concepts are taught in all classes at a grade level, and that skills are built on in the following grade levels….
Our teachers are beginning to use the newly purchased software to organize our curriculum units in a consistent fashion. The Atlas Curriculum Mapping software asks teachers at all grade levels: · to describe the New Hampshire standards related to, for instance, a science unit; · to outline the key understandings and the knowledge our district…
March 14, 2010 Monday: Math 8.11 Study link and math boxes Students must begin to organize research, finishing unanswered questions if necessary. Important Dates: March 5 Resource materials collected. (Minimum of 3 sources, at least 2 types)* March 12 Research due March 19 Planner due March 26 1st draft check in April 2 Revised Draft…
Pittsfield Elementary School and Pittsfield Middle High School teachers are involved in a special science project this year called the New Hampshire Education and Environment Team. Teachers from four districts in the state—Pittsfield being one of them—are receiving support and training in developing science units that get students outside doing field investigations. They observe, collect…
Editors Note: This year The Pittsfield Schools have used federal stimulus money through the American Recovery and Revitalization Act to hire two one-year specialists who are charged with training teachers and supporting students who need extra help. Ms. Harvey, a fifth-grade classroom teacher with a graduate degree in mathematics is our new Math Lead Teacher….
Thank you for the time, energy, and materials you contributed to your children’s extremely successful Rube Goldberg projects. …
Welcome to March! After a much needed break students came back to school and amazed me with the work on their Rube Goldberg machines. Everyone showed a great deal of care in researching,planning, hypothesizing, experimenting, and reporting on their outrageous machines! Some featured elements include: A lift launch of the marble raised by a string…
If you need to contact me at any time during the year, please feel free to call the school at 435-8432 x107, send in a note with your child, or email me. Please note that phone calls and notes may be the best way to get a hold of me during the school day….
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…
