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74th Year, No. 5 Freeport, N.Y. 11520 The Community Newspaper Thursday, January 29, 2009 75^
Westward ho! at Atkinson
Caroline G. Atkinson School turned the clocks back to the days of the Westward Expansion with a comprehensive hands-on program that had the whole fifth-grade class churning butter, panning for gold and line-dancing to "Cotton-Eyed Joe."
"Pioneer Day is a culminating activity ^""^at brings history to life," said fifth-grade —teacher Karen Wecksler, one of the coordinators of the event.
"The fifth-grade class spent weeks learning about the Westward Expansion, the Lewis and Clark Expedition and life as it was during the 1800s. TTiis event allows students to experience in an interactive way what they had learned in the textbook," she said.
"After taking the state [New York state social studies] test back in November and working intensely in the classroom, this is a day where the students can relax a bit and just he kids."
Girls, some dressed in aprons and kerchiefs, and boys in suspenders and straw hats, had fun playing games pertinent to the time period. '.'Drop the Hankie" (similar to
"Duck, Duck, Goose"), bean bag toss,
checkers, and three-legged races were all
part of the pioneer games that" took place in
the gymnasium. Back in the art room, students constructed log cabins out of pretzels, popsicle sticks, cardboard and chocolate frosting to hold them together.
"This is a two-rooin log cabin," said fifth-grader Sarah Edmond as she put the final touches on her cabin. "At the top is a room where the older children would have slept."
Other activities threaded across the entire fifth-grade curriculum. The bingo cards in Pioneer Bingo were filled with vocabulary words instead of numbers, retrieved from their English/language arts curriculum, and panning for gold incorporated science and
STUDENTS AT CAROLINE G. ATKINSON SCHOOL put the
finishing touches on their log cabin made out of pretzels, popsicle sticks, cardboard and frosting. The activity was one of nnany held during the school's Pioneer Day, a culminating event that brought to life the days of the Westward Expansion, part of the fifth-grade social studies curriculum.
math skills such as estimating and predicting.
In the auditorium, students tested their creativity by watching a 10-minute video of songs and dances from the time period and then using the melodies of the songs to create their own lyrics and dances. In the library a history of famous Americans was portrayed by "living statues," students dressed as famous figures of the time period. When they were signaled, they "came to life" to tell their story.
In all, 23 fifth-grade classes or about 500 students participated in the event. "This event was not only fiin but provided another way for our students to understand the curriculum," added fifth-grade teacher Kerri Sparacia. "We were very pleased with the number of parents that helped with this program. Everyone involved made the day a great success."
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BALDWIN ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF
and head of first aid Kevin Smith of the Baldwin Fire Department visited wrth the Baldwin High School Key Club where club presented the fire department with a pediatric trauma kit. The students raised money for the Klwanfs Pediatric Trauma Center last ^ar and were given the trauma l^t hy the rawanie Club to
donate to an organization of their choice. From left, back row: Key Club advisor Ellen Circharo, Leanne Zick;,, Assistant Chief Smith, former Key Club advisor Fran Saiit/ Regina Zick, Elizabeth Capizzi, Olivia Hawkins, . Gretchen , Sandberg, and Tony T^rantino of the KIwants Ciub, Front row: Katliryn Graves, Farry Dorce; Shetiee Wong and Ryan Johnson. \, V',.
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| Title | The-Leader_2009-01-29 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L&M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2009 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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