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Norwalk Warriors
Official Publication for the Norwalk Community School District I
Page Eight N/Warren Town and County News Thursday, June 16, 2011
OVIATT ELEMENTARY
By Dr. Laura Sivadge
Preschool-K Principal
and Rodney Martinez
lst-2nd Principal
Your Summer Learning Ideas
There's no getting around it: Over the summer months, our students can lose up
to 60% of the math and reading skills that they learned during the year. From special
ways to say goodbye to fun activities to share with parents, here are over 50 ideas to
keep the learning going.
By Samantha Cleaver
Last-day activities that bring it home
These activities will help your students reminisce, celebrate fond memories and
bring conclusion to your class. They can be adjusted for any grade level.
• Sign it:,C reate an autograph book for each student. On the last day of school,
pass around/d e 5ooks for each student to sign.
• Record-keeping: Create a class book of records. Help the class come up with
categories and assign the records (most pairs of shoes, most freckles, most creative,
etc.). Every student should have one.
• Play school: Create a class board game that takes the students through the school
year; include obstacles like testing (You're too busy and focused to move: Skip one
turn) and field trips (You're on the roller coaster at Six Flags: Move ahead three spaces).
• Raffle it: Clean out your classroom and give students mementos by raffling off
items in the classroom. Start with smaller items (such as penci!s)a d, or , yo ,way
up (class rt pr jc4cts, etc.).
• Dear next year: Have students write a letter to next year's class. Ask them to tell
the incoming class what they liked and give the incoming students advice.
• Class time line: Create a time line of the year together. Post butcher paper around
THUNDER 9U BASEBALL PLACE 2ND
The Norwalk Thunder 9U Baseball Team placed 2nd in the Iowa "A" Classic NIT
held June 4 & 5 in Ankeny. Pictured, front row: Evan Borst, Brandon Chapman,
Cael Rudolf, Gavin King; Back row: Luke Lehmann, Dillon Fouts, Dylan Schwery,
Lucas Taylor, Jason Brooner, Tyler Robertson. Not pictured is Kevin Huse; Coaches-
Troy Taylor, Michael Borst, Mick Fouts, Gene Schwery. Photo submitted.
Genius is I percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.
-Thomas A. Edison
the room and mark off months and important dates. Have the students walk around I
and fill in events that they remember well,
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• Graph It: Calculate the amount of time you, as a class, have spent in reading,
math, gym, library, lunch, recess and other planned activities. Then create a graph of
how you spent your school year.
Starting offright
Even though you're raring for summer vacation, students-especially young stu-
dents and those with disabilities-may have a hard time moving from the structured
school year to full-time vacation. "It's important for teachers to recognize that many
children with disabilities have difficulty transititioning," says Dr. George Giuliani,
president of the National Association of Parents in Special Education and director of
the Graduate Program in Special Education at Hofstra University. The best thing
teachers can do is sit down with parents to discuss summer. "Have a plan," says
Giuliani. "Discuss the options. What will the child do-take time off? Go to summer
school? Go to camp?" In the classroom, don't have one plan for all students. "Every
child is different," says Giuliani. "Mid-May through June, teachers should have ses-
sions to discuss recreation. Talk about what the students want to do during summer
vacation and how they're going to do it. Have them set goals."
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