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Page 14 • The BELTSVILLE NEWS • APRIL 2007
Mrs. Freeman’s
Kindergarten Class
Just in time for Xx week, their
music teacher, Mrs. Bensch, introduced
the boys and girls to a huge
wooden xylophone. They played a
metal metalophone and the professional
glockenspiel, a large xylophone
that is the member of the
percussion family of instruments.
We learned the difference between
moving in place (in our spot) and
moving in space (moving around
the classroom). Children got to
play tone chimes to the song “The
Wheels on the Bus.”
Mrs. Mennell’s First
Grade Class
Horton, Thing 1, Thing 2, Yertle
the Turtle, The Cat in the Hat…do
you recognize these characters?
We do! First Grade celebrated
Dr. Seuss’s birthday. We saw the
“Seussical” musical led by our
music teacher, Mrs. Bensch. Our
very own Jimmy Velasquez was
The Cat in the Hat! We made hats
to wear and read a lot of books by
Dr. Seuss. Some classes even read
to upper grade students. They said
we are good readers!
Ms. Lentz’s 3 rd grade
On Friday, March 2, Ms.
Lentz’s class celebrated Read
Across America Day, celebrated
on Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March
2. They made costumes in honor
of the 50 th anniversary of the publishing
of the Cat in the Hat. The
class also partnered up to read
with Mrs. Freeman’s kindergarten
class.
Read Across
America Day
Calverton celebrated Read
Across America Day on March 2
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School News
Calverton Elementary News
Ci-Arra Dottin and Jairo Martinez celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday in
Mrs. Reid’s class.
Godsee Joy from Ms. Lentz’s class shares a book with Tamia Hull from
Mrs. Freeman’s class.
with the musical Suessical. Songs
included “Oh the Things You Can
Do,” “I Do Not Like Green Eggs
and Ham,” “Anything’s Possible,”
and “A Person’s a Person No Matter
How Small.” Our third graders
sang and Mrs. Bench, our music
teacher, conducted. Mr. Kirk Chapman,
ESOL teacher, played The
Cat In the Hat. Jimmy Velesquez,
first grade students of Mrs. Mennell,
played the younger version of
The Cat In the Hat. Mrs. Price and
Mrs. Berngartt played Thing 1 and
Thing 2. Many audience members
wore red and white striped hats.
The performance was a smash hit.
Black Heritage Program
Calverton students rehearsed
for their Calverton’s Black Heritage
Program scheduled for March
22 and March 23 at 8:15. Grades
K-3 saw the show on March 22
and the older students saw it on
March 23.
MSA Math Evenings
Calverton Elementary held two
Friday MSA Math Prep sessions
for parents and students in the fifth
and sixth grade. Mr. McCreery
and Mr. Wershbale worked with
sixth grade parents and students
on March 2 when 32 attended
as well as on March 9 when 24
people came. Mr. Reif, Mrs. James
and Mrs. Waibel worked with the
fifth grade parents and students.
About 40 people attended each
of the fifth grade review sessions.
The general consensus was that
the review of content with practice
answering both Selected Response
and Brief Constructed Response
type questions from the Voluntary
State Curriculum was helpful.
Many parents requested more of
this type of review.
America Counts
America Counts at Calverton
provides after school math tutoring
for 26 fourth graders by University
of Maryland students. The
mentors help students in the program
complete their math homework
and also check to be sure
everything is correct. They also
plan and implement centers and
activities that give students more
practice mastering skills. The
program is possible because of
an American Honda Foundation
Grant in partnership with the University
of Maryland and FOCUS
CALVERTON NEWS
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