November and December 2007
-KES and KCS Announcement –
K-5 Parents are cordially invited to attend a presentation by Sara Zito,
Principal of Kennebunk Elementary School on Wednesday, November 14th
at 6:30 PM in the library. The presentation is on, “The Social and Emotional
Needs of Gifted Children.”
Kennebunk Elementary School – All third grade classes have been working on learning analogies. In October, as further enrichment, third grade classes were introduced to the WordMasters Program. WM will continue all year long with the first competition in December for the first twenty-five words. Students are being encouraged to find WM words in their daily lives, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, signs, books, etc. Bring in the word and add it to our “I Spied A WordMasters Word,” outside the GATES office. By the end of October all second grade classrooms were at KES had received services by the GATES teacher. These were either in the way of lessons on visual analogies, reading assessment testing, or pre-testing for EDM units. The first grade rotation began the week of November 5th and will continue through until the holiday break in December. In first grade, all classes are being introduced to the Step Up to Writing Program. Kindergarten classes are monitored and consulted with on a weekly basis.
Kennebunkport Consolidated School – At the end of October the KCS Math Team went to the first meet in Portland. The team did quite well placing 14th out of 29 fifth grade teams from all over Southern Maine. Students were exciting about the competition and are continuing to practice once or twice each week in preparation for the next meet on Tuesday, January 22nd. The GATES Literature class meets weeks and they have completed reading short stories and are ready to work on an independent reading book of their own choice. They will be asked to present a project that represents their books in early December. Fifth and fourth grade students at KCS are all working on the WM challenge. They too are trying to find words for our WM Bulletin Board. The words for grades three, four and five are listed below, so that students can be on the look out for their citing. Third grades at KCS are busy working on finding synonyms and antonyms for their WM words. Second grade students worked on analogies in September and October and now first grade students will begin the work on the Step Up to Writing Program too. Kindergarten classes are monitored and consulted with on a weekly basis.
Third Grade WordMasters Words Fourth & Fifth Grade WordMasters Words
batch slither nervy garret confidence addle
hustler shatter bold sidle grueling loyal
flutter droopy daredevil bluff miser surge
flock cautious scramble confound passive spirited
snout sty crumble spendthrift glen quail
flicker dim dazzling plunge sprightly pensive
corral loaf slender canopy allegiance recede
herd dillydally glum ebb sedentary sheepish
coward depression