Haggerty School 110 Cushing St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617.349.6555 Fax: 617.349.6034 haggerty.cpsd.us
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Dr. Nancy Campbell Principal 617.349.6555 x205 ncampbell@cpsd.us Ms. Sue Mapel School Administration Manager 617.349.6555 x206 smapel@cpsd.us. Lissa Galluccio Family Liaison 617.349.6555 x208 LGalluccio@cpsd.us Jessica Joseph Adjustment Counselor 617.349.6555 x302 JJoseph@cpsd.us Maria Williams Secretary 617.349.6555 x0 MWilliams@cpsd.us Tom Devita School Psychologist 617.349.6555 x301 TDevita@cpsd.us
Good Friday - No School Friday, April 14 April Vacation - No School Monday, April 17 - Friday, April 21 Friends of Haggerty - Open Meeting Wednesday, April 26 | 6:30 - 7:30PM Parent/Teacher Conference Thursday, April 27 | 6 - 8PM Race Matters Movie Night "Race The Power of an Illusion." Tuesday, May 2 | 6 - 8 PM
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Everyone is Different. Everyone Belongs.
Author/Illustrator Aaron Becker Visits! Author and artist Aaron Becker visited Haggerty on Tuesday, March 28th. Every grade level heard his descriptions of creating his three wordless books: Journey, Return, and Quest. He presented different stages of his illustrations and the power of our imagination with wordless books. Thanks to Friends of Haggerty for supporting this day long visit from this amazing author/illustrator! He commemorated his visit by signing our “Invitation to the Library” mural. Student reflections on the visit: “I liked that we were the first kids to see his new book before it is published in 2018.” “I really liked how he used an imagining activity that helped me to understand his art. I also liked having an illustrator at our school.” “I liked that he treated us like adults.” “He inspired me to hold onto my imagination.” “He told us that patience is the key to creating a book.” “I liked learning about the app he uses to create his art on a computer.”
April 10, 2017
Haggerty Holler
Upcoming Events
Kindergarten Learning how to locate a book on the shelf starts in kindergarten. We use “theme rings” with images of book covers and spine label information to help us head to the correct section of the picture books. We have been very fortunate to have Cambridge School Volunteer Jessie Rabban create theme rings for students to use. Theme rings include books frequently requested by kindergarteners such as dinosaurs, transportation, monsters and cats/dogs. Students head off with a partner to locate the book they want. Meeting with success feels great! First Grade More nonfiction adventures in the library to support the first graders classroom fun with nonfiction. We looked for facts in Diary of a Worm and confirmed them when we read Wiggling. PBS provided us with some worm humor thanks to the Wild Kratt brothers.
LOST AND LOVE TO BE FOUND!
Library Corner By Sarah Novogrodsky, Library Media Specialist
LOST & FOUND Please check the Lost and Found by the Lawn Street Entrance. Many clothing items are lost and never found each school year. As you come to school this Spring, please take a moment and look in our Lost and Found. You may be rewarded by finding an item you didn't even know your child has lost!
Race Matters: Courageous Conversations at Haggerty Book Suggestion: As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds. Something for older readers (age range 10 and up).
The Great Pea Race! Fourth Grader Elliott, reported that his class planted peas at the bottom of the stairs near the bus stop. He looked down and noticed a worm under a rock in the Haggerty Garden. Gardner Greg picked it up and they watched it jiggle. His advice - “Stay on the walking stones, so you don’t disturb the worms!” Our 4th graders will be monitoring how fast their peas grow this Spring!
Music Corner By Caitlin Mehta (Shelley Irvin-Kent), Music Teacher Kindergarten Over the past month, students have studied Carnival of the Animals by a French composer, Camille Saint-Saëns. While listening to the pieces, we did movements, played imaginary instruments and read the book of commentary by Barrie Carson Turner. Ask your child about the animal sounds that can be played by many instruments. First Grade First Graders have recently come home with the second volume of My First Grade Music Book. In this book, they demonstrate the ability to read and write their first rhythmic elements: TA, TA-DI, and rest. TA is what we call one sound on a beat and TA-DI is what we call two sounds on a beat. Rest is what happens when there are no sounds on a beat. As students to show you how they read and write TA, TA-DI and rest.
First Grade Non-Fiction Expert Morning! On Thursday, April 6th our first graders showed off their expertise about their favorite non-fiction topics! They created posters with the highlights of their topics - filled with fun facts and pictures. Students also created a short quiz to give after they presented the facts about their topics! Families were able to move around the classrooms and hear from all of our highly knowledgeable students! Well done First Grade!
MCAS Schedule Spring 2017 GRADE 3 English Language Arts Thurs. April 13 Wed. April 26 Thurs. April 27 Math Wed. May 3 Thurs. May 4 GRADE 4 English Language Arts Wed. April 5 Wed. April 12 Tues. April 25 Math Wed. May 10 Tues. May 16 GRADE 5 English Language Arts Tues. April 4 Thurs. April 6 Tues. April 11 Math Tues. May 2 Tues. May 9 Science Thurs. May 11 Thurs. May 18