Ashtales 2012-2013

Ashtales The Magazine of Ashlawn Elementary School Arlington, Virginia 2012-2013 Volume 22 May 2013 “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” - Vince Lombardi Art and creative writing by Ashlawn students Cover drawing by Tona Beck Volunteers: Aimee Arrowsmith, Ginger Attarian, Laura Cecil, Allison May, Jamie Pilot, Susan Simolunas and Karen Sutter Special thanks to Ms McCoy for guidance and support Edited by Rachelle Naab 1 Ashlawn Elementary School 5950 8th Road North, Arlington, VA 22205 703 228 5270 Judy Apostolico-Buck, Principal www.apsva.us/ashlawn 1Caitlin Cunningham Ashtales 2013 Page 2 of 168 2Table of Contents VPI ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 MONTESSORI ................................................................................................................................................ 9 KINDERGARTEN ................................................................................................................................ 14 PETTINELLI ...................................................................................................................................... 15 POWER .......................................................................................................................................... 19 SMALL ........................................................................................................................................... 24 WALSH ........................................................................................................................................... 27 1ST GRADE ........................................................................................................................................ 34 BRANSFORD .................................................................................................................................... 32 CHAMBERLAIN ................................................................................................................................. 37 ELLISON .......................................................................................................................................... 42 WHITE ............................................................................................................................................ 46 2ND GRADE ....................................................................................................................................... 52 3RD GRADE ........................................................................................................................................ 78 BAILEY ........................................................................................................................................... 79 GIBSON .......................................................................................................................................... 84 KNOTT ........................................................................................................................................... 94 MUSTO ........................................................................................................................................ 110 4TH GRADE ...................................................................................................................................... 116 5TH GRADE ...................................................................................................................................... 144 MENTCH ...................................................................................................................................... 145 PRICE ........................................................................................................................................... 151 SIMONI ........................................................................................................................................ 161 2 Holland Forsythe 3 Children begin their writing development by scribbling. They then begin to draw recognizable pictures and imitate writing with squiggles. Eventually these squiggles become letter-like forms or the letters of a child’s name. Then children begin to match some sounds and letters and may use one beginning letter to write a word. The next step is writing beginning and ending consonants to represent a word. There are no spaces between words at this stage. Eventually children will begin to use some vowels in their spelling and will spell some high-frequency words such as the or and correctly. They may also begin spacing between words. As you look at the writing of our class, you will see that we are on our way to conventional writing. 3Alexis Spinetta2 Ashtales 2013 Page 4 of 168 Moyer “My Dad was working in his office.” “I played in a bouncy house.” By Anna Bayliff-Delgado By Alexandra Estrada “I played with Daddy.” “Dad Neil Ice Cream.” By Eddy Ider By Neil Bensaid 4 “This is my dad and my sister. I got a balloon.” By Claudia Bonilla 4 Sadia Kawsar Ashtales 2013 Page 5 of 168 Moyer “Mom Aisha Dad Grandpa Grandma “Mom Dad Brother and me go to park.” Grandma” By Brianna Lizarazu By Aisha Jilaow “I play with Madison.” “I learned how to ride my bike.” By Kimberly Lopez Sparks By John-Henry McGinnis 5 “I went to Anna’s house and looked for Easter eggs.” By Alexis Morley-Lascano 5 Kolina Razafindandy Ashtales 2013 Page 6 of 168 Moyer “We played with the sand and we tried to “I went to the Disney store.” make it wet.” By Shaan Raj By Bilal Mohamed “I went to a holiday.” “I played with my cousin.” By Melanie Ortega By Delfosa Rapkati “I was at the dentist. I got ring and brush.” “Yesterday was Jissele’s birthday.” By Diya Paudyal By Julissa Salazar Ashtales 2013 Page 7 of 168 Moyer “I buy clothes in the store.” By Mitchell Tuvshinsaikhan “I went to the park with Mom.” By Yacheng Wu 6 6 Bushra Bablu Ashtales 2013 Page 8 of 168 It is important to note the mental and manual (paper and pencil) skills of writing are separate. In a Montessori classroom, the first step to writing is learning words are made up of different sounds. The mental skills of writing are developed first. The Moveable Alphabet is used to help develop the mental skills of writing; analyzing words by component sounds and using the cut out letters, to make words. The words are arranged phonetically and the focus is on communication. To avoid inhibiting the child’s desire and enthusiasm to make words, spelling is not corrected. The teaching of correct spelling comes at a later age. The child learns how to make simple words first (i.e., cat, hat, mat). As the child’s skill and confidence grows he/she is encouraged to write phrases and stories with the Moveable Alphabet. Here are some stories from children who are at this writing stage followed by stories written directly onto paper. Drawings of our Families &Montessori Movable Alphabet Stories Ashtales 2013 Page 9 of 168 Dasbach ************************ By Angel Bu By Hanan Alsulami By Angeline Cardozo By Eric Bae By Kevin Cardozo By Trinity Boyd Ashtales 2013 Page 10 of 168 Dasbach By Saajan Chokshi By Makayla McNeil By Kellan Dick By Indranil Oyunbold By Maddie Johnson By Max Pinella Ashtales 2013 Page 11 of 168 Dasbach By Caterina Rivas By Ana Vuckovic By Steven Saenz By Kaylee Lopez Baran By Isaac Tewelde By Alison Cardozo Ashtales 2013 Page 12 of 168 Dasbach By Sydney Carome By Camille Walker By Lucie Zenzie By Mia Moret By Demetra Tudorache Ashtales 2013 Page 13 of 168 7 7Liya Hagos Ashtales 2013 Page 14 of 168 Pettinelli I liked it when we went to Frying Pan Park. I liked P.E. the best! I liked going to the gym and playing By Tess Davies “Monkey Tag.” I liked math class. By Christopher Badger I liked it when we went to Frying Pan Farm Park! I liked reading group. By Hayzie Fernandez I liked Australia Day! By Stephan Butaev I liked it when we made a castle in Art. I liked playing math games in math class. By Max Finkel I liked painting in Art class. I liked playing I liked playing with my friends! with pattern blocks. By Helen Gallegos By Alexandra Campbell Ashtales 2013 Page 15 of 168 Pettinelli I liked it when we made masks on “Africa Day!” By Charlie Gent I liked learning Math with Mrs. Pettinelli! By Taylor Jensen I liked Spanish Class because we got to sing songs. I liked singing and dancing with Mrs. Pettinelli! By Bailey Hansler I liked pajama day. I liked playing on the computer! By Tommy Joyce I like to do math. I like playing basketball in P.E. By Minoru Hirayama I liked playing basketball in P.E. I liked reading group. By Kevin Lopez Cruz Ashtales 2013 Page 16 of 168 Pettinelli I liked to play basketball in P.E. I liked it when Mrs. Cooksey read to us sometimes at I the end of the day. liked it when we made the castle in Art. I By Gabe Roggen liked P.E. By Sean Naff I liked to play on the computer. I liked it when we played with the hula hoop in P.E. I I liked it when we played “Monkey Tag” in liked it when we read books with Mrs. P.E. Pettinelli By Riley Neal By Caroline Ruck I liked playing with my friends. I like school. By Yesica Sanchez I liked pajama day and playing with the pattern blocks. By Jeymi Perez Ashtales 2013 Page 17 of 168 Pettinelli I liked to play “Monkey Tag” in P.E. I liked I liked playing Rock, Paper, and Scissors in to read books with my teachers. P.E.! By Heidy Aguirre-Valenzuela By Jack Williams

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