Read Across America 

Guest reader State Representative Mike Finn

 National Honor Society and West Springfield High School girls lacrosse team members surprise visit

Straw Rocket Challenge

Straw Rocket Challenge

Science Project:  Collision Machines

Science Project:  Collision Machines

Science Project: Collision Machine

Shelley from Link to Libraries came on January 9 to read to us about the story of potato chips.

Challenge:

Create a 3-dimensional free-standing marble run.  The marble must travel at least 40 centimeters.

West Springfield National Honor Society students Maggie Grout and Christina Murdzia read to us.

Shelley from Link to Libraries came in to read to us on December 5.

Washington DC project

Shelley from Links to Library visited for the last time.  Thank you Shelley for all the great books.

Character Trait of the month:  Perseverance

Shelley from Links To Library visited.  She read the story, Lost and Found Cat by Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes, the true story of a cat's journey to reunite with his refugee family.

We chose books to read and keep.

Collision Machines

 

Our Bulletin for February Character trait:  Caring and Kindness




Read Across America 

Ms. Lozinski shared two books, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, the inspiring true story about a boy who grew up in Malawi and helped all the lives in his community and Dream Something Big by Dianna Hutts Aston, the story about Italian immigrant Simon Rodia, who built towers out of broken glass, seashells and pottery.   The towers are located in Watts, California and are now a National Landmark.

Science investigation:  We investigated how energy is transferred when objects collide using toy cars.

Shelley from Link to Library came to visit.  In connection with Black History month, she read the story, A Home Run for Bunny by Richard Anderson.  This story is about the true story of a baseball team from Springfield, Massachusetts.  After winning the 1934 New England Championships, the team travels to Gastonia, North Carolina to play in the championships, however, racial prejudice makes the team choose whether to stay and play for the championship without their best player Bunny Taliaferro or go home giving up their dreams for a teammate.   
There is a monument with the names of the 1934 players and coaches at Forest Park baseball field.  It stands down the left field line of the field.