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Westfield School Announcements Student Created Book Trailers - The students in Miss Fischer's 6th Grade Literature Class want to know... ARE YOU IN NEED OF A GOOD READ? We know you have watched movie trailers... BUT, what about a book trailer? Our book trailers are sure to lead you to a good start! You can find them on the Westfield Language Arts OWL page. ENJOY! Current Events Videos - The students in Mrs. Lepore's sixth grade social studies classes created videos summarizing the events of 2009. Click on the links below to view these videos. Click here to view the video created by Mrs. Lepore's 2008-2009 sixth grade language arts class. Westfield Music Department Fund-Raiser - Please help the Westfield Music Department raise money to help cover the costs of future trips. Go to 2Clickfundraising.com before you do your on-line shopping at over 100 sites including Amazon.com, Shutterfly.com, Peapod, KBtoys, 1-800 Flowers, Gap.com, iTunes, Barnes & Noble. The Westfield Music Department will earn a percentage of your final sale. Thank you for your support of the Music Department. Click here for more information. Just Jazz - On April 22, 2009, the Westfield Middle School Jazz Band took part in Just Jazz at Lake Park High School. Click here to view pictures from this event. Westfield Student's Artwork Chosen for Art Gallery - A special Congratulations goes out to Dena G, from 7th grade who had her art in the "Landscape for the 21st Century" Art Gallery, A Celebration of Minnesota! In partnership with Artsonia and NAEA, hundreds of art teachers throughout the U.S. created exhibits on Artsonia celebrating the state of Minnesota, the host-state for the 2009 National Art Education Assoc. National Convention where thousands of art teachers share ideas, experiences and educational goals. From the Artsonia galleries, various forms of art were selected to be on display at the conference. The artwork selected represents the nature and beauty of Minnesota's great outdoors. Teachers were to submit artwork they considered relative to the Minnesota theme, which included Fishing, Forestry, Landscapes, Western European Ancestry, or animals such as Timber Wolves, Moose or Black Bears. Dena's work of art included a comical Moose enjoying the outdoors. Congrats again Dena! 5 Years of Drama at Westfield! - Come reminisce from drama/talent productions from year's past. King Midas, The Invisible Princess, Willie Wonka, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Grease, Robin Hood, and all of the talent shows. Click here to access the links for viewing PhotoStory presentations of drama past! |
**Magazine Drive - Important Information** There was an error in the information that went home with students regarding Westfield's Magazine Drive. All checks should be made payable to Westfield PTO, not to Westfield Middle School. We apologize for the confusion. 6th Grade Math Practice Sheets Language Arts and Literature What’s in a name? After years of dividing literacy instruction into two separate components, literature and language arts, Westfield will combine these two areas into one entity: English/Language Arts (ELA). The changed course title reflects Westfield Middle School’s philosophy of Balanced Literacy, which views reading and writing as “interdependent processes that are essential to each other and mutually beneficial” (Holt & Vacca). Westfield staff believes that reading and writing activities are critical to students’ literacy development. The strategies used to teach and learn reading and writing are intertwined and involve similar thinking processes. Current research also supports the reading-writing connection, although it is recognized in other districts that reading and writing are often taught in different classes by different teachers. This has never been the case at Westfield, and it was felt that artificially dividing literacy into two disciplines was contrary to best practice research. Students will now receive one grade for ELA, and this grade will receive double weight, since ELA is a double period class. It will be listed on the grade sheets as ELA1 and ELA2. Westfield Middle School Reading, Literature and Language Arts teachers are confident this research-based change reflects the national moniker most commonly used by teachers along with best practices in education and provides students and parents with the “big picture” of each child’s literacy development.
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