Franklin School Parents Show Their Support During School Appreciation Day

On Saturday, several parents and high school students came to show their support for our school during School Appreciation Day.  You can imagine the delight when the staff arrived at school this morning to find it all fixed up. Thank you all for sprucing up Franklin for our students, staff and families!

Parents and high school students painted the interior of the courtyard.

Parents hung cork boards, whiteboards, etc.

    Parents made repairs and improvements

  Parents installed pencil sharpeners, files, mailboxes, etc.

Mauricio Zuniga brought his painting crew to paint the conference room and the teachers' room.  The rooms were transformed! Several parents worked on additional painting projects as well.

    Two parents redecorated the conference room and teachers' room.

Bob Zuckernick, Paul Rensing, Liz Marshall, Jon Mendicina and Joe Abruzese were the members of the committee that made this all happen.  Bill Pepicelli, our new custodian, helped out with some projects as well.

Some other projects included: shampooing rugs, trimming trees, building bookcases, raising the flags in the front hallway, leveling books, and much more.  Thanks to all who participated in School Appreciation Day!  We genuinely appreciate your support.  You make our school a better place for all.

Daily 5 and the Daily CAFÉ

Starting in Kindergarten, Daily 5 is the structure most classrooms are using for the literacy block. During this time, students are busy completing meaningful literacy tasks. The choices are:

Read to Self

Work on Writing

Word Work

Listen to Reading

Read to Someone

Right now, students and teachers are focusing on increasing reading and writing stamina, so students learn to read and write independently.  While the students are completing their literacy tasks, teachers are meeting with small groups and conferencing with individual students.  Daily 5 is how we schedule our language block. Daily CAFÉ is what students study during this time. CAFÉ is an acronym for the four major components of reading. They are:

C for Comprehension

A for Accuracy

F for Fluency

E for Expanding Vocabulary

The children learn reading strategies within each category. These strategies will become tools for the children to use to help themselves become better readers and writers. Teachers will keep you informed about new strategies introduced. Then, when you read with your child at home, you will be able to reinforce these concepts. If you have any questions regarding this approach and especially what you can do at home to support it, please ask at parent conferences.