Manchester Township Public Schools
Welcome
to the
Geri
Szoke, Media Specialist

Winner of
a 2007 OceanFirst Foundation
$10,000
Grant
Grant funds will be used to purchase books and
technology to support library research programs for grades
1-5 on the environment,
conservation, animals, plants and insects.
more aware this year of the impact we all have on the
balance of nature.
Thank You OceanFirst Foundation!
Here are some of the activities planned this year to implement the grant projects:

v Naturalists from the park will
visit with 4th and 5th graders on November 27th
and 28th.
v Students in grades one and three
will visit the
Other activities:
§
First Grades will study plants and animals
§ Second
Grades will do research on insects
§ Third
Grades will study the
§ Fourth Grades
will develop research projects on oceanography
§ Fifth
Grades will participate in the Endangered Species Contest sponsored by the
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ. The students will research an endangered
animal, write an essay about this animal and draw a picture of it in its
natural environment.
Fifth
Grade Endangered Species Essay Contest
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/tandespp.htm
Check out these new books…… and more to come!
Kindergarten and First Grade
Mo Willems’ Knuffle Bunny Too and
There is a Bird on Your Head
Good Boy, Fergus (David Shannon)
Duck and Goose (Tad Hills)
Slippers at School (Andrew Clements)
Second
and Third Grades
The Tale of Pale Male (Jeanette Winter)
I Lost My Tooth in
Clementine (Sara Pennypacker)
Mallory (Laurie Friedman)
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist (Jim Benton)
Fourth
and Fifth Grades
Peter and the Starcatchers (Dave Barry)
The School story and others by Andrew Clements
Rules (Cynthia Lord)
Star Wars (various authors)
Literature
Related Websites**
Author Rosemary Wells' Website
Arthur, Clifford and other favorite Characters
*Just
for Fun Websites**

Thanks for Visiting!