Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
Lakeview Elementary
School News

Mr.. Herbert Plummer's Special
Education Class
Reading Workbooks
Before Christmas Mr.. Hickman
brought our new workbooks. They
have reading. writing. and prob
| lem solving in them. We try to
work in them every day. Here are
some of the things we have stud
led:
/. How to tell time.
3. Buying things at market.
4. Writing.
5. How people work in super
markets.
6. Food.
by Randall Burton Donovan
Citizenship
We, have opening exercises
every morning. We have a citizen
ship club. We spend some time
each morning learning how to be
good citizen. Miss Catherine
Downing sent us booklets and
badges from the Daughters of the
American Revolution. The books
help us to learn about America
and citizenship.
Paul Miller
Health
We have studied about health. We
have studied about teeth. We saw
a movie about teeth. We saw
many filmstrips about teeth. We
had chart about teeth. We mark
ed the chart to remind us to take
good care of our teeth.
Mrs. Hammond. our school
nurse. came to our room. She
brought some big pictures. She
told US about brushing our teeth
She gave tooth brushes and tooth
paste to those who wanted them
Mrs. Hammond will come back to
talk with US and check our teeth
again.
Mary Sue vican
Autumn
Autumn is the same as Fall. In
Autumn the leaves turn colors.
The leaves fall. The days grow
shorter in the Fall. Night comes
early. The weather gets cooler.
There is frost on the ground.
Songbirds don't sing as loud.
Squirrels gather food for winter.
Turtles and frogs go to sleep in
the mud.
Patsy Donovan
Geraniums
Before Christmas we learned a
bout Geraniums. Geraniums are
plants. Here is how to start Ger
aniums.
/. Take a top four inch piece of
young stem.
2. Cut between leaves.
3. Take leaves off lower part OF
cutting.
4. Let slips dry for an hour.
5. Put in soil and keep in shady
place.
Kathy Sehn and Nancy Johnson
Current Eyents-Newspaper Radio
All this school year we have
spent much time on news. News
tells us about the things that
happen each day. We get our
news at home. We listen TO the
radio and watch television for
news.
We get our news at school. We
have radio In our room. We get
the morning newspaper from Mrs.
Gordon in the library. After lunch
we turn on the radio. We have a
news chairman.
We listen to the radio. We look
al the paper We look 10 see II
the news is important. Sometimes
the news we hear on the radio is
almost like the news in the news
papers. This Is the important news.
Nancy Johnson
Christmas Wreaths
We made Christmas wreaths.
We used pine cones to make them.
We used wire to make the frames.
The boys heated the wire. They
soldered the wire. The girls dec
GRATED the cones. They painted
some. They dipped some in glitter.
Everyone helped wire the cones to
the frames.
kathy Sehn
Christmas Card
The Christmas card from Mrs.
ohitIi GRASS WAS a DlS 1nrlSLIlkiS
card. IL had Christmas trees on
IT, IL said. I'VE wish YOU a Merry
Christmas. The card was to help
US with our numbers. IL helped
us to spell the number words. We
looked at the card. We could tell
how much a number would be.
Esther Locates
Christmas Giving
We made things for Christmas.
We made candles. wreaths. pothold-
ers and cards. We made things
for our parents. We made things
for our friends. We made candles
and. wreaths for people at school.
We remembered them at Christ
mas because they have done many
things for us. We talked about