From A to Z at Marlboro Elementary
Created by Mrs. Schreppel’s Class
January, 2003
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A is for allegiance.
Every morning we stand for the “Pledge of Allegiance”. That is the spirit. When we pledge allegiance, we promise to be loyal to our country.
Misty
B is for books
at Marlboro Elementary.
We get books out of the library. We use books for math, reading, science, and social studies. We read Accelerated Reader books and take computer tests. Sometimes we make our own books, too.
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Jared
C is for crayons
at Marlboro Elementary.
Every class in the school uses crayons to color. We use crayons to highlight words in math and reading. Crayons come in many colors. Some of them are even florescent. Crayons come in different sizes. Sometimes they come in boxes of 8, 16, 24, 48, or 64.
Renuka
D is for days
at Marlboro Elementary.
We are in school 180 days each school year. We learn to read books, write letters and words, and count dots on numbers. We use a calendar to keep track of the days.
Karlie
E is for English
at Marlboro Elementary.
We learn punctuation and capital letters. We learn question marks, apostrophes, commas, periods, and abbreviations. We use capital letters for names of people and pets, the first word of a sentence, for months, days, and holidays. We use capital letters for streets and roads. Renuka
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F is for friends
at Marlboro Elementary.
We play together at recess on the slide. We work at computers together. We make castles with blocks. We put puzzles together. We eat together at lunch. Karlie
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G is for gym
at Marlboro Elementary.
We play a game called Snowball Fight. We jump rope and play kickball. Sometimes we play so hard that we get tired. We go to gym two times each week. Sometimes we go outside for gym and sometimes we are inside. Gym can be a lot of fun.
Travis
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H is for halls
at Marlboro Elementary.
We have to be extra quiet when we go down the halls. We must be polite. We don’t push, run, hop, skip, or talk in the halls. We keep the halls clean by picking up anything that falls out of our lockers or bookbags.
Chelsea
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I is for ideas
at Marlboro Elementary.
Ideas are things you think of. Teachers give us ideas to help us learn. We need to get good ideas so we can get the questions right. We get ideas from studying, reading, and from our teachers.
Mathew
J is for janitor
at Marlboro Elementary.
A janitor is very important. Janitors work hard. There are lots of janitors in this world. Janitors work at some schools. They shovel snow and sprinkle salt. They sweep and mop the floors.
Zachary
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K is for kickball
at Marlboro Elementary.
We get three outs in kickball. Mats are used for bases. Everyone in the class plays kickball. The pitcher looks like he’s bowling when he throws the ball to us. We run as fast as we can as we go around the bases. It is fun to play kickball.
Zachary
L is for lunch
at Marlboro Elementary.
We go to lunch every day. Sometimes we pack our lunches, and sometimes we buy our lunches. Sometimes it gets loud in the cafeteria, and the lights go off. We can talk softly. We always have to remember to get our napkins, spoon, and folk. We clean up our area when we finish.
Chelsea
M is for
Marlboro Elementary.
We go to school at Marlboro Elementary. There are about 400 boys and girls at our school in grades kindergarten through fifth. Marlboro is in the country.
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Misty
N is for notes
at Marlboro Elementary.
We never ever pass notes at school. Nobody is supposed to whisper for a note. The teachers are allowed to pass out notes at school. The teacher will give a student a consequence for note passing.
Renuka
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O is for office
at Marlboro Elementary.
We go to the office if we’re sick or bad. We take notes to the office. Sometimes we call our moms from the office. When we get hurt out on the playground we go to the office.
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Jared
P is for phonics parties in our
class at Marlboro Elementary.
We learn vowel sounds when we have our phonics parties. For our long “a” vowel party, we ate cake. For our short “a” vowel party, we ate apple cookies. It is a blast to have phonics parties at school.
Zachary
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Q is for quiz
at Marlboro Elementary.
Our teachers give us quizzes to see how much we know. There are long quizzes, short quizzes, hard quizzes, and easy quizzes. We have to study and practice hard to get good grades. We have quizzes in math, science, social studies, reading, and spelling.
Mathew
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R is for recess
at Marlboro Elementary.
We go on the slide and shoot out like a cannonball. We play football and soccer. It’s good to feel the fresh air. We have rules to follow when we play outside at recess. We need to be respectful and keep our hands to ourselves.
Travis
S is for spelling
at Marlboro Elementary.
We do spelling every week. We try to get every word right. We practice our spelling words at home. We have a practice test each Wednesday and our big test on Friday. Sometimes we have hard words, and some of our words are easy.
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Andy
T is for teachers
at Marlboro Elementary.
Teachers teach us different things everyday. Some teachers wear glasses. Teachers know everything. Teachers are nice to the class.
Jared
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U is for understanding
at Marlboro Elementary.
We get knowledge from our teachers. We try to understand so we can learn.
Andy
V is for vocabulary
at Marlboro Elementary.
Vocabulary words are words we learn in reading, math, science, and social studies. Some of the vocabulary words are: clearing, owling, shadow, cardinal, and ordinal.
Mathew
W is for writing
at Marlboro Elementary.
We start to learn writing in first grade. We are writing in English, spelling, social studies, science, and math. We write sentences to help us learn to write. We start a paragraph with a topic sentence, and we write detail sentences. We write reports on different subjects.
Misty
X is for xerox
at Marlboro Elementary.
People make copies of papers on the xerox machine for us to pass out and to do. Our teachers copy important papers.
Zachary
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Y is for young.
We are good, young students here at Marlboro. We can bend, move, and learn lots of things easily because we are young.
Andy
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Z is for zip.
When the teacher is talking, we zip our lips. There is no talking in the classroom. We need to be quiet so the teacher can think. We need to be quiet so that we can get our work done.
Misty
It was fun making this book about things we do and learn at Marlboro Elementary School. We practiced our English, writing, typing, and reading skills on this project. We hope you enjoy reading this book as much as we enjoyed making it.
Dedication
We dedicate our book to those children who love reading and making alphabet books and to all children learning the letters of the alphabet.
C.S.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Jerry Pallotta and his alphabet books for giving us the inspiration to compile our own Marlboro alphabet book.
Special thanks to Edith Strader, the technology integration specialist in Marlington School District, for helping us use the computers to make our book.
C.S.