Author Archives: Rebecca Mantonya

Happy new school year and ELL changes

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Rebecca Mantonya

Welcome Back to school  2015-2016. Open Houses at both Brownell and Meadow Lane were successful last night!! This year the big change in ELL is that we are now using 10 Standards for reporting progress based on the Common Core … Continue reading →

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NeSA rap for Brownell

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Rebecca Mantonya

My 4th grade ELL students were a little nervous about taking the NeSA writing testing test so I showed them  NeSA rap that I had done several years ago.  By the first 15 seconds their stress level had gone down … Continue reading →

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Alphabet songs

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Rebecca Mantonya

A Kindergarten teacher found  an Alphabet parody of What does the Fox say? for the alphabet and I thought it was too good  not to find and use.  Thank goodness for You tube.  My level 1 students knew the original … Continue reading →

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First and Second grade Research Projects

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Rebecca Mantonya

First and Second grade Research Projects We are beginning to start our Research unit in our 1st and 2nd grade writing unit at Brownell.  We have learned and reviewed the genre of Non Fiction and informational text.  We also talked … Continue reading →

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Change. . .

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Rebecca Mantonya

Dear West Lincoln Staff, Change is a good thing.  After teaching at West Lincoln for 9 years, it is now time for me to make a change. In August, I will be teaching ELL at Brownell and Meadowlane Elementary schools. … Continue reading →

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Lee Mun Wah- Multicultural Leadership Institute May 28, 2014

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Rebecca Mantonya

Happy Summer!  It is officially  the 3rd day of summer vacation and many teachers are enjoying their ‘summer off’ by attending workshops to become better teachers. As Dr. Joel, our superintendent, said in his introduction, June is for workshops, July … Continue reading →

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Knee Socks for the NeSA

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Rebecca Mantonya

Since I have spent most of the last 3 weeks testing the 5th graders, my Kindergarten students have heard the NeSA talked about on a daily basis. One day at Kindergarten recess, a young student asked me why do you … Continue reading →

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West Lincoln and The BackPack Walk

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Rebecca Mantonya

On Monday April 14, West Lincoln Staff and students held a THANK YOU for the Food Bank’s Backpack Walk.  We receive 125 food filled backpacks for our students to take home to help their families have food over the weekends. … Continue reading →

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Equity Meeting- Educare of Lincoln

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Rebecca Mantonya

April 10, 2014 was our last Equity meeting for the 2013-2014 school year.  For tonight’s meeting we went to the Educare of Lincoln site adjacent to Belmont Elementary School. Here is a link to the Educare of Lincoln blog  http://wp.lps.org/educarelincoln/ … Continue reading →

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With a Heavy Heart

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Rebecca Mantonya

With a heavy heart I learned that one of our bilingual liasions, Dech Machar,  recently passed away, there was a great article reflection on his life by a local reporter.  As an  ELL teacher I am continually in contact with … Continue reading →

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