Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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WKAT4 We Mm I always have a lot of classwork. Spelling and math are my favorite subjects. I don't like having homework because then I don't get to play. Greta Gibson Brain power. Medulas and cerebrums were among the parts he observed when junior Steve Crane dissected a sheep brain in his anatomy class. Wising up Academics! 3 I

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ie- ' 'ffl' Labyhubil Accounting. First grader Eddie Parkin smiles at the simplicity ofthe abacus because he said numbers have always come easy to him. 321 Academics itin' One thing students realized was that from first grade to twelfth they never forget the basic fundamentals: reading. writing and arithmetic. Learning how to read was a major hurdle for first graders. First grader Jenny Holmes said, Of course it was hard to learn to read because I didn't know how. But they all agreed that reading was their favorite subject. Second graders enjoyed higher math like adding and subtracting. lt's hard taking things away from other things. You get confused, said one second grader. Cursive, which was introduced in second grade, was a big step for third graders. Yeah, it's funner when you get to W ff in-- Listen carefully. Third graders begin to learn multiplication tables by listening to and singing along with recordings. eadin' thmeti connect all the letters, said an enthusiastic third grader. Third graders also went on to bigger and better things in math with division and multiplication tables. Fourth graders got to practice up on all their skills. Math was their favorite topic. lt's kind of weird and complicated,' said Laine Rossen. Bradley Barnes was more specific. We had to do 8 into 5,000 yesterday, he said. Traditionally, odd years are review years ofthe year prior, and so we have to be creative to keep students interested, said Miss Mary Bennett, fifth grade teacher. As a way to learn about economy and work on their mathematical skills, fifth graders held their annual bake sale, which was one way they made learning fun. i' ' 1 T , zz-sofa! - e. fwfr, YQ-f nf -:rv .a. ,apr -0- f.-.Q.'-.il -N ' g W ln the news. The Weekly Reader gives Jill Hasson, first grader. news about the state of the world. Book worm. Julie Pierce. along with the rest of Mrs. Kathy Beaumont's English class, takes advantage ofa nice early spring day to read Black Like Me in the courtyard. 1