Otis Elementary October 9, 2000

Room 204 at Otis was our Classroom of the Week 10/9!

This first grade Bilingual Program class is made up of twenty-five students whose first language is Spanish. Their study of dinosaurs will help them develop oral and written ability in English. They wish the best of luck to Dr. Paul Sereno and his team in Niger.

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Clare Billingham (Classroom Teacher)

Otis Elementary

Otis Elementary School
525 N. Armour Street
Chicago, Illinois 60622
Principal: James Cosme

Otis is an elementary school with approximately 700 students. It is located in the West Town neighborhood in Chicago, an area which is currently undergoing new development through gentrification. The school has developed a rich and varied curriculum to meet the multiple intellectual needs of its students. The student population for the 1999 school year was 83.3% Hispanic, 8.8% African American, 7.5 % White and .3% Native American.

Our Questions

First graders in Room 204 have written letters to the expedition team. Included in these letters are their questions and predictions of the team's responses. All of the letters will be sent to the field and team will mail a letter in response at the end of November.

Sample questions

Question: How do dinosaurs run?
Prediction: I think they run very fast.

Question: I want to know where dinosaurs lived?
Prediction: I think they lived on a mountain.

Question: How did dinosaurs fight?
Prediction: I think they hit each other.

Question: How do dinosaurs sleep and where do they sleep?
Prediction: I think they sleep outside.

Question: How did dinosaurs play?
Prediction: I think they played in a park.

Stay tuned for the letter from the Expedition Team in December!