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Kindergarten Grade Highlights

As always, Kindergartners have been busy. In February we celebrated Valentine’s Day with our Special Person Celebration.  The children did a great job as they sang under the direction of Ms. Southard, our music teacher. They loved making heart boxes for their special guests, and decorating and eating desserts. Thank you to our wonderful Class Captains for all their hard work coordinating the event.  The 100th day of school  was another exciting day, and they did lots of counting all day! The month culminated with lessons about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Of course we have been busy with Guided Reading groups, Writing, listening to stories, learning about weather patterns and writing equations in math for groups of 10 and some more.  

March was another fun filled month, full of all the academics plus lots of green as we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in our classrooms. Kindergartners have also been talking about the signs of spring as we welcomed in the new season. We look forward to more spring exploration and learning as we continue enjoying our time together in school.

K Grade Highlights December 2022

December was a month of sharing family traditions and holiday fun!  Throughout the month, the children were involved in a Gingerbread Man book study.  We read many different versions of the book and compared them.  We celebrated the holidays by playing with dreidels and decorating gingerbread houses.  Thanks to our class captains, Mrs. Ferrara, Mrs. Feldman, Mrs. Buonomo, and Mrs. Cole for all their hard work organizing these events.  

Kindergartners were excited to meet the rest of the letter people. They learned about the sound each letter makes, read their poems, and improved their fine motor skills by coloring and cutting out the puppets.  In writing workshop, the children were hard at work during our 'Writing for Reasons' unit, exploring writing stories using kindergarten inventive spelling as well as making lists and cards.

In science, the students are learning about what a scientist does and realize that they are scientists, too!  They share their observations in their science notebooks. 

Thank you to all our wonderful parent volunteers.  We could not have accomplished our fun celebrations and events without your generous donations of time and supplies.  We look forward to a new year filled with many more fun and meaningful learning experiences.  Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year!

December 2022

Fourth grade has been very busy. In Reader’s and Writer’s Workshops, we have been having fun learning about realistic fiction. We even wrote our own realistic fiction stories and are in the process of publishing them. We had so much fun reading realistic fiction books and creating our very own characters for our stories. In math, we have been learning to multiply using area models and partial products. We are now just beginning to divide using partial quotients.  In Science we have been learning about how wind, water, chemicals, and even living things can shape the land. In social studies, we have been learning all about our home state of New York. We have learned about New York’s regions and waterways.  Next, we will be learning about the Native American groups who live in New York. 

Fifth Grade March Highlights 

Fifth graders are enjoying book clubs this spring.  They are reading historical fiction books in their respective clubs and they are enjoying listening to their mentor text, “Number the Stars,” to spark lessons and meaningful discussions.  In math, fifth graders are learning how to divide fractions.  Fifth graders are also preparing for a hands-on science investigation examining chemical and physical changes.  The students are also busy researching the Aztecs, a fun and engaging culmination to a wonderful unit on Mesoamerica.  Looking ahead to May we look forward to “Project Adventure, thanks to our wonderful physical education teachers.

December, 2022
Fifth graders are immersed in many activities across the curriculum.  In math, the students are studying long division and interpreting the remainder, this will lead into a unit on dividing with decimals.  In Science, students are beginning their second unit related to Life Sciences.  They will be engaging in hands-on investigations as the unit progresses.  Fifth graders have also completed a recent book club unit related to realistic fiction and they are now beginning a writer's workshop unit of study that will culminate with each child writing a literary essay.  The students are also enthusiastically involved in a financial literacy unit related to their upcoming trip to Commerce Plaza.  Lots of engaging and enriching activities are going on this winter in room 104.  Happy New Year!

May 2023

The sixth grade had an absolutely gorgeous day to visit the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport.  They stepped back in time to the 1930s and viewed the mysterious, 3,000-year old mummy Mr. Vanderbilt was acquired from Egypt in 1932. They learned all about the mummification process, viewed x rays of the mummy,  and created hieroglyph bookmarks.  They were in awe as they toured Mr. Vanderbilt's exotic collections from around the world and admired the beautiful scenery surrounding his 43 acre estate.

March 2023

The sixth graders have been busy working in their book clubs to learn about the different elements and settings of the fantasy genre, as well as continuing their study of character development. In math, the students are studying geometrical concepts and using spatial reasoning.

February 2023

Our 6^th graders have been engaged in close readings of various short stories such as The Necklace, Grandmama’s Pride, Ruthless, and Raymond’s Run to name a few.  They learned strategies essayists use to gather, analyze and explain evidence from the text to support a claim on their main protagonist. They’ve used an outline to organize their ideas and are finishing up their first literary essay. In addition, they’ve been discussing themes found within these stories in preparation for writing their next piece, the thematic essay.  

Class 2-5 N had so much fun learning about the history of Thanksgiving this month. We went on a virtual field trip to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. We learned about the history of the parade, facts about New York City, how floats are made, and a cool way to inflate balloons using vinegar and baking soda! We even made our own turkey "floats" using party balloons and craft materials. After making our "floats", we had our own Thanksgiving Parade in school. We had a blast!

January

2-5N is having some Winter fun! We have been learning all about weather changes, animals in Winter, and even made some indoor snow using simple ingredients-baking soda and water. We've enjoyed reading Winter themed books during our book of the week activities. Here are some popular books we have read: There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow, The Mitten, and The Snowy Day. We also had so much fun celebrating Valentine's Day and the 100^th day of school together. We made cards for friends and family and practiced counting to 100 while completing crafts and doing some exercise. We are looking forward to welcoming warmer weather and learning about Spring!