PS 154 5th Graders are Wild Readers

Mar 22, 2012

Mining Camp Dioramas

The preliminary stages of our mining camp dioramas. The kids are having so much fun!

Feb 28, 2012

Class 5-306 has been studying Westward Expansion and the Gold Rush. Students learned about California's first millionaire, the savvy Samuel Brannan. Did he become a millionaire by mining for gold? No! When he learned of California's discovery, he bought all the mining supplies he could get his hands on and sold them for absurd prices. With that, he became absurdly rich!

Students also spent time becoming experts on a Gold Rush topic and then taught the class about it. They did a great job!

Creating Community Code Books with Our Buddies

Jan 30, 2012

Create a Country Gallery

Last week, Class 5-306 turned in their AMAZING Create a Country Projects. They are so creative and quite entertaining.

Come in and check them out on Friday, February 3rd.

Jan 24, 2012

Gung Hay Fat Choy

Jan 20, 2012

Reporters on the Hunt for Breaking News!

Reading Entries

~ Reading entries are assigned 1-2 days per week.

~ Students should be writing their entries 15-20 minutes, and they should reflect the work we're doing in class (developing theories, setting significance, character influence, theme, etc).

~ Entries should be written about the current book the student is reading.

~ Students have been collecting entry samples to refer to for support.

~ If an entry is not completed, it should be made up before the next reading entry is due.

~Entries are checked for completion each week. Class notebooks are collected for close readings and feedback about every four weeks. Students are expected to read the feedback and apply any recommendations to their future entries.