PS 154 5th Graders are Wild Readers

Dec 10, 2013

Country Collages

On Family Friday, 5-306 started collages about their countries. They made a map and cut out various items that represented their countries (i.e. flags, food, animals, vegetation). The collages will be an ongoing project and the students will add more to their collages as they learn more about their countries.

Dylan's grandma, Abby, came in to show us some artwork from Central and South America.

Marble Celebration

Nov 20, 2013

5-306 Visits City Hall

The fifth graders were lucky enough to visit one of NYC's most beautiful and historical landmarks, City Hall. Everyone appreciated its beauty and importance!

Nov 19, 2013

Our Last Lunch Bunch... Group 3

Should zoos exist?

5-306 worked so hard on their research-based argument essays about whether or not zoos should exist. On this day, our classroom may have been colder than it was outside (notice their attire), but the kids typed on! All the essays will soon be put on display in the hallway.

Nov 15, 2013

November's First Friday

Class 5-306 chose their favorite character from a book and painted a portrait of them with very special paint. This paint can be transferred to material! The portraits were later ironed on to a table cloth to be auctioned off at the Winter Festival on December 7th. Thank you so much to Amelia Costigan and Sandy Smith for all their help!

Celina focuses on painting a portrait of her favorite character.

Flynn painting Auggie from Wonder.

Ayaka loves the duck from Dr. Doolittle.

Nicole is also a fan of Wonder's Auggie.

Superhero Buddies!

Take a look at what Class 5-306 has been up to over the past couple of weeks.

Have you ever read to a superhero?

Nate reads to a super cool Power Ranger WEsley. .

Emily reads to Pink Delicious.

Dahil has the pleasure of reading to Wonder Woman!

Who knew there could be two Wonder Women in one room?
-Thea and Ruby

Wolverine makes himself comfortable at Evan's chair.

Olivia has the honor of reading Fancy Nancy to Wonder Woman and Super Flower Princess.

There's a crime in the city! Dylan and Captain America are on it!

Ronan looks a little starstruck reading to the elusive Batman!

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.