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School Closed — Thurs. 6/7/12

Chancellor’s Conference Day  

School Closed – Tues. 6/26/12

The School Faculty &  PTA have Approved Tuesday, June 26, 2012 as a PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY There will be NO SCHOOL for Students

Bird Research

Ms. Toomey’s class is listening to birds today: http://pjdeye.blogspot.com/

Reading & Math Workshop Videos

Math Workshop Math Workshop pt 2 Reading Workshop Reading Workshop pt 2

Ms. Mansour’s Class Video: “One Monday Morning” Puppet Show

This video is  a puppet show that was adapted from the story One Monday Morning . This was their very first performance with Ms. Erin.

K-3 Poetry Video

Spring is here!  We wrote our own poem for our poetry unit, and turned it into a video!  Click the picture below to watch the video!

May 25 Workshop 2: Charts, Saving Notebook Files, Games, and Special Effects

session 1: Strategies for sharing and storing .Notebook files  (15 mins) (Rhys) naming notebook files (file + Save As), naming conventions (unit name, “template”, or class/year) creating a folder for storing all Notebook files one strategy: Keep 1 large file of routines like morning meeting, blank charts + sub-unit files (i.e. take today’s resources and save [...]

Staff Smartboard Workshop 1 Agenda, Notes & Links: Downloading Lessons, and Linking & Embedding Web Video

May 11 Workshop Agenda, Notes & Links intro: chart list list charts you have, and charts you’d like to have (by writing them in our T-Chart on the SMART Board) review the PS130Brooklyn.com SMART Idea Exchange session 1: Lesson Activity Toolkit (LAT) & Smart Tech Exchange Website (3:30-4) (using lessons that teachers here have found [...]

Internet Research for Grades 2-5

We’ve done several lessons with teachers over the years at PS 130 on Internet research best practices for students.  Here is an updated list of resources we’ve gathered and created to help you and your students navigate the web for age-appropriate material: Best Practices and Tips for Classroom Research: PS 130 Internet Research Teacher Prep [...]

Fact Triangle Explanation, by Owen in 2-401