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4th Graders: Take Our Online Poll!

4th graders! Let your opinion be known about the ELA tests you recently finished taking! (Whew!) Click the on link to cast your vote online.

Pancake Double Take

And because taking it to the next level is an all important part of the process of learning, here’s Afrida and Gabe of class 4-501 explaining how they would double the ingredients using what the class had figured out previously.

Pumpkin Pancake Math: Growing Patterns

Today in Class 4-501, we made pumpkin pancakes to raise funds for Making Strides walk. Well, students had to help me figure out how to make 40 pancakes from a 10 pancake recipe. This is Afrida summarizing some great math thinking shared by a classmate, Vanessa.

Real Keyboarding, Real Fun!

Hey, fellow colleagues and P.S. 130 students! Since so many classrooms recently received new laptops (and we know how excited everyone is about that!), here are some websites to check out that can improve anyone’s keyboarding/typing skills. LMK or “let me know” for those who haven’t yet mastered internet slang what you think of each. [...]

President Obama: 501 Hears You!

Calling all students, teachers and parents! Please take a moment (or two…or three) to check out Class 4-501′s latest technological endeavor: our Voicethread responses to an excerpt from President Obama’s inauguration speech. We hope you enjoy it and will consider leaving us a comment about our work. Thank you! –Ms. SIlberman and students 4-501′s Voicethread [...]

Websites for Reseach (and Just Plain Learning Fun!)

**Please remember to have a picture of your explorer for your cover! Kids’ Online Research Enchanted Learning: Explorers Cybersleuths: Explorers on the Web Kansas’ Newton School District’s Website on Explorers Web Links Online Rubric for this research project-click here!

Some math sites 2 check out!

Want a few places to enliven your math lessons? Check these out! NYS Exams in Mathematics for using with small groups or whole class (via projector) to discuss strategies and deep math thoughts…especially when comparing the examples of math concepts as displayed on different grade level exams. http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/mathei/08exams/home.htm Math magicians, anyone? http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html Simple math word [...]

Just in time for…winter!

Want to have fun while preparing students for the upcoming tests at the same time? Well, check out these two websites for a treasure trove of ideas and fun facts. Bet you never knew about those white flakes falling from the sky! highhopes.com/snowflakes.html www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/kids/kids.htm

Just in time for…winter!

Check out these two websites for a treasure trove of ideas and fun facts. Bet you never knew about those white flakes falling from the sky! highhopes.com/snowflakes.html www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/kids/kids.htm