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Butterflies (and Test Prep, Too)!

During our focus on non-fiction texts this week in getting prepared for upcoming state tests in literacy and science, our class used butterflies as the theme – using the book Endangered Butterflies, by Bobbie Kalman as part of our shared reading. Today, students became the test “makers” as they partnered up to read selections from [...]

FAMILY SPRING DANCE & SILENT AUCTION THIS FRIDAY, April 8

Don’t miss our 6th Annual Family Spring Dance this Friday from 6 to 8 pm. Highlights include music, dancing, pasta dinner for purchase, decorate your own cupcake bar, and our amazing Silent Auction! Bring your friends and family! See the flier here Spring Dance 2011 Full list of Auction items here Silent Auction List

Calling All 4th Grade Test Prep Detectives!

Show your evidence!..that you are the BEST test takers EVER! Here are websites for you to use to practice those “Test Prep Detective” skills so that you’ll be all ready to ace those upcoming state tests! ELA: Kids Detective Lab Eye Spy – every good detective needs to brush up on those visual inference skills! [...]

Read All About It! Parkside News Debuts!

Ms. Brown and her afterschool club of students produced this well done and newsworthy journal which you can now read online…here at P.S. 130′s own school website. So grab a seat, something relaxing to drink and happy reading! Parkside News PS_130_Newsletter-3

P.S. 130 SILENT AUCTION (Rescheduled to April 8)

The PTA Silent Auction has been RESCHEDULED to April 8th and will be incorporated into our SPRING DANCE. If you have purchased a ticket your money will be refunded.

February 2011 PTA Meeting

Join us Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 6 PM in the Cafeteria. We will give updates on upcoming events and Ms Langstaff will discuss bullying. Kids welcome to come and work on an art project! Feb2011meeting

PTA January 2011 Meeting Minutes

Minutes January 2011

PTA Family Science Night

Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 6 pm (Cafeteria) Join the PTA in welcoming Erin the Scientist for a Chemistry Magic Show! Color changes, H 2 O (water) tricks, and lasers Kids will enjoy making measurements, observations and inferences Science Night Flier

Realistic Fiction Model Publication: Involved With The World, by Stacey 2009

Below is a fifth grade realistic fiction model publication that is humorous, has a tremendous amount of internal thinking, wonderful dialogue, strong action verbs, descriptive details, and an easy-to-follow plot. Involved With The World Chapter 1 I headed over to the fridge to get some water. I needed to clear out my throat. My nostril [...]

Encounter! Native Americans Meet the European Explorers

To help 4th graders get a broader sense of the early Americas beyond our previous study of the Iroquois and Algonquians of the Eastern Woodlands area, here are some quick links about the Aztecs, Incas and Pueblos Nations. (Next up: website links for the European Explorers…there are more beyond Christopher Columbus!) KidsPast.com (Aztecs, Incas, and [...]