We had a great start to the school year and the students are now more familiar with classroom routines. Below are some of the learning that the students have been doing. Math- In our class the students are learning to identify numbers both verbally and visually. Additionally, we have started to go over more, less,Continue reading "Happy October"
Curriculum Night
Dear Class 304 families, I want to thank you to each of you for joining the curriculum night. For those who might have missed or wish to revisit the curriculum night presentation, I have made the slides available as a PDF document. You can access the curriculum night slides by clicking on the following link:Continue reading "Curriculum Night"
Welcome to Class 304!
Dear Parents and Guardians, Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year at P.S. 896, School of Creativity and Innovation. My name is Linda Chen. I am excited to be your child’s teacher this year! I'm looking forward to seeing your child's progress throughout the school year. Our classroom will be on an exciting journey of learning and growth. ThroughoutContinue reading "Welcome to Class 304!"
How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich!
Our last writing unit of the school year is on "How To.." and we started it off by having the students write instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. We wanted the students to see the importance of including important details in their writing so Mrs. Willis had a fun ideaContinue reading "How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich!"
Happy May!
We have been busy BEE's for the month of May. The students have concluded both ELA and Math state exams. We've also wrapped up our residency programs for music, art, and STEAM. The student's artwork with Studio in School (art) will be on display for the art show and the students will showcase their musicContinue reading "Happy May!"
Springing Into April for More Fun Learning!
It's April and we're getting closer to the end of the school year! During the past month or so, our class had the privilege of taking part in three residence programs (Music, Art and STEAM). The students have been enjoying learning how to play the recorder, learning and making cool art projects, and learning howContinue reading "Springing Into April for More Fun Learning!"
Springing into March
Our class has been doing many fun learning during the past few weeks and going into the month of March. As mentioned in the previous post, we started a few new units for math, reading, and writing. This month, we will be wrapping up some of those units. The students are enjoying the poetry unitContinue reading "Springing into March"
What’s New In February
What is new this month.... We finished up the Opinion writing unit and have started Poetry. The students did a great job and should be proud of themselves. We've started a new Reading unit which is on Non-Fiction. We placed the students in groups according to their interest. Some students are going to be readingContinue reading "What’s New In February"
Happy New Year- More fun learning to come!
We ended the year with a writing celebration for our Non-fiction pieces. The students worked so hard on their writing and have made significant progress. We started our new unit which is on opinion writing. This will be fun as the students have already started off with great ideas. Some of the students have beenContinue reading "Happy New Year- More fun learning to come!"
Shapes Galore
We are ending our 2nd/3rd grade math learning how to recognize and characterize shapes by their attributes and properties. Our first lesson was describing two-dimensional shapes according to their number of sides or angles. Our students were encouraged to use precise language when describing the shapes. For example, they described a pentagon as a shapeContinue reading "Shapes Galore"
Class 103 Loves to Read!
We are amazed by the progress that the our students have made with their reading! From the beginning of the school year to now, they have not only moved up reading levels but have also gained new skills. Our students have various periods of reading; Read- Aloud, Shared Reading, and Readers Workshop. So they areContinue reading "Class 103 Loves to Read!"
Week 11 2022
We had a great week learning about Women's history and writing poems about women who are important to us, working on our math and phonics, sharing new information we are learning from non fiction texts, and ended our week with first walking trip of spring to take pictures of nature in the style of AnselContinue reading "Week 11 2022"
Week Nine
We enjoyed a fun and productive week continuing our artist study of Georgia O Keefe, continuing our non fiction books and poetry, working with place value, and reading in Spanish and English. We ended our week with our monthly craft day and the students made beautiful painted rocks just in time to decorate a gardenContinue reading "Week Nine"
Week 8
Students learning and reading We had a great week full of new learning and celebrations. We started the week with a publishing party and continued to learn more about plants, work on our artist study of Georgia O Keefe, learn new phonemes, and working with place value in math. Looking forward to another fun weekContinue reading "Week 8"
March Wellness: Celebrating national nutrition month!
March is a beautiful month, we finally start to see some sunshine and kick off the spring season. It also happens to be national nutrition month which is a great reason to focus on fresh starts and trying out some new foods that give us energy and make us feel good. Here are some thingsContinue reading "March Wellness: Celebrating national nutrition month!"
Week seven
Students learning and celebrating This week was full of learning celebrating! We enjoyed daily events for respect for all week including 100 day of school, black history month, and lunar new year. Hope everyone enjoys the break! announcements: congratulations to Preston for getting spotlight student!
Week six 2022
students writing, listening to each other present, doing zoom word study with a class parent,and looking at their projects. This week was full of learning and celebrating our hard work by turning our hallway into an art gallery. Students admired each other's projects from different perspectives and are excited to continue exploring how artist areContinue reading "Week six 2022"
Week Five
We had a great week learning together while also celebrating Lunar new year. Students have enjoyed learning about a new tradition and comparing it to their own traditions. We have also kept on putting final touches on our sculptures, reading more words, adding groups of ten, and writing persuasive and non fiction pieces. These studentsContinue reading "Week Five"
Happy Lunar New Year!
Starting from last week, our friends are continuing to learn about Lunar New Year. We learn about how people from the Asian and Asian American communities celebrate Lunar New Year in different ways but share many similarities. In our Chinese dual-language classes, we have families from Mainland China, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Our friends share customsContinue reading "Happy Lunar New Year!"
Lunar new year= fresh healthy start
Happy Lunar New Year 2022! The New Year, Chinese or Vietnamese (Tet holiday), Korean, Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian and Filipino, more commonly known as Lunar New Year, falls this year on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 and traditionally lasts 15 days. We are entering the year of the Tiger! Many members of our school communities come fromContinue reading "Lunar new year= fresh healthy start"
Week of November 15
In our Chinese language arts class, our friends started to play radical puzzles to make Chinese characters. We learned two common radicals, female(女字旁) and sun(日字旁)and some high-frequency words related to those two radicals, such as 妈妈 (mom),奶奶(grandma),姐姐(older sister),妹妹(younger sister) 和好 (good). We had partner power to make sentences using our sight word flashcards, and readContinue reading "Week of November 15"
Week 9
Our kindergarten and first grade classes are learning about symmetry and radial symmetry in visual art. We first practiced symmetry by designing symmetrical butterflies, and then we practiced radial designs using a circular template. This unit's culminating project is making a radial design, called a mandala, using cardboard and foam shapes. See the process forContinue reading "Week 9"
Week Three!
We had another great week of learning and exploring! Congratulations Jury for being new spotlight student of the week 🙂 Some updates: This week we will start using seesaw to upload homework. You will still get the homework on google classroom, but there will be link to upload pictures of assignments on seesaw. I amContinue reading "Week Three!"
Second Week of School
We had an awesome second week of learning! In Chinese language arts class, we got to celebrate our Mid-Autumn Festival by making lanterns and sharing mooncakes. We started to learn about Chinese culture and traditions. We also learned our Chinese names and practiced writing our names in Chinese. In our project-based learning block, we exploreContinue reading "Second Week of School"
Week two!
We had a great second week of learning! Working hard at writing stories, math, learning about Spanish speaking countries, creating collages, and we got to enjoy doing our read alouds outside this Thursday and Friday. Looking forward to next week! Hope you all have a great weekend 🙂 Some announcements Congratulations to Miss Amelia Iverson!Continue reading "Week two!"
Reopening Plans for Fall 2020
Reopening Plans for Fall 2020 are evolving. Check regularly for updates.
Return to School 2020
Register now for a Family and Student Engagement Session Want to continue all-remote learning in the fall? Let us know by completing the Learning Preference survey by August 7 Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year...
K/1-014 Loves LEGO Robotics
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