Fifth Grade at P.S. 154

2012-01-29T08:42:00.000-05:00

Bye, Joseph! Good luck at your new school!

2012-01-27T15:55:00.001-05:00

5-307's version of "Hound Dog" was excellent.

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The parents were invited to watch our music class.

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Jess sings alongside Tor.

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Olivia sings as the students strum.

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Happy Chinese Lunar New Year!

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Victoria lets her dragon's tail float in the wind.

Don't Forget!

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***Country Projects are due this Monday, January 23rd

***Book Orders are due this Tuesday, January 24th

***The next library trip is Thursday, February 2nd

***First Fridays February is February 3rd

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Beautiful artwork by Amir.

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Sharing our realistic fiction stories...

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From our publishing share..

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More pictures from our collage making.

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PS 154 parent Suzie Treinen helps us create collages for our school's new community code.

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Boubacar and Sage cut and assemble paper letters and visuals.

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Melissa, her mom and Brandon assemble their collage.

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Noha, Maddie, Joe and William craft their creation.

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Orion creates a person for his group's collage.

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Sophie is proud of her paper person!

Dear Cookie,

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Thanks for being an amazing class pet. You were so energetic and fun to have as part of our classroom. We are so sad to lose you. We will miss you dearly!

Love,
Class 5-307

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From William to Olivia - a homemade electrical device. Very, very cool.

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Happy New Year from Class 5-307!

First Friday - Switch to THIS FRIDAY

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Please join us THIS Friday for our Country Gallery Walk from 8:45 - 9:25. We will be exhibiting the projects from the Social Studies Research and we would love for you to come!

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The Aztec Sun Stone.

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Time to go!

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Mosaics of animals lined the tunnel.

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On our way to the Museum..

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All of the pennies are in... And we were the top class! Stay tuned for the royal photos...

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Nacho and Mike are warming up in their winter sweaters... Are you?

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Thousands of coins to sort!

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So many coins...so little time...

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Finishing a station at the Armory.

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Stretch it out at the Armory.

What's Going On?

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**Country Projects are coming up! Students have completed their Western Hemisphere research in class, and have now been asked to complete their projects at home. Students have their research questions in their packets and should be doing work each night on their poster, Powerpoint, report, mini-book or blog. Please encourage them to do their best to get their projects done by Monday, December 19th.

*Winter Gift Exchange - Next Friday, December 23rd! What will your giver be? What will your clues be? Find out next week!

2011-11-30T08:26:00.001-05:00

Dime and Nickel sorting.

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Penny sorting! We are currently in the lead!

We Won the First Penny Princess Crown!

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Class 5-307 raised 75.5 pounds of pennies (you should carry our bag!), and raised 96.5 pounds together with our buddy class, Ms. Varriale and Ms. Sheehan and 2-203. We are Penny Royalty, at least for Week One!

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Icosahedrons astronauts!

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Toasting the Bfg!

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Too much Frobscottle!

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To the Bfg!

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Frobscottle salut!

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Creating the polyhedra.

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Tetrahedron hats.

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Our blogger, Olivia.

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Our polyhedra!

Polyhedra by Olivia

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Today, Ms. Jennifer came to our class and we made polyhedron out of pipe cleaners and straws. First, we made triangular based pyramids, then we made octahedron. Then we each had to write our names on the straws which was kind of hard, but fun. Then Ms. Jennifer showed us how to tie them together with yarn to hang them.

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Amanda, Chloe and Steven prepare for the Penny Harvest skit.

The Boo Bash! by Melissa

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This past Saturday was the sixth Boo Bash. A lot of our classmates decided to dress up and join the party. There were some cool costumes from Noha the blood drinking vampire to the gothic Sage, it really was a blast. Well there can’t be a trick without a treat! MILLIONS of cupcakes and cookies were lined up on to the tables. But remember there can’t be a treat without a trick. We went to the Mad Science Lab to touch some ooey gooey body parts. Well, you can’t remember this day without a photo. A pumpkin patch scene was created to make it picture perfect. Don’t forget the party in the MMR where you can hit the dance floor. Remember to go to the fortune teller she can predict you’re going to have a great time!

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Parker and Tori are the Penny Heroes!

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Tabor and Melissa preparing for the Penny Harvest skit.

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Tori rehearsing for the Penny Harvest skit.

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Ms. Guzzi goes all out as an Egyptian princess at the Boo Bash.

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Is that Captain America? Or is it Joseph?

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Ryan and Amanda at the Boo Bash!

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Eddie has a skyscraper polyhedron.

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Amir builds a rectangular prism!

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Arranging polygons into three dimensional shapes.

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2011-10-21T13:14:00.001-04:00

Making polyhedra with Jennifer.

2011-10-18T17:36:00.001-04:00

Stretch!

2011-10-18T17:34:00.001-04:00

154 represents at the Armory! Just finished our laps.

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2011-10-18T17:32:00.001-04:00

Team Airborne!!

Fifth Grade's First Trip to the Armory

2011-10-18T12:42:00.000-04:00

5^th Grades trip to the Armory

by Jessica

This is the first trip for this years 5^th grade. We went to the Armory. We had to do curl-ups and it really wasn’t much fun for the kids who are not really good at it. Then, we had to do track - two laps should do it! Then we had a little fun playing Team Airborne with the giant beach balls. It was a challenge keeping a giant beach ball in the air, but it was really fun!

First Friday Pics - October!

2011-10-14T10:36:00.000-04:00

Please view Mr. Ortiz's fabulous photos from our BFG phizzwizard and trogglehumper-making session.

First Fridays by Shanthi

2011-10-07T15:46:00.000-04:00

Today was our second First Friday. We made up dreams that are like the ones in our read-aloud, the BFG. With the help of our parents we wrote down the dreams down and glued them onto dream jars. The BFG is a story about Sophie, a girl who is snatched out of her bed by a giant. But, she is lucky, because her kidnapper is a good and kind giant. The giant, unlike the others that eat children, blows good dreams to sleeping children, and keeps dreams in glass jars.

Weekly Reader News Online

2011-10-04T15:56:00.000-04:00

We will soon be receiving our first issues of Weekly Reader News for grades 4-6.

You and your child can view all of the issues online by following these steps:

*Visit http://www.weeklyreader.com/you
*Click on "Weekly Reader - News Edition 4-6"
*Type in our Magic Word, which is Trinidad
*Read and enjoy all of the past magazines

Curriculum Morning

2011-10-04T15:30:00.000-04:00

Curriculum Morning is this Thursday, October 6th, from 8:00 - 8:35 a.m. in the MMR. Please join us to learn more about what your student will be studying this year!

The PS 154 School Yard Jam by Sage

2011-09-26T12:42:00.000-04:00

The School Jam is where bands will play music for people's entertainment. It’s where you can jump on the bouncy house and be crazy. You can go in to the cafeteria and buy some food. These are all the fun stuff you can do at the school jam. The school jam is also about you helping the school by giving them a little bit of your money so we won’t have to give up any other teachers.

One thing that was really messy is some people were painting on a piece of paper on the wall. Then a lot of other people came and started painting over that. Soon it got so wet and messy it fell down!

Landforms Study

2011-09-20T15:52:00.001-04:00

We will soon be starting our study of geography in the Western Hemisphere.
Here are some links to landforms that you can check out!

http://worldlandforms.com/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/types_of_land_2/index.html
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g2_u2/index.html
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/land/landforms/ username: ps154k password: windsor

Multiplication Madness!

2011-09-14T14:35:00.000-04:00

It is EXTREMELY important that our fifth graders have the times tables/ multiplication tables memorized as we move through our math curriculum. Nearly every standard the students have to meet involves the understanding of the multiplication tables.

We are reviewing the times tables in class and I would appreciate any support at home if your child still has some of the tables to master. Flash cards are great, and just 5 to 10 minutes of practice each night can really help. I also have some links to multiplication games sites on the left so that your child can play these online.

Thanks!

The year has begun!

2011-09-12T12:33:00.000-04:00

Greetings to all of the new 5-307 students and families!

Our first First Fridays is Friday, September 16th - we hope to see you here at school this Friday at 8:45 am.

Our school's first PTA meeting is at 6:30 on Wednesday the 14th, with the potluck beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Hope to meet you all soon!
Ms. Fought

Fifth Grade is Coming!

2011-09-06T21:39:00.000-04:00

The new school year begins this Thursday, September 8th, at 8:40 a.m. See you then!

2011-06-30T08:24:00.000-04:00

Wally is the new king in The Sword and the Stone.

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James is trying to resist Alannah and Sam's siren song during The Odyssey.

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Rockin' out the last week of school!

2011-06-16T21:24:00.001-04:00

We won Gold (thanks to those awesome posters). Next stop: semifinals at ps 25 on Monday.

2011-06-16T14:06:00.001-04:00

Wonderful walk to NYC Icy! Thank you, Leeds family!!!

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2011-06-08T13:43:00.001-04:00

We caught the Estonian Girls Chorus right before our library trip.

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Getting ready to take on the Obstacle Course.

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Relaxing at Pocono Valley!

Don't Stop Believing!

2011-06-01T10:05:00.000-04:00

Our fifth grade song will be in the style of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" with lyrics written by our fifth grade graduates.

Here is a link to the song so that you can make up your own verses!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-SbwCHJ80

5th Grade Events

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June 1st--Ballroom Dance Recital 6:30 MMR

June 3rd--Poconos Trip--7:00 AM departure from school, return approx. 7 pm.

June 7th--fifth grade vs. teachers kickball game. Email Noah's mom, Suzie Leeds, at nycicy@gmail.com if you can help out! Start around 9:15 AM
June 7th - Also a 1/2 Day
June 8th - Last Library Trip - 2 pm
June 13th - 1/2 Day

June 23--GRADUATION DAY!!!

June 24--Fifth Grade Picnic in the park!
June 28 - Last Day/ 1/2 Day

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Join us for the ballroom dance recital on Wednesday, June 1st at 6:30 pm. Student should arrive at 6:15 pm dressed to dance!

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Plant sale shenanigans.

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Too fast to focus!

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More ballroom pics!