Welcome back, students, staff and families!
Congratulations to Natasha of class 4-206!
Natasha is one of the winners of a writing contest sponsored by the Brooklyn Reading Council! Her winning poem, Books, appears in a publication with other winning pieces.
You rock, Natasha!!
How To Lose All of Your Friends… by PreK 108! Argghhhh!
Jaszmyn, How-to Video
Joshua, How to Write Video
Joesanne, How to Wash a Dog Video
Olivia, How-to Make Eggs Video
Resources to teach our students and their families about internet safety
- Bullying Academy is a good website for 4th graders on up to learn and think about bullying online.
- Hector’s World is a site for younger children designed to teach about safety on the internet via games and animations.
- Netsmartz is a site for parents and educators that includes powerful video lessons about privacy and on-line safety.
- IKeepSafe.org has videos and other resources for teaching and learning about internet safety and privacy.
- Common Sense Media is a website that offers lots of resources for educators to teach online safety in grades K-12. It’s probably the best one, but you have to register (create a password, etc.) to log-in access their lesson plans, and videos.
- Internet Smarts is another collection of resources, created by Cablevision.
- YouTube for Schools is an initiative by the famous video hosting site that lets schools access free educational YouTube videos while limiting access to other YouTube content.
Past and Present: Children
Do you ever wonder how children’s lives were different from your lives today? Watch this movie that the second graders in Ms. Cohen’s ESL class put together to learn more!
Class 501 Presents…Biographies!
Check out Class 104′s Ocean Animal Project!
The students in Ms. Badillo’s class have been busy studying ocean animals. Click below to see and hear some things they have learned!
William, Personal Narrative
The Aquarium
In camp we went to the aquarium. It was raining and we still went. It was fun I saw a baby shark, a big shark and turtles. And I saw eel and a big fish.
It was amazing and fun and then we ate LUNCH. I ate a sandwich and cheese. It was more fun and then we went to see the jellyfish. It was like they were in space but they were not in space.
I wanted to see something cool and then I saw a big squid! We got to touch it. We got to touch starfish and crab. We saw the waterfall and marlin. Then we went home.
Joshua, How-to
How to Wash a Cat
Things you need:
1.Cat shampoo
2.Cat bath tub
3.Cat
4.Towel
Steps:
1.You take the cat.
2.You put the cat in the cat bath tub.
3.You take the cat shampoo.
4. Poor the shampoo in a quarter size in the tub.
5. Put the water on warm and scrub the cat.
5. And cut the water off then you take the cat out of the tub.
6. You take the towel and gently wrap the towel around the cat.
Alexandrea, How-to
How to Plant
The things you need….
1] You need a flower pot
2] And a seed.
3] And a little water
4] And soil.
5] Hand shovel
Steps
1] First get an pot and soil and put the soil in the pot.
2] Dig a hole but not too deep with the shovel.
3] Put the seed inside the soil and cover the seed in the soil.
4] Put the soil on the seed.
5] Now put some water on the soil but NOT TO MUCH.
6] But don’t forget to water it everyday and put it next to the window so it can get sun.
Elijah, Personal Narrative
The Storm
I went to my grandma’s house. It was my brother’s birthday. I ate chicken and rice.
While that happened a storm came. My grandma’s stuff was flying around. I hope none of the people got hurt.
When it stopped we looked outside. Then we all went home. I ate food then I went to bed.
Olivia, How-to
How to Feed your Dog
You need:
1. 2 bowls
2. a cup of water
3. one big big spoon
4. A can of dog food
The Steps:
1. fill the bowl full with dog food.
2. fill another bowl with water.
3. put it in a place.
4. look for the dog.
5. call the dog.
Joshua, How-To
How to Make Salad
Things You Need
1. A head of lettuce
2.Tomato
3.Knife
4.Board
5.Salad bowl
6.Big spoon
Steps
1. First you take out one head of lettuce.
2. Then you take out two tomato.
3. Then you cut the tomatoes on a board.
4. Then you put the tomatoes in the salad bowl.
5. After that you cut the lettuce on a board.
6. Then you put them in a in a salad bowl.
7. Then mix it with a big spoon.
Olivia, Personal Narrative
The Weird Day
When I was in Poland I was on a farm. A cow was like on a rope and it untied so it was running everywhere. I called Grandpa so he went to see.
I was so scared so I went to hide. Because if they see you they run towards you. So I hid in the shed.
I peeked to see and he saw me. I ran as fast as I could to the house. When I got to the house I did not feel my legs so I fell on the floor.
Five minutes passed so I went outside. My grandma said are you okay? I said okay. So she hugged me.
I went upstairs to lay down and watch Hanna Montana. Next on Disney Channel was Sponge Bob I did not like it so I went downstairs to eat.
I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. After I ate my sandwich I went on the computer to play The Sims 2. My cousin told me turn off the computer a… hurricane is coming.
Turn off everything. We played a game while the hurricane stopped. The hurricane was a small one right cousin. My cousin said yes.
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and we’re back to school!
Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year at P.S. 124. It’s great to see old friends and new faces, and feel the excitement of starting another new year of learning, discovery, friendship and fun.
Along with our new Pre-Kindergarten classes, and new faces in the other grades, the whole P.S. 124 family welcomes our new teacher, Mayra Badillo in Class 1/2 SE, Room 104.
#1 The Hugo Cabret Unit Documentary (directed and edited by Ms. Abodeely)
Take a look at Ms. Abodeely’s third graders discussing the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. They use traditional literacy skills such as prediction and summarizing as well media literacy skills to “read” the many images in this exciting text, and use the novel as a touchstone for their fiction writing as well. The culmination is to produce iMovies based on their writing with text and “readable” images just like Hugo Cabret! This is the 3rd year Ms. Abodeely has developed a unit around this text, and it is clear from the exciting and engaging discussions in this video that it will not be the last.
#2 Kindergarten Showcase Videos by Ms. Toledo!
Kindergarten Writing Video from March 2010 — You have to give it up for Ms. Toledo for putting out the call for more coverage of the Kindergartners on the website this year. She was gushing about how she saw other schools presenting student experiences online, and, accepting no less for her students, got Mr. Rhys to help her use iSight and iMovie to start sharing the learning experiences that kids at 124 are having on the first floor with the world through the Internet.
April 2010: Kindergartners at PS 124 use activities on the Pre-K and Kindergarten Class Page on the Internet to build basic technology skills outlined in the National Educational Technology Standards, like using the mouse, opening and closing programs, and basic navigation of websites. Have a look!
2010 top 10: #3 The Invisible Man Comic Video, and #4 Our Visit With Judy Barrett Video
#3 The Invisible Man Comic Video & Making-of Documentary
In this adaptation of a classic novel into a comic book, then into a video, Mr. Tandarich’s 5th grade students demonstrated an understanding of how to use multiple media to represent details in story and bring their vision to life. It’s clear from watching the documentary that they understood how to create tone through a combination of editing, images and expressive reading. The result: a 21st century version of a classic!
WATCH: The Invisible Man, 5th Grade Comic Book Adaptation & Documentary
#4 Our Visit With Judi Barrett – author of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs…the video!!…
Ms. Barrett has written over 20 books including, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs! She read to our students, showed pictures and answered questions. Mrs. Lane and her production team of 5th graders documented the visit with a Flip Camera, and added reflective narration and a few bells and whistles in iMovie. The result is an authentic student archival of a meaningful moment in their PS 124 experience.
- WATCH THE VIDEO of Our Visit with Judy Barrett, author of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
#5 Super Battery Fairy! Award-winning PSA by Class 4-302!
This WNET Channel 13 and Chase Multimedia in the Classroom Award Winning PSA was researched, scripted and storyboarded by Mr. Marsano’s kids, then shot and edited collaboratively with Mr. M and The Media Spot. It was screened for several hundred teachers and students at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning in Manhattan. It’s another great model by Mr. Marsano of a classroom production integrated in the writing curriculum with a critical focus on a specific community issue. And it was recognized by the Eveready Battery Company.
- Watch Super Battery Fairy!
#6 2nd Grade Story Reading in iMovie!
Mr. McMurrer’s kids started recording themselves reading aloud from their fiction pieces using iMovie on laptops with webcams late in the year. After a few small-group lessons, and share-outs on the projector, students were working independently on this fluency-building activity.
- Read more about the read-alouds, and watch the sample!
Dominican Republic Beaches Video, Yetunde
Canadian Teams Video, Jesse
