In conjunction with Native American Heritage Month and the culmination of our unit on the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech the sixth-grade students in Ms. Medina, Mrs. Manocchio, & Ms. Levine's classes completed a project on influential Native Americans. The students learned about the Native American cultures by practicing their research skills, crafting oral presentations, and creating artistic visual images of their assigned Native American leader. Classmates learned a lot from the presentations and enjoyed viewing the busts which are displayed … [Read more...] about Celebrating Native American Influential Figures
Gifted & Talented “Fuzzy Challenge” Presentations
Over the last few months, students in 6th grade Gifted and Talented classes have worked in small groups to solve a "fuzzy challenge." A "fuzzy challenge" is not clear at the start of the assignment. The challenge is complex and mult-dimensional. Very much like real-life situations, all of the teams had the same task, but were competing to create a better solution than other teams. Potential solutions changed as the process evolved. Students gave their final presentations and solutions this morning in front of judges, parents, and Ms. Almaliah in the Pierrepont MPR. [Read more...] about Gifted & Talented “Fuzzy Challenge” Presentations
Wonder Portraits
The students in Mrs. Viola's, Ms. Hart's and Mrs. Bongiovanni's homerooms made Wonder portraits inspired by the book Wonder. The students described themselves using positive traits and quotes. The focus of the lesson was to show all the goodness and unique qualities we have on the inside.
… [Read more...] about Wonder PortraitsFourth Grade Robotic Hands
Fourth graders in Mrs. Macri and Ms. Engels' class explored muscles, tendons, and bones of their robotic hands and compared them to their hands.
