ELA Predictive

Any student who attends a middle school tour on Friday will be able to take a retest on Wednesday morning, November 7th.

ELA Predictive Questions

There have been some concerns about Friday's ELA Predictive since there is a middle school tour at the same time. We are trying to get the predictive test time moved back to 11:00 am, and if this happens, we will let you know. Either way, students will be given a chance to make up the test.

The ELA Predictive

On Thursday, November 1st, and Friday, November 2nd, the fifth graders at P.S. 154 will be taking the first ELA predictive, which is the city's new interim assessment. These assessments will take place at 9 a.m. and last approximately 45 minutes. Please be sure that students are well-rested and full of test-taking stamina!

If your student is absent, they will take a retest on a later date.

For more information on the predictive, click here.

Boo Bash 2007

Photographs from this year's Boo Bash. Click on the photos for larger images!

Global Warming Solutions

Visit the following links to learn more about preventing and finding solutions to global warming:

http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/kidspage.cfm

A global warming Webquest

EPA's Climate Change Website

Take Action against Global Warming

What We Can Do!

Getting Ready For The Social Studies Test

The 5th Grade Social Studies Test is coming up on Wednesday, November 14th and Thursday, November 15th (Yes, it starts the day after Parent-Teacher Conferences!). There are multiple choice, constructed response and document based essay sections. You can help prepare by visiting the websites below and reading more about the test and its format.

Multiple Choice Questions on Grade 4 Content

Multiple Choice Questions on Grade 3 Content

About the Exam

Affected Animals - Global Warming

During the Enrichment period, some students will be studying the causes of, effects of, and solutions to global warming. Below are some links we will be using in class to learn more about global warming's effect on our planet's creatures.

Threatened species

polar bears

pikas

pied flycatchers

elephants

Endangering the Arctic Creatures

More endangered animals

What Can We Do To Lessen Global Warming? part1

What Can We Do To Lessen Global Warming part 2

Museum of Natural History

Permission slips for the fifth grade trip to the Museum of Natural History will be going home this week. We would love for any parent volunteer to join us for this experience. Please email us if you are interested!

Our First Trip!

Class 5-307 will be visiting Manhattan's Museum of Natural History on October 16th. We are very excited about supporting our Social Studies Curriculum by observing the Global Peoples exhibits. We want to remind the students and parents that safe and respectful behavior is expected on this trip as well as all class trips.

We will be sending home notices shortly. You can read more about the museum on their website.

Stretching Out Our Small Moments!!

We are beginning to draft our Edge-of-your-seat Small Moments.

You can discuss these small moments at home. Here are a list of "small moment" qualities:

Small Moments:
- are personal narratives - stories about ourselves
- are written from the author's point of view
- describe one tiny piece of time
- use sensory details, similes, and personification

During drafting, students use timelines and other graphic organizers to sequence events and add details.

We will be publishing by Mid-October!!

Curriculum Night - September 26th!

P.S. 154 will be holding its annual curriculum night on September 25th at 5:30 p.m. There will be two half-hour sessions that describe our units of study and some of the fifth grade events.

Mark your calendars!

Middle School Fair!

Please join us on Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for our Middle School Fair. An overview of the application process will be given, as well as a list of dates for school tours. We will also be establishing a fundraising committee for the fifth grade's special events.

We hope to see you there!

Our Units of Study

For the duration of September, class 5-307 will be studying the following in our core subjects:

Reading: Enriching Our Readerly Life / Book Reports
Writing: Edge-of-your-seat Small Moments
Mathematics: Number Theory and Estimation & Computation
Social Studies: World Geography



There are several links below that you can use to practice classroom skills and strategies:

Writing A First-Rate Book Report

Enhancing Reading Comprehension

Writing Units of Study

Math Games

Math Games - Flash

National Geographic Maps

Welcome to the Fifth Grade!

Ms. Fought and Ms. Ussery are very excited about the 2007-2008 school year! You can find important news, links, photographs here on the class website.