April's school-wide theme is: WORKING OUT CONFLICTS
  As the principal of P.S. 8 - The Isaac Varian School, it is my pleasure to welcome you back to a new, exciting year of school. At P.S. 8, we strive for excellence and have high expectations for our students. We are focused on creating a learning environment that is safe, respectful, and engaging and our goal is to develop responsible and dedicated students that are prepared for the demands necessary to be successful in the 21st century. We welcome your feedback, and I hope you visit our site often for the latest news and school events. Respectfully, Claudia Tahiraj-Sadrija *Illustration courtesy of Mrs. Jen -------------------------------------------------------------- PS 8 Proud Lions Newsletter April, 2018 3-5 Literacy Reading & Writing Coach Dear Parents, During Reading Workshop your third graders have begun their Animal Research Clubs where they will learn to synthesize related information from at least two sources. They then will write about the animal they are researching. Your fourth graders are studying historical fiction. They are entering settings where buffalo roam the Great Plains inhabited by Lakota Indians, where people struggle to put food on their tables during the Great Depression, where a plague of grasshoppers descended on our prairie lands and destroyed crops –leaving farmers with no food to eat and no source of income, and many other times and places in history. Your fifth graders are also learning about the past. They are studying the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall and Rosa Parks are just some of the people they will encounter during this Unit of Study. The Montgomery Bus Boycott and other protests that led to change will also be discussed. Ms. McCosh - PS 8 Literacy Coach K-5 Mathematics Coach K: Students analyze, compare, and create 2-D and 3-D shapes. They
use position words (above, below, beside, in front of, behind, etc.) to
describe the position of various familiar objects in relation to surrounding
objects. Students also analyze and compare 3-D shapes. They learn how to
determine if a solid figure can roll, stack, or slide. 1: Students tell time to the hour using analog and digital clocks.
Students use attributes to match shapes. They understand that 2-D shapes,
such as triangles, circles, rectangles, and squares, have attributes that define
them and make them different from one another. They understand how to
determine the number of straight sides or vertices of a shape. 2: Students estimate measures and use a ruler, meter stick, or tape measure
to measure length and height to the nearest centimeter or meter, and
measure the length and height of objects in inches, feet, and yards. 3: Students measure the area of a shape by counting the number of square
units that cover a region. They learn the amount of space inside a shape is its
area. They learn to find the area of a square and a rectangle. Students
understand that the area of a figure is the amount of surface that is covered. 4: Students identify and describe points, lines, and planes. They recognize
and draw lines, rays, and angles with different measures. They explore
points, lines, line segments, and rays in preparation for learning about
angles. They use a protractor to measure angles. They identify angles as
acute, obtuse, right or straight. 5: Students identify and classify polygons and triangles. They sort a variety
of quadrilaterals to develop the hierarchy for quadrilaterals. They classify 2-
dimensional shapes into categories based on their properties. Students
identify and graph points on a coordinate grid. Ms. Chang - Math Coach ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 |
 Share our site using:
     |
We are working to make this website easier to access for people with disabilities, and will follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. If you need assistance with a particular page or document on our current site, please contact Mr. Russello to request assistance.
