B-412 Information

Hi B-412! The month of March kept us booked and busy in B-412! We started and completed our Saturday Academy for test prep, and the students were AMAZING! We also attended a couple of fun field trips in March including the Apple Store for a drawing workshop, and the Colonial Dames Museum where we learned all about life in Colonial America while experiencing some of it ourselves by touring a home, using tools and housewares from that time, and even wearing some realistic clothing! March is going to be a tough month to beat, but April has some amazing things on deck for us! 😊

Students in B-412 have definitely been working hard on their New York State test practice. Since this is our first time taking these tests on the computer, we have been making sure we know how to respond to multiple choice questions digitally, how to write paragraphs and improve our typing, and how to show our mathematical thinking on the computer. Alongside practicing these skills, we are taking a deep dive into our math skills as we enter this month. Students have been working on adding and subtracting fractions, some long division, and decimals. We are doing VERY WELL understanding procedures and steps to solving problems, but we sometimes can forget where we are in the process if the problem requires us to carry out several steps to solve. We have talked about this as a class, and students have shared what helps them improve their skills when faced with situations like this. Overwhelmingly, the answer is PRACTICE. One thing about B-412 students is that they are ALWAYS trying their best. Ms. Clock, Ms. Kimberly, and Ms Priscyla could NOT be more proud of their hard work! INCREDIBLE! 🌟

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Shared Reading and Writing
• Reading Comprehension/Written Responses
• Grammar - Parts Of Speech, Punctuation, Vocabulary
• Fluency Practice
• Chapter Book: The Magnificent Makers: How To Test A Friendship 
• Test Prep: Reading, Writing, Typing

MATH:

• Choral Counting & Counting Collections
• Daily Number Talks/Error Analysis
• Regrouping Practice/Review
• Multiplication & Division - Facts & Procedures
• Fractions, Greatest Common Factor/Multiple
• Test Prep: Short & Long Response

SOCIAL STUDIES:

• Colonial America and the American Revolution

👦🏽👧🏻 IEP MEETING SCHEDULING 👦🏽👧🏻
IEP meetings are coming up soon for many B-412 students. Ms. Clock will reach out to you for scheduling. IEP meetings can be held in person, on Zoom, or over the phone. 

🦄🐲Fractured Fairy Tales🧌🐉

Our class will be meeting with educators from The Paley Center for Media on Monday, 4/28 & Tuesday, 4/29 on Zoom to learn about some creative (and silly) writing techniques! 

📆 DAYS OFF THIS MONTH 📆

Monday, 4/14 - Friday, 4/18

SPRING BREAK

Classes resume Monday, 4/21

🌷🌱☀️🌷🌱☀️🌷🌱☀️🌷🌱☀️🌷🌱☀️🌷🌱☀️🌷🌱☀️

📣Parent Association Happenings 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Friday, 4/25 @ 6:00 PM
PA Meeting & Family Fun Night

🚌🎟 FIELD TRIPS  👦🏽👧🏻

• Tuesday, 4/22
  Tenement Museum

Thank you, B-411/Ms. Zeng for inviting us!

Call CLS: 1.718.361.3300

Email Ms. Clock: kclock@ps343.org

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