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2/3-109 AND 4/5-211

Welcome to P.S. 19’s 4/5 Grades!

Ms. Solomon
Ms. Wilson

Ms. Solomon

msolomon3@schools.nyc.gov

Ms. Wilson

awilson48@schools.nyc.gov

2/3-109 Grade Supply List (2020-2021 School Year)

These supplies are suggested and not mandatory.  We thank you in advance for the supplies!

Suggested Supplies for Students in Class 2/3-109

  • 3 boxes of tissues

  • 4 containers of Clorox wipes

  • 2 packages of white computer paper

  • 1 package of thick black white board markers

  • 3 black and white notebooks

  • 2 packages of glue sticks

  • 2 bottles of glue

  • 4 bottles of hand soap

  • 1 box of pencils

  • 1 package of erasers

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Helpful Donations:

  • Colored card stock

  • White card stock

  • Disposable plastic table cover

  • Laminating sheets

2/3-109 Curriculum

Second Grade

Literacy

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Changing the World

  • ​Seeds of Change

  • On Meadowview Street

  • A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt

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Making Decisions

  • Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday

  • A Chair for My Mother

  • Do I Need it or Do I Want it?

  • I Wanna Iguana

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Understanding Communities

  • Charlotte’s Web

  • Showshoe Hare’s Winter Home

  • On the Farm

  • The House on Maple Street

  • Mercy Watson

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Building Ideas

  • Theodore Roosevelt

  • Marching with Aunt Susan

  • The Man Who Made Parks

  • City Green

 

Pioneering New Ideas and New Worlds

  • Seed by Seed

  • Johnny Appleseed

  • Pioneers to the West

  • Going West

Writing

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Opinion pieces

  • Writing about main idea and main characters

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Writing summaries and Narratives:

  • Create captions, write opinions to form a verbal debate

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Additional writing assignments/features for second graders:

  • Dialogue, new scenes and endings for stories, informational writing

  • Timelines, ask and answer questions, shared research on historical figures

  • Compare and Contrast books, opinion, narrative

Mathematics

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  • Number Concepts to 1,000

  • Problem Solving

  • Basic Facts & Relationships

  • 2-Digit Addition with Money Concepts

  • 2-Digit Subtraction

  • Problem Solving

  • 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction

  • Problem Solving

  • Money, Time, Data

Third Grade

Literacy

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Observing the World Around Us

  • The Case of the Gasping Garbage

  • Location, Location, Location

  • Thunder Cake

  • At the Root of It

  • Rainforest

  • The Moon Seems to Change

 

Connecting Character, Culture and Community

  • The Year of Miss Agnes

  • The Athabascans: Old Ways and New Ways

  • The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend from Alaska

  • What Is a Community? From A to Z

  • Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day

  • City Homes

 

Seeking Explanations

  • Storm in the Night

  • Knots on a Counting Rope

  • Paul Bunyan

  • Weather

  • Living Through A Natural Disaster

  • On the Same Day in March

 

Becoming an Active Citizen

  • Brave Girl

  • The Ride: The Legend of Betsy Dowdy

  • Back of the Bus

  • What is a Government?

  • Who Really Created Democracy?

  • A More Perfect Union

Writing

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Personal Narrative Writing

  • Writing personal stories, working on beginning, middle, and end with developed paragraphs

 

​Informational Writing

  • Writing about an expert topic, creating 5 developed paragraphs, using technical expert language and strong transitions

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​Narrative Writing

  • Chapter 18 (create your own extension of "The Year of Miss Agnes")

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​Opinion Writing

  • Compare and Contrast: "The Year of Miss Agnes" v. "The Athabascans"​

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Informational Writing

  • Create a brochure (students research general information and climate about a state of their choice)

 

​​Informational Writing

  • Rube Goldberg Project (students write a step-by-step about their project, where/when it will be sold)​

 

Poetry

  • Students write different types of poems (acrostic, limerick, etc.)

Mathematics

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  • Number Concepts to 1,000

  • Problem Solving

  • Basic Facts & Relationships

  • 2-Digit Addition with Money Concepts

  • 2-Digit Subtraction

  • Problem Solving

  • 3-Digit Addition and Subtraction

  • Problem Solving

  • Money, Time, Data

4/5-211 Grade Supply List (2020-2021 School Year)

These supplies are suggested and not mandatory.  We thank you in advance for the supplies!

Suggested Supplies for Students in Class 4/5-211

  • 2 boxes of #2 pencils

  • 2 large erasers

  • 4 2-Pocket Folders

  • 4 Composition Notebooks

  • 2 bottles of Purell Hand Sanitizer

  • 2 boxes of tissues

  • 1 pack of white printer paper

  • 1 desk pencil sharpener

  • 2 packs of disinfecting wipes

  • 1 pencil case (to fit in desk)

  • 12-inch ruler

  • 1 pack of washable markers

  • 1 pack of colored pencils

4/5-211 Curriculum

Fourth Grade

Literacy

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Biographies

  • The Boy Who Drew Birds

  • The Tarantula Scientist

 

Comparing Points of View / Understanding different Cultures

  • Island of the Blue Dolphins

  • Esperanza Rising

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Writing a Legend/ Traditions and Cultures

  • Northwest Coast People

  • Hiawatha and Pecos Bill (and other legends)

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Compare and Contrast Texts

  • Earthquakes and The Monster Beneath the Sea

  • Anatomy of a Volcanic Eruption and Escape From Pompeii

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Innovative Solution Short Story

  • Lunch Money and Coyote School News

  • Innovation Project Proposal, Stock Market and Using Money

Writing

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  • Biographical Writing

  • Paragraph Writing

  • Persuasive Essay

  • Legends

  • Compare and Contrast Essays

  • Personal Essays

  • Poetry

Mathematics

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  • Place value

  • Numbers and operations in base 10

  • Operations and algebraic thinking 

  • Numbers and Operations in Base 10

  • Measurement and Data – Area and Perimeter

  • Measurement in Line Plots

  • Number and Operations in Fractions – Equivalent Fractions and Comparing Fractions

  • Measurement and Data: Measuring Angles, Using a Protractor 

  • Number and Operations in Fractions – Adding and Subtraction, Multiplying and Dividing

  • Measurement Word Problems

  • Number and Operations Comparing Decimals

  • Decimals and Percents

Fifth Grade

Literacy

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Depending on Each Other

  • Spadefoot Toads

  • Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology

 

Finding Courage

  • Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

  • Escape to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Adventures of Callie and William

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Understanding the Universe

  • George’s Secret Key to the Universe

  • Our Solar System

 

Exploring New Worlds

  • Hudson

  • The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened & How It Changed the World

Writing

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  • Literary Essay

  • Theory Charts

  • Opinion Writing

  • Biographies

  • Narrative Writing

  • Journalism/Newspaper Creation

  • Informational Writing 

  • Sci-Fi Writing

  • Persuasive Writing

Mathematics

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  • Place value, multiplication, and expressions

  • Dividing whole numbers

  • Adding and subtracting decimals 

  • Multiplying decimals

  • Dividing decimals

  • Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators

  • Multiplying fractions

  • Dividing fractions

  • Algebra: Patterns and graphing

  • Convert units of measure

  • Geometry and Volume

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