April
23
April
10
Spring Break 2018!
March
5
What have we been up to in EAL?
January
29
1st, 4th, and 6th Grade Work
First graders practiced their writing skills and used new vocabulary words during our poetry unit. They wrote acrostic poems about some of their favorite things!
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Maya sends her first pen pal letter to her pen pal in Sharon Springs, NY!
4th graders practice vocabulary and the grammar structure “going to + verb”.
4th graders also sent pen pal letters to 4th graders at Sharon Springs Central School in Sharon Springs, NY. They got their first letters back with pictures of their new friends!
January
16
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Maya, 6th Grade:
During the winter break, I met Ayane on New Year’s Eve and had dinner with her and her family. We had crab, roast beef, gratin, and okonomayaki (Japanese pancake). 
We ate Ozoni (Japanese New Year Mochi Soup) on New Years. The crab I had it with vinegar and soy sauce mixed together. 
We also went to Bryant Park to go ice skating. However, unfortunately, we couldn’t’ because it was too cold outside. So instead, we decided to see the Christmas tree. The fountain there was frozen! 
January
9
4th, 6th, and 7th Grade Student Work
4th graders in Ms. Singer-Zhou’s class shared their favorite holiday from their home country. Check out Chinese New Year, Festa Junina from Brazil and Christmas.
Ms. Connor’s Grade 4 EAL students read and discussed cultures and cultural symbols. Students interviewed family members about family heirlooms. Students then created a PowerPoint presentation to share about their family heirlooms and the significance it holds for them and their culture.
And our 6th and 7th graders….
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December
11
3rd, 5th and 11th Grade Highlights
December
5
4th, 6th, and 7th Grade Highlights
Read on to see what our 4th, 6th and 7th graders have been up to!
6th and 7th Grade:
EAL Bentley House students studied John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s presidency and celebrated the centennial of his birth by seeing an exhibit at the New York Historical Society. Issues such as the Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of JFK were covered.
7th Grade:
Using imagery, Shirley made “a mood board” for our story,”To Build a Fire” by Jack London. She depicted feelings, tone, motif, sights and sounds in this short story.
4th Grade:
4th graders each read 4 books over the Thanksgiving break. They then chose their favorite book and created a PicCollage to share the book with their classmates.
November
27
Thanksgiving Break!
November
20
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s almost Thanksgiving break! We celebrated with a movie and lots and lots of popcorn!
The high school art and music assembly was wonderful! Congratulations to all participants!
View one of the performances here.