Dayton Avenue School Summer Reading Stars

After much anticipation the Dayton Avenue School Summer Reading Stars walked the Red Carpet to the cheers of their adoring fans.

Mrs. Tester's 4th Grade Students Write Idioms

 Students in Mrs. Tester's class worked collaboratively to demonstrate their mastery of idioms.  Small groups worked together and shared their idioms with classmates.

Dayton Avenue School 7 Habits Anthem

3rd grade students at Dayton Avenue School empowered by their learning of the 7 Habits of Happy Children wrote and perform our new Dayton Avenue School Anthem.

Dr. Christie Presents at State Conference

Dayton Avenue School Principal, Dr. Christie was a keynote speaker at the New York State Middle School Association Annual Conference.  Below is a portion of his presentation. 

6th Grade Sunken Meadow Experience

6th Grade students participated in the Sunken Meadow Outdoor Educational Team Building and Science field trip this week.  Students build team capacity through Project Adventure and develop an understanding of Long Island land formation through hands-on science experiments.  The Sunken Meadow experience has become one of the most enjoyable field trips of the year.

5th Grade Students Integrate Discovey Techbooks

Students in Mr. Dippel's science class are integrating the Dell 2 in 1 computers into the science curriculum by utilizing Discovery Education software.  This product allows students to naturally collaborate with one another as they engage in science content.

Mrs. Marone Integrates Google Classroom Into Library Media Center.

Mrs. Marone, who is a Google Certified Educator integrates Google Classroom into the Library Media Center.  The students in fifth grade logged onto their Google accounts and then joined the library Google Classroom where were able to access a collaborative document. The students quickly learned the benefit of real time collaboration on documents because they could each create a piece of the whole. Since all of the students had editing access to one document, they also learned how important it was to be respectful of each other’s work. Understanding how Google Docs works to collaborate opens the door to inquiry based learning and student collaboration.

Mrs. Bobal and Mr. Edward's Class Has Been Slimed!

Students in 5th grade science applied their understanding of the Scientific Method during a hands-on lab activity.  Students collaborated and tested their hypothesis during the lab.  Keep up the great work.

Integrating Google Drive into Writer's Workshop.

Mrs. McGinness and her 4th grade students integrated Google Drive into their Writer's Workshop.  As light music played in the background students examined the concept of Author's Point of View.  Students then worked collaboratively and read Point of View cue cards to one another.  Each student had a picture on a Google Document.  Students returned to their seats and worked on developing a short story to describe their photo.  Students had a choice to write their story from the 1st or 3rd person perspective.

4th Grade Students Use Kidblog To Work Collaboratively!

Mrs. Arroyo had her 4th grade class complete "Think Marks" in response to The Wednesday Surprise, by Eve Bunting.  Following the completion of the "Think Marks," students entered their writing on Kidblog.  This simple platform for collaboration has nearly 100 responses as students think critically about the responses of their classmates.  The synergy and new ideas created by students sharing their voice with one another is a powerful instructional tool.  Keep up the good work.  Dr. Christie joined the class this morning and even updated is Avatar!