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Read about projects presented at the P.S. 20 Learning Fair by the PreKindergarten.

Ms. Mangum's Science Class Students in 2-206, 2-202, 1-212, and 1-240 studied the life cycle of the butterly. Art, math, science and geography were integrated into the study. Students c ompleted a class mural of different types of butterflies.
	Ms. Bernard's Science Class Students in 4-306 studied the Earth's layers, specifically the crust. Through reading, performing experiments, writing reports, and working on projects they have traced how natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis are all tied to huge pieces or "plates" our crust is divided into. They have also studied fossils and how they are formed.
Ms. Sherman & Mr. Mack's Music Class Students in classes 2-346, 4-310 & 5-315 performed Ballad for Americans.
	Ms. Alperstein's Math Cluster Ms. Alperstein worked with students in kindergarten, first, and second grade to integrate lemonade into the curriculum. Some of the lemonade connections include: Acrostic Poems, Narrative Procedure (how to make lemonade), measuring a recipe, and pricing of lemonade.
Ms. Flores ESL Class Ms. Flores and her ESL students (K, 1, 6) talked about the many and special interesting "places" on the Lower East Side. The students then created individual books entitled The Lower East Side My Special Place. These books depict their favorite and special places on the Lower East Side.
	Ms. Radford's Reading Intervention During the mid-winter recess program, Ms. Radford worked with sixth grade students from classes 317 & 312. Under the theme of peace and anti-violence, the students learned different forms of poetry including cinquain, haiku, diamante and acrostic. The students wrote poems which were printed onto felt and the culminating project was the creation of a "Technological Poetic Peace Quilt."
Ms. Caputo's 5/6 Afterschool Program The 5/6 afterschool program, with the help of Mr. Stern, created the scenery for this years learning fair. They discussed the difference between the ornate street lamps of the early to mid 20th centeruy to the sleekness of street lamps in the latter part of the 20th to early 21st century.
	Ms. James' Afterschool Program Students made pop-up books and book reports about the book It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach.

 

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