PS/IS 686 | Brooklyn, NY

Grade 5 January Learning Photos

Wise Words + Learning Photos:

  1. Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results. – John Dewey
  2. Art is the most effective mode of communications that exists. – John Dewey
  3. Wonder is the mother of all science. – John Dewey
  4. I believe that the school must represent life – life as real and vital to the child as that which he carries on in the home, in the neighborhood, or on the playground.  – John Dewey
  5. If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow. – John  Dewey
  6. A lifetime is not too long to spend in learning about the world.
  7. When you keep seeking to improve, you will never get bored with your craft.
  8. A student’s progress should be measured in terms of the questions they are asking, not merely by the answers that they are reciting.
  9. Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think. – Einstein
  10. Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
  11. When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.
  12. Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

European Exploration: Project-based Viking Ship Design Challenge Process>Products will be tested on Wed. Jan 30th in class!

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501 United Nations Human Rights + Global Awareness Trip (and post-trip recess at Seth Low Park.)

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Grade 5 Pure/Personal Grade-wide ESSAY SHARE in the BSI Library.

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What MOTIVATED European Explorers to explore the Western Hemisphere? (Collaborative Posters + Presentations)

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Ancient Maya Civilization Researched Roles (Monologue/Dialogue) Skit Performances.

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