Cyber Awareness Month

October is National Cyber Awareness month. Stay informed and stay safe! Check out some of the great resources for cyber safety under the Internet Safety tab.

To all my "storybirds"

I just wanted to say how proud I am of all the hard work students at School #22 have done on their creative writing stories. You all have gone beyond my expectations and have shown what great writers you truly are. I look forward to reading all your finished work on storybird. Postings of finished stories soon to come! Keep writing and inspiring! ~Ms. Amato

Tech Tip of the Week (For Parents)

We are always keeping up the discussion of Internet Safety and how important it is for our children to follow. Did you know that the world's #1 search engine, Google, offers a feature called SafeSearch that allows parents to set strict search filters? SafeSearch allows password protection, set by parents like you, so that your children can't change the filter. Check out the below video for how to set up SafeSearch on your computer thanks to one of my favorite bloggers, Ms. Computer Teacher!

Go Figure!

Figurative language makes our writing more colorful and interesting to the reader. Today we started creating our own presentations on different types of figurative language including similes, metaphors, personification, and more. We especially enjoyed thinking of all the idioms we have heard day to day. Post your favorite idiom below!

My Fav Children Books

I love creating my own virtual bookshelves of all my favorite books. It's a great way to share your all time favorites with your friends and also look at other bookshelves to see what you want to read next. If you're a book lover like me you will love shelfari !

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

In the Community

This week we are exploring places in our community. Here is one of the sites we used to gather information for our commuity research project. Click on the picture below or check out other sites on the community under Sites to See.