PS 230 will be hosting Kindergarten Open Houses from 9:00 - 10:30 am on the following days -
Friday, December 13
Monday, January 6
Monday, January 13
Learn about the educational programs available at PS 230, including our Dual Language, Gifted & Talented, and Special Education classes.
RSVP to Jill Reinier, Parent Coordinator (jreinier@schools.nyc.gov)
September 5, 2019
Dear Families,
Happy first day of school, and welcome back! I hope you’re as excited as I am to start the 2019–20 school year. This is a great time to be a student in a New York City public school. So many of our students and schools are doing better than ever. We have the highest-ever graduation rate, and more students graduating ready to succeed in college. And I expect more great things for our students this year.
From our youngest learners to our oldest in high school, our children are the next generation of thinkers, leaders, creators, and change-makers. We are ready to propel each of them on that path. Our commitment holds steady regardless of a student’s family income, race, religion, nationality, disability, language spoken at home, sexual orientation, gender identification, or any other dimension of their identity. Everyone at the DOE is working hard to ensure that every student gets the rigorous, inspiring, engaging, nurturing education they deserve.
I call this the Children’s Agenda—every day and every decision is about getting each student what THEY need to succeed. We understand that no two students, classrooms, or schools are alike, and recognize the beautiful and distinctive nature of each. At the same time, we are offering our students and families strong support, creating more welcoming schools, and ensuring a rigorous curriculum for all. Students across the city will benefit from social-emotional learning, restorative justice practices, and culturally responsive curriculum that reflects who they are. This is what it means to advance equity now. All of us at the DOE hope you love what you see today, and wish you a successful school year.
Sincerely, Richard A. Carranza Chancellor
To request a Gifted & Talented test for your child, click here
To find out more about the G&T test, click here.
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Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) Sample Questions
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Gifted & Talented (G&T) programs are one way that the NYC Department of Education supports the needs of exceptional students.
Gifted & Talented programs aim to deliver accelerated, rigorous, and specialized instruction aligned to Common Core Learning Standards.
PS 230's G&T program is a nurturing and secure academic environment that supports the unique characteristics of our students.
We foster independence, empathy, and creativity by providing students with a variety of materials, experiences and challenges.
In order to encourage individual interests, we provide opportunities for students to practice and demonstrate hard work and exhibit the effort of working towards goals.
Our G&T students will leave our program with knowledge of themselves which will help them become informed and engaged citizens that understand the role they hold in the greater community.
November 12, 2019
Deadline to schedule your child's G&T test.
January 2020
Gifted & Talented Tests will be administered
March 2020
Score reports will be sent home.
April - May 2020
Gifted & Talented Open Houses
For a complete list of Open Houses, click here.
May 2020
Deadline for eligible students to apply to G&T programs.
TBA
425 McDonald Avenue, near Church Avenue
to RSVP: call (718) 437-6135 x2010
or email Jill Reinier, Parent Coordinator at jreinier@schools.nyc.gov
TBA
425 McDonald Avenue, near Church Avenue
to RSVP: call (718) 437-6135 x2010
or email Jill Reinier, Parent Coordinator at jreinier@schools.nyc.gov
TBA
425 McDonald Avenue, near Church Avenue
to RSVP: call (718) 437-6135 x2010
or email Jill Reinier, Parent Coordinator at jreinier@schools.nyc.gov
1st Grade G&T Newsletter From Ms. Gorman - May 2019
Writing Workshop: We are continuing to make our realistic fiction series better with each book we write. The children are focusing on adding details about the setting and what the characters look like so that the reader can visualize things in the story. They are including descriptions of what the characters are doing and thinking, along with dialogue that tells the reader about the characters. In addition, we are adding dramatic tension to the stories we write using ellipses and words like: suddenly, but then, or until. This incorporates excitement that can be used effectively right before the problem or sometimes the solution.
Reading Workshop: We are examining a range of realistic fiction books as mentor texts for our series writing. The children are looking to see what makes the characters, problems, and solutions realistic and relatable. Plus, our read alouds are exposing the class to great examples of how to use rich vocabulary and great descriptions to bring the stories to life for the reader. It is also important for the children to remember to listen to themselves as they read, to monitor for understanding and make connections to the characters in fiction books and new information in nonfiction books.
Math Workshop: Our current unit of study is place value. We are investigating how to organize large numbers in groups so they are easy to count and we can check to make sure we have the right amount. The children can group items in 100s, 50s, 25s, and 10s and then we will discuss the pros and cons of using different groupings. Next each table will group by 10s and 5s and compare the groups to see the relationship between the two. Finally, we will transfer our understanding of the tens structure to our work with place value. Soon the children will be able to identify the place value in 3 and 4 digit numbers. Please encourage your child to practice reading and writing 3 and 4 digit numbers as you come across them during your day.
Science: The class is planting tomato, string bean, and marigold seeds and then monitoring their growth. Each child is responsible for nurturing and watering his/her plants. Please ask your child about how his/her seeds are doing.
Social Studies: Community & Mapping
Science: Students will continue the study of variables and investigate friction.
Art: Students will investigate color, including pairing complementary colors. Students will begin clay & landscape projects.
Music & Movement: Students will be dancing the Mexican Hat dance and making Maracas.
Gym: First graders are working on Baseball skills, which will be followed by skills for Tennis.
1st Grade G &T Newsletter - May 2019
1st Grade G&T Newsletter - April 2019
1st Grade G&T Newsletter - March 2019
1st Grade G&T Newsletter - February 2019
1st Grade G&T Newsletter - January 2019
1st Grade G&T Newsletter - December 2018
1st Grade G&T Newsletter - November 2018
Ms. Orefice's Class News - May 2019
Reading Workshop:
Readers will be working in groups to explore a book series in book clubs! Students will examine character traits and actions over the course of multiple books in a single series. They will work on sharing their own ideas about books and characters to others in their book club.
Helpful Tips for Parents:
We recommend 35 minutes of reading every night.
Writing Workshop:
In writing we will be working on two different types of writing. Students will learn how to think about their books critically to form opinions about what they read in our opinion writing unit. They will learn how to develop arguments with claims and examples in their writing.
Simultaneously, we will be researching famous New Yorkers for our end of year oral presentations. After students complete their research, we will be crafting biography books to help prepare us for the presentations! Stay Tuned for the date of our presentations in mid-June.
Helpful Tips for Parents:
Math Workshop:
In math, students will be exploring even and odd numbers to make conjectures about how relate to each other. From there, the class will be moving into our pre-multiplication unit. Students will be using array models to develop multiplication knowledge.
Helpful Tips for Parents:
Social Studies:
Second grade will continue to focus on the physical, human, and cultural characteristics of New York over time.
Music:
This month we will learn about the different instrument families. In vocal music we will sing songs from the musical theater genre.
Science:
In Science, second graders are learning about motion. Students will observe and compare variables that influence motion. Students will also discover different ways to produce rotational motion. Second graders will investigate how the amount and position of mass affects how the object rotates. During our investigations, students will determine that the motion of an object can be changed by a force- pushing or pulling.
Art:
Students will be making sculptures and studying the portrait art of Marisol, a South American woman sculptor. They will answer the question in their sculpture "who lives with you?"
Gym:
Volleyball Unit! We will learn and perform the skills of bumping, passing & spiking during team match play. It's a high energy and fun cooperative activity!
2nd Grade G & T News - May 2019
2nd Grade G & T News - April 2019
2nd Grade G & T News - March 2019
2nd Grade G & T News - February 2019
2nd Grade G & T News -January 2019
2nd Grade G & T News - December 2018
Students in Ms. Sparks class analyzed literary texts
explained volume in mathematical diagrams
and studied ancient Incan culture
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Many parents wonder how curriculum and expectations change in G&T classes.
Students in G&T classrooms are expected to master the same curriculum objectives as their General Education peers. As in all PS 230 classrooms, expectations and instructions are differentiated to allow each student to progress academically with attention given to individual strengths and areas in need of improvement.
Below, you will find samples of work from 1st graders completing the same assignment in a General Education classroom and a G&T classroom. Note the similarities in curriculum standards for non-fiction writing. Note also the differences in scaffolding (i.e. the templates that the students are provided), vocabulary and volume of work.
