Welcome 2021!!

We will return to school on January 4, 2021. Blended students in Cohort A will report to the school building for in-person learning at 8:30. Please see the calendar below to know the cohort schedule. Remote only students and Cohort B students are expected to be online at 8:30.

If you haven ay questions, please let me know.

Hello Everyone!

Please allow me to formally introduce myself! My name is Mr. Stark and I will be your child's 5th Grade in classroom teacher. Ms. Lieto will be your child’s remote teacher.

I am very excited to begin this journey with you and your children!

Over the past few days, we have been contacting you to sign up for our Google Classroom. You must use your child's nycstudents.net email to join my Google Classroom. This is the same as last year. You can sign in and add our class.

They MUST use the nycstudents email to join the class.

The class code is ph42qpq

I would like the students to sign up for the google class as soon as possible.

Also, I use ClassTag as a communication platform with parents. There is also an app for it! It will be a great resource for constant communication. I sent an email inviting you to sign up for this already.

If you have any questions, please contact me and let me know!!!!

Important Dates to Remember:

Wednesday September 16th will be the first day of students remote learning. This is a Meet the Teacher opportunity for the STUDENTS! I will be doing introductions, getting to know you fun activities and they will have a small project assigned that will be due on Friday! This will be for about an hour from 8:30 – 9:30.

l will post the important time and link information in the Google Classroom stream!

Thursday September 17th will be for Meet the Teacher for PARENTS! Here I will introduce myself, review school and class protocols and policies, review additional resources that will help support our instruction, and a Q&A. This will take place from 10:30 – 11:30. I will send you my presentation in a pdf format with all of the information after the meeting for you to have to review.

Friday September 18th will be for a Class Get to Know You Event! We will celebrate our getting to know you projects together! This will be about an hour meet where students will share out their activities. This will be from 9:30 – 10:30.

Monday September 21st - Full Day Instruction Starts for all students. Cohort A will be in school and Cohort B and Cohort C will be remote with Ms. Lieto. The School Day is from 8:30 am - 2pm for all cohorts each day. All students are expected to be with their teacher during these times whether they are in school or learning remotely.

This will be an exciting year for us all. Please understand it will be a learning experience for all of us. We will make this year a great one for the students! Together we are a team pushing them to succeed and reach their full potential!

Sincerely,

Mr. Stark

New Information for Parents

Information from the PS 108 Virtual Parent meeting on school reopening 8-7-2020

Click on the link above to see Agenda and Questions and Answers from the PS 108 Reopening Meeting from August 7, 2020.

Important !!!!!

YOU MUST USE YOUR DOE ACCOUNT TO ACCESS GOOGLE CLASSROOM. IF YOU ARE USING AN ICLOUD, GMAIL OR OTHER PERSONAL ACCOUNT, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE GRADED ON ALL ASSESSMENTS AND RECEIVE ALL WORK. HERE IS THE INFORMATION THAT I SENT BEFORE ABOUT HOW TO GET A DOE ACCOUNT AND THEN HOW TO SIGN ONTO GOOGLE CLASSROOM. PLEASE READ IT ALL AND FOLLOW IT STEP BY STEP!!!!!!

DOE ACCOUNT

Where do students find their account ID and password? To retrieve your account ID and password:

1. Go to ​Student Account Self Service https://idm.nycenet.edu/students/start.form

2. Enter your ​9-digit Student ID number​. (You can find your Student ID number on a report card, your student ID card, or in your ​NYCSA​ account.)

3. Enter your ​birthday​.

4. Click ​Continue​.

5. If the information you enter matches your student record, your username will be displayed. Write down your username.

6. Your student ID is your username followed by @nycstudents.net. For example, if your username is JaneD, your student account ID is JaneD@nycstudents.net.

7. You will then create a password. Write down your password.

How do students access Google Classroom? To access Google Classroom:

1. Go to ​https://accounts.google.com/

2. Enter your ​DOE Student Username​.

3. Click ​Next​.

4. Enter your ​password​.

5. Click ​Next​.

6. If the username and password entered are correct, you will be signed-in successfully.

Once you have created your account, you can join your teachers class with the join code:

Mr. Stark's code: jwzeenq

Ms. Bencivengo's code: 5whqnjv

UPDATE

I want to thank everyone for their patience during this trying time. I know how stressful things are and how everyone is feeling. Please know, we will all make it through this.

I want to update everyone with some information:

1. All students should be on Google Classroom. They need to be signed into both my class and Ms. Bencivengo’s class along with their specials.

Mr. Stark's code: jwzeenq

Ms. Bencivengo's code: 5whqnjv

Mr. Jacobson

Computers

Class Code: 2do5dbp

Mr. Veltre

Gym

Class Code: bag6p2h

Ms. Parisi

Art

Class Code: apuzpk6

Ms. Schock

STEM

Class Code: dgtespu

2. Please make sure you created a Google Classroom account with the students’ name. This is for attendance and grading purposes.

3. Starting on Monday, March 23 – all students are to sign into Google Classroom and begin classes. Attendance will be taken every day. I will share a suggested schedule later. They are to complete the assignments as best they can.

4. As to the assignments, if the students are able to submit them, please do. If not, either print them out or do them in a notebook. There will be a learning curve for all of us.

5. I will be online every day to aid the students, answer their questions and help in any way that I can.

Thank you so much for your support. I know things will get better. Let me know if there is anything that I can do.

Be Safe!!

Mr. Stark

Please Check Classtag

Please stay in contact with me through classtag. I will update you with any information that I have through this site.

Myon

The MYON reading website is a great resource for students to be reading and answering questions to keep up with their daily reading requirements and book reports. Each book has discussion questions and writing prompts and shows the amount of time spend reading. As you know, students should be reading a minimum of 40 minutes a day. This builds their comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking skills as well as aids them in becoming a better writer. To access this site, please go to: www.myon.com

Your user name is your student id code and your password is 1 then the first two letters of your first name. My password would be 1wa as an example.

To My Students

To My Dear Students,

It is a bittersweet moment that I write this to you. Although I am happy school has closed to help stop the spread of this virus, I will truly miss being with you each day and seeing you learn and grow. We teachers are going in Tuesday thru Thursday to learn how to navigate through this with our students. I will have more information in the next few days.

You already can work on the math review packet I gave you on Friday and your writing journal and grammar packet. This would be a great time to catch up on work that you are aware of that is due.

I can say this for sure.... There are a few MAJOR things I NEED you to remember...

***you should be READING EVERY DAY for 40 minutes*** This is necessary for you to grow as readers, writers and critical thinkers.

LOOK for the math in the daily life. Make fractions out of the food or toys or laundry you are doing. Use dice to roll numbers to multiply or divide. Challenge yourself to work on your facts. Math is everywhere.

Write a daily journal about your experiences. This is not a normal experience and it would be a great opportunity for you to journal your thoughts and experiences during this process. Use the skills you already know to add sensory details and figurative language.

I will continue to update you as best I can as to how they want us to move forward I will keep you informed.

Know that you have all worked really hard over the last few months. I have seen your reading levels, critical thinking skills and writing talents grow. I want to provide you with every opportunity to continue that growth here. Please do not let your hard work go to waste. Video games are fun but you need a balance. This will be a whole new experience to work through but I have no doubt you all can get through it successfully. Together we will be ok.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And stay in the growth mindset of learning daily. ❤️

Be safe!

Mr. Stark

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

I am sure that by now everyone has heard about NYC schools being closed for an extended period of time. This is unprecedented. First, I want to make sure everyone takes care of themselves. Our health is most important. I am going into school on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to meet with the other teachers and decide how we will continue educating your children. As of right now, I am not sure what this will look like. You know me and know how much I love each and every one of your children and I will do what I can to continue their education. When I have more details, I will sent another message. Please pass this message onto others.

I am also asking that you send me a message back on classtag so that I know who is checking their mail and who is not. This might be the only way that we are able to communicate. If you did not sign up on classtag, here is my email address. Let me know... starkw@ps108q.com

If there is anything that I can do to help, please let me know.

Be safe,

Mr. Stark

Meet Our new mascot, Sparky!!!

Two Mathematicians meet to discuss some numbers. Mr. Stark and Count Von Count.