Division can be intimidating for students…but not when they know these great strategies! Check out our new Division strategy videos and conquer those pesky Division fears.

These videos are best suited for the upper grades.

Partial Quotients

Bar Model

Area Model

Standard Algorithm

Do you have questions about PS11’s new policy on homework?  We figured you would.

For answers to many of your questions and a look at the extensive research we based our new homework philosophy on, check out our FAQs page!

As readers, it helps to get our minds ready to read a new book before we dive into the pages.

We can orient ourselves to a text by exploring the front cover, back cover, and table of contents (if your book has one).

In this video you will learn the steps to orient yourself to a text so that you are fully ready to read, enjoy, and understand a new book.

Check out this new video on the Standard Algorithm for Division. This video is particularly applicable to 4th and 5th Graders.

The first grade teachers have compiled amazing activities for their students and families to try at home. In fact, you can even H.O.P. during this holiday weekend. See below for some ideas!

Going on a Road Trip?

You can learn a patriotic song to sing in the car to support the Social Studies unit!

Staying Local?

You can do a shape hunt in the neighborhood to practice Geometry.

Near Water?

Try a Sink vs. Float Investigation to work your Science muscles!

For more enriching ways to bring classwork to life at home check out all the 1st grade H.O.P.s! (Go to H.O.P. – 1st grade – and select the unit).

Hello PS11,

We are proud to inform you that two grades, 2nd and 4th, have launched H.O.P. (Home-based Optional Practice) for their new units!

Go to H.O.P. on our homepage, find your grade, and then you will be taken to H.O.P options for each of your new units!

Let us know what you think.