The DL at PS112K was the first one to take off in 2016, when the school was administered by Principal Louise Verdemare. 

The Italian DL program currently runs until 5th grade, under the leadership of Gisella Trunzo (Assistant Principal) and the newly appointed Principal Jennifer Potter.

Each grade chose a different book from the selection of Valigie Narranti.

Class K worked on Professione Coccodrillo by Giovanna Zoboli, Mariachiara Di Giorgio, ed. Topipittori; 

first grade >> I cinque Malfatti, by Beatrice Alemagna, ed. Topipittori; 

second grade >> Nella Notte Blu. Con un ditino by Gabriele Clima, 

third grade >> Il circo delle nuvole, by GeK Tessaro, Lapis; 

fourth grade >> Bimboleone e altri bambini, by Gabriele Clima and Giacomo A.Modica, Edizioni Corsare

fifth grade >> Un colore bellissimo, by Marco Scalcione, ed. Minibombo 

A note from the fifth grade teacher Lidia De Angelis Orsino: 

"We discussed the author's message: to celebrate diversity and to understand someone better by learning about their background".

• Activity 1:  Through this book, students learned about hobbies in Italian and how to ask/answer another person about their hobbies. To achieve this, students worked in partnerships and surveyed each other in Italian. The activity required students to survey themselves, a friend, their parent, and their teacher. They had a lot of fun learning more about their friends in the class! 

• Activity 2: Students created their split self-portrait about their hobbies and things they are passionate about. They drew symbols to represent the hobbies they enjoy or the foods they love. Students chose to paint their background any color they like or to draw the flag of where their family is from.

• Lastly, in their notebooks they explained their portrait using 3 sentence frames in Italian.