First Grade Folktale Film Festival

Our first grade students presented their First Annual Folktale Film Festival on Wednesday, May 4 and Thursday, May 5. Our super talented theater teacher Ms. Kammermeyer designed an exciting and innovative activity to have each first grade class produce a film based on the reading of two comparable books followed by a class discussion on the elements of the two stories and the creation of an original screenplay. The classes’ adaptations were performed, filmed and presented at the festival. Our first grade students designed cardboard cars to bring along to the festival to remind us of our popular drive-in movie theaters that originated in the 1930’s. Presently, New York has 30 drive-in theaters throughout the state.

Jack and the Beanstalk and The Beanstalk Incident

Film created and produced by Class 1-306 and Ms. Kammermeyer – Please click to watch

The Gingerbread Man and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Film created and produced by Class 1-405 and Ms. Kammermeyer – Please click to watch

The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Film created and produced by Class 1-408 and Ms. Kammermeyer – Please click to watch

Class 1-405 students and parents at P.S. 222’s Drive-In Movie

Stars Wars cardboard car

Students holding their purple cardboard car

Students sitting in a red cardboard truck

Student standing in a pink cardboard car

Student sitting in a grey cardboard spaceship

Class 1-306 students and their parents at P.S. 222’s Drive-In Movie

Student sitting in a blue cardboard plane

Class 1-306 students and their parents at P.S. 222’s Drive-In Movie

Cardboard cars lined up

Student’s version of a cardboard car

Students lining up to go to
the Drive-In Movie