First Thanksgiving Facts

Mrs. Flott's, Mrs. Ogle's and Mrs. Riggin's students have been learning all about the first Thanksgiving.  They were so excited to share what they learned with others that they decided to create their own paper slide videos.  Each teacher used the document cameras in their classrooms.  The students took turns presenting their art work and sharing their information about Native Americans and Pilgrims.  Thank you, First Graders for sharing your awesome learning!

A Retelling of Molly's Pilgrim

Mrs. Greiner' s class enjoyed making their first slide show on owls that they couldn't wait to do another.  This week the class did a retelling of Molly's Pilgrim.  Each student was assigned a section of the book to illustrated and summarize.  The students took turns using the document camera to record their part.  The recordings were put together to make the final product.  The students were practicing retelling story, summarizing, sequencing and their speaking skills in addition to creating a wondering video!

"Whooo" Wants to Learn More About Owls?

Second graders in Mrs. Greiner's class culminated their unit on Owls with a paper slide video.   The students presented their facts on Owls and created a class video.  Each student shared their art work on their owl and one fact about owls.  It was a great way to practice their speaking skills and the students loved watching their finished product!

Mice Invade First Grade

With the help of a wireless mouse, first graders practiced identifying a number based on the value of the tens place and ones place.  Students in Mrs. Flott's, Mrs. Ogle's and Mrs. Riggin's class played Lilypad Hide and Seek, a game from Learning.com. Learning.com is an online resource provided by the district that supports technology, math and science. The wireless mouse made the activity interactive and each student got the chance to participate in the lesson.  The students had a great time while learning about place values.

Character Word Clouds

Mrs. Montgomery’s fifth grade class has been studying literary elements. Two elements are featured each week. This week the class studied character and setting. One activity was to create a word cloud using descriptive words to show character. Each student put their name on a piece of paper. The papers were passed around the room and the students were to write a descriptive word about their each classmate. These words were then typed into wordle.com to create their word cloud. The students really enjoyed seeing the list of positive affirmations written by their classmates and learned more about descriptive words as well!

              

Stop Motion Geometry

Mrs. Mitchell's class used stop-motion animation to to demonstrate their understanding of translation, rotation and slide.  The students collaborated with partners to create their videos.  One student held the camera and the other moved the object in small increments to create movement when turned into a video.  The photographs were moving!

Hatchet Retold Using Paper Slides

Fourth graders in Mrs. Mitchell's class worked together to create a retelling of the novel Hatchet.  The student's worked in small groups and each group was assigned chapters. After creating a storyboard of the events, the students created the script, background slides and papers figures to go along with their chapters. The students then used the document camera to video their slides.  The class loved their final product!