Grade 1 Research and Multimedia Projects

Grade 1 students did research both online and in the library of an animal of their choice. They then created Power Point presentations to share their research.  See some of their products below.

Students Produce Newsletters

Google Docs is a great place to build a project. You can collaborate with other writers, get comments from your teachers, and publish your final project, all online.  Check out this Newsletter by one of our own 5th Graders.

Look inside an Egg with Document Camera

Mrs. Slavin's Grade 1 Dual Language class used the document camera to help all students see inside an egg! Chicks are starting to hatch today.  http://www.slavinduallanguage.blogspot.com/

And then it Hatched!!!

Math and Graphs

We have a program installed called Kidspiration. This application has tons of templates that students can use for various subjects.  Here a student is creating a graph using "MathView" then selected Colortiles. It's a great way to assess if students understand graphing.

Reading Counts

Students in grades 2-5 can earn points for Reading with an online program from Scholastic called "Reading Counts". The program does quick assessments on thousands of book titles to show comprehension.  Here is a student reading to her buddy before taking the quiz.

Second Grade Builds Timelines

Students in Ms. Carlson's 2nd Grade class, did a Timeline Project. They researched specific famous people in History in PebbleGo, wrote notes in their journals, and saved images from the internet into their folders on the server.  After they collected all the information and images they needed, they went to the ReadWriteThink Timeline Page and created timelines on their person.  Look at some examples here:

Connect to the Olympics Online

It’s time for the Olympics! How will you stay connected?  The following blog post was created with Olympic Resources for students and teachers.  They are in 3 categories. The first are links to the current Sochi Winter Olympics, the first 2 sites are geared for younger kids to be able to read.  The second is a history of the Olympics (great for those studying timelines) and the last are some teacher resources. 

http://techhintz.blogspot.com/2014/02/olympic-resources-for-kids-and-teachers.html

Here’s how some Gattis Teachers are using them: Second Grade teacher Ms. Zahm is using the Time for Kids link for morning work with her class which has lots of current event snapshots about the Olympics.  Third Grade teacher Mrs. Tilger is using the Enchanted Learning which has facts of the current Olympics, history of the Olympics and loads of Olympic facts. It even has a list of where EVERY Olympic has been held since 1896.  Mrs. Dawson’s 3rd grade class explored a few of the sites listed, they especially liked Time for Kids for the articles and some of the printables available.  Which site do you like best?  Do you have a new one to share?