Kindergarten Celebrates Animal Babies

Baby Chicks Hatching

Duck Pond Video

Alligator Hatchlings Video

Beaver Family Video

Baby Animal Memory Game

PYP-5's Inspiration

PYP-5 will use the program Inspiration which allows them to create branches, change colors, add text and images to turn their instructional text into a flowchart.

The students are teaching themselves how to use Inspiration so that they can create flowcharts which demonstrate the steps necessary to create instructional text.




Project guidelines:

• Each project should begin with a title that clearly illustrates the instructional text and visibly starts the flowchart
• Layout should be easy to follow and pleasant to look at
• Each step of the instructional text should be represented with a text box and in the correct order
• Font size, color and type should be consistent and appropriate
• Overall flowchart is visually appealing with each step using color, images, etc.

Please view their work here:

PYP-K Fraction Fun

PYP-K is learning about fractions. They practiced using the fraction games below.

Goodbye Lockout!

Dear students and parents,

I want to take this opportunity to let you know how pleased I am to be no longer 'locked out.'  Fortunately, many classrooms were able to integrate some ICT into their curriculum in my absence.  This late in the year, we are mostly utilizing ICT skills that we have built throughout the year and, therefore, while it was unfortunate that the students missed their normal ICT classes, I do not believe that there will be any long term repercussions in their future use of ICT.

Again, I am so happy to be back with the students and continuing the good work that we do together.

Best regards,
Katherine Sublett

Biome Powerpoints

PYP-3 is studying biomes in their new unit of inquiry and they will be making Powerpoint presentations.  The classroom teachers designed the following project guidelines: 

Create an 8-slide Powerpoint about a biome (freshwater, desert, grasslands, tundra, marine, forest)

• Title slide with name
• Slide 1) introduction and overview, inquiry points, central idea
• Slide 2) define and describe biome
• Slide 3) plant and animal life
• Slide 4) adaptations for survival, how life is supported in the biome
• Slide 5) risks to the environment
• Slide 6) our responsibility – action
• Slide 7) source list (simple)

ICT guidelines are as follows:

• Each presentation should have a theme
• Each slide should have a title
• Each slide should have a transition
• Animation should be used at least once
• There should be at least one hyperlink
• Font size, color and type should be consistent and appropriate
• Each slide should have a graphic (picture, map, graph, video, etc)
• Each slide will have text (a few sentences and possibly labels)

Helpful websites:
Biomes of the World
Enchanted Learning
National Geographic for Kids

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/biomes.htm

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0165-biomes.php

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769052.html

http://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/world_biomes.php

http://www.jackson.stark.k12.oh.us/webpages/arobitaille/resources.cfm?subpage=1461456

Students then uploaded their Powerpoint to a shared Google Drive folder so that they could be shared with the class.  They selected thier class folder and then uploaded their Powerpoint in its original format.

PYP-3 Powerpoint Google Drive Folder

PYP-2 Money Games

PYP-2 is learning about money.  They played the following games to practice adding, subtracting and handling money.

PYP-5 Energy Websites

 PYP-5 is doing some front loading on their new unit, Energy for Work and Play, using the Netvibes Program of Inquiry website.

They explored the questions below while evaluating the websites at the same time using a website evaluation form on GoogleDocs.  Please choose file and make a copy of this document so that you can work on it in your Drive.

1. What is energy?
2. What is another name for the energy of movement?
3. What is another name for potential energy?
4. Name 3 FORMS of energy
5. What are some ways that energy can be changed/transformed?