Students in Ms. Alyson Bull’s class created newscasts about the Revolutionary War. They interviewed experts and eyewitnesses to various events.
Intolerable Facts with Max, Spencer and Emily
Intolerable Acts from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Causes of the American Revolution with Stella, Gavin, Isabel, Dante, Giselle, Noah, Elijah, Sophie, Emilio and Henry
Grade 6 Causes of the American Revolution from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Using Padlet, an internet application for sharing ideas, questions and notes, the students created a “wall” of facts about China. This is a fabulous tool for classroom collaboration and for very quickly creating a page of facts about China!
Click on each fact to view it and then click on the X on the top right to get back to the wall.
This fifth grade music project involved choosing a Shel Silverstein poem, one rich with visual and aural images. Students recorded their narrations into the Garageband program, then explored and strategized to include music and sound ideas to enhance the poem’s mood and imagery in compelling ways. They created a “score” or cue sheet to plan and document their piece of work. This lesson incorporated performing, improvising, composing, arranging, notating, listening, analyzing and describing music, as well as understanding music in relation to language and culture. Many, many thanks to Karin Gravina for her help along the way! –Heidi Renauld
Weird Bird by
My Hat by
Apple with One Bite Missing by
Mustache by
Bee by
Crunch by
Everything on It by
Yesterday was TEXT IS POWERFUL DAY at LES!
Each fifth grade student installed their own powerful text in school, in order to give a positive experience to others in our community. This was the culmination of a project that started with brainstorming powerful words, deciding what media to use, and writing letters to adults to request permission to install art in specific places. Last week students made a mock-up of their installation, and this week they gathered materials and made them. The results were uplifting. There were banners throughout our school created with pastels, duct tape, collage, pencils, buttons, and more. The art installations were meant to make individuals STOP, THINK, AND FEEL SOMETHING POSITIVE!
Below are the text installations and the student who created them.
“Let go” (Dan)
“Treasure life” (Rheannon)
“I can” (Rebecca)
“Always look on the bright side” (Georgia)
“Be colorful” (Miles)
“Laugh at yourself” (Alex)
“Love yourself” (Rosie)
“Don’t judge” (Ella)
“You’re amazing” (Amelia)
“Smile” (Jack, Veronica, JJ)
“Be Strong” (Thomas)
“Head up” (Karta)
“Strong” (Cole)
“You’re unique” (Mosiayah)
“U R Epic” (Ethan)
Yesterday at Field Day we had great weather, fun games and happy students and staff! The staff, by a slim margin, won the annual Staff vs Grade 6 volleyball game and Grade 5 won the tug of war. As everyone was getting ready to eat, the students in Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 surprised everyone with a flashmob dancing to Usher’s More. A fabulous day at LES!
Field Day Flashmob 2013 from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
This sixth grade audio-visual music project began with students choosing a Shel Silverstein poem, one rich with visual and aural images. Students recorded their narrations into the Garageband program, then explored both Soundbible.com and the Garageband library to include music and sound ideas to enhance the poem’s mood and imagery. Students then created a video in iMovie, selecting appropriate visual images and incorporating their audio portion as the soundtrack. This lesson incorporated performing, improvising, composing, arranging, notating, listening, analyzing and describing music, as well as understanding music in relation to language and culture.
My thanks to Karin Gravina for her all her wisdom, help and patience during this project!
– Mrs. Renauld
See the Tiny Footprints – Henry and Elijah
henryelijah from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Magical Eraser – Spencer and Gavin
gavinspencer from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Warning – Noah and Mateo
noahmateo from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Standing is Stupid – Giselle and Emma
giselleemma from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
A Car with Legs – Dante
dante from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Rock ‘n Roll Band – Emilio and Max
emiliomax from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Too Soon- Stella and Emily
stellaemily from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Our fourth grader Emily has recently completed writing and illustrating a book, Fredrick and Spots and the Adventure.
“Fredrick and Spots is a story about 2 cats who go on a journey to a new place. They have been great friends since they were born. Ever since Fredrick’s mom died, he’s needed a cleaner and better place to live. So he goes to find a nice place with his best friend Spots.” – Emily
