On Tuesday, November 19th, the students in Alyson Bull’s sixth grade and Bill Stewart’s fifth grade participated in a simultaneous reading of the Gettsyburg Address. Classrooms throughout the USA connected either via Skype or Google Hangouts. Our students read the address with Melanie Walters’ 5th and 6th grade students from the Concordia Lutheran School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Gettsyburg Address from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
The Leaf Man by Lois Elhert was the inspiration for the kindergarten leaf people project. Amanda King’s students found leaves in the school yard to create their own leaf person. The students then selected different characteristics for their person: name, what the leaf liked to do, what the leaf smelled liked, etc. A movie was created of the students describing their person.
LEAF PEOPLE from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Tracey Supple’s third grade students have been studying rocks and minerals. As a culminating project, they create and then erupt volcanoes. A definite memorable project for the third graders. In this video, the students describe the process of creating the volcanoes.
Volcanoes! from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Students in Christine Paglia Baker’s room begin the year creating self-portraits which are now hanging in the hall outside of Grade 4. Using mirrors, the students had to look at themselves and re-create their image on paper. A hard thing for any of us to do! When the project was completed, the students were asked to reflect on the project and the process. Their thoughts and reflections have been captured in this movie.
Reflections of Us from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Angela Regan’s second grade learned that coral reefs have three major parts: coral, urchins, and fish. In small groups, the students created a headband and a physical movement to teach viewers facts about how coral reefs form, how urchins help coral, and what fish do in a coral reef.
Coral Reef from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
Students and staff were invited to come to school on Thursday, October 31st dressed as their favorite book character. The halls and classrooms were filled with many book characters. Below is a slideshow of the day. Can you guess who each person is depicting?
Character Day 2013 from Karin Gravina on Vimeo.
