Links to Mrs. Walker's Class Explorer Trading Cards
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Monday, November 18, 2013
5th Grade Explorers Trading Cards
5th Grade recently wrapped up their Where We Are in Place and Time unit where they investigated the central idea "Human discovery and exploration shapes the individual and the world." After studying several different explorers, they made trading cards to show what they learned. Students researched what motivated the explorers and what their impact was. Students in Mrs. Kim's class used Microsoft Publisher to put together their cards, while students in Mrs. Walker's class utilized Google Docs. Check out some of their awesome work below:
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
4th Grade Letter Writing
Students in 4th grade were recently working on friendly letter writing. One of Mrs. Ganong's students wanted to write to her grandparents but their first language was Polish. Although the student can speak and understand Polish, she wasn't sure if she could write it. She used Google Translate to help. First, she wrote in English, then pasted her work into Google Translate. Once it translated her writing, she was able to check it over to make sure it sounded right. The whole class benefited as well, because Google Translate will read aloud the translation. It's remarkable what technology tools like Google Translate can do to facilitate communication!
Monday, November 26, 2012
5th Grade Book Critics
To show understanding of their book club projects, 5th grade students have been writing book recommendations to share with other fifth graders. This is the beginning of a living document where students can find out about potential books by their peers. Students are using Google Slides (like Power Point) to contribute to a collaborative document. As students finish other books this year, they can write up recommendations to share with other students.
Check out some of their work, and maybe even find a new book to read!
Friday, October 26, 2012
Kinder Uses Google Earth to Take a Virtual Field Trip
Kindergarten students have been learning about homes in their Where We Are in Place and Time unit. They are investigating the central idea: Homes are unique all over the world. To begin their unit, they used Google Earth to enter in student's addresses and look at their homes. The children viewed the homes using the street view, and using clues, tried to figure out whose home they were looking at. As the unit goes on, students will be talking about the different kinds of homes and why they are built like they are (materials, location, etc) as well as what the difference is between a home and a shelter. Tools like Google Earth allow us to take virtual field trips and learn about the world around us- even far away places that we could never visit during the school day!
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