Artist Study

Our Artist Study is Georgia O' Keefe
Students were innovative when using Google.

1. Google Georgia O' Keefe
2. View in Images
3. Then select a color like orange

From this to . . .

To this . . .

 Students will

• Focus on flowers and made them large like a magnifying glass
• Draw a outline sketch
• Apply vivid watercolors

Tangram Investigation

You can make your own set of Tangrams from a single piece of paper.

Students made a complete set of tangrams consists of seven pieces:

a small square
two small congruent triangles
two large congruent triangles
a medium-size triangle
a parallelogram

Tangram Investigation
Students listened to Grandfather's Tangs Grandfather's Tang Story
So Grandfather Tang arranged his seven tangram pieces into a shape of a fox

Grandfather Tang's Story

, (New York, 1990)

How Many Square Faces are exposed?

How many square faces would be exposed if 1 cube were floating in space?





One cube has ______ faces?
Two cubes has ______ faces?
Three cubes has ______ faces?
Four cubes has ______ faces?
Eighteen cubes has ______ faces?
Twenty cubes has ______ faces?
Make an array 4 X 5 = _____; ______faces?

IXL Certificate of Achievement

Tuned in!

Your class has answered 65, 000 math problems. IXL is a great site for practicing math!

Students receive unlimited access to all grade levels. Whether they need a challenge or just a  quick review, they will always have access to skills that meet their needs.

Question-specific explanations offer immediate feedback and valuable instruction for all.

With infinite questions in over 2,000 skills, students can never run out of new questions to try.

Colorful and enticing game boards reveal virtual prizes as your students achieve new goals—it's a great way to keep them motivated!

Achievement awards and certificates commemorate your students' successes.

Daily or weekly e-mail alerts help you monitor your class's performance. 

Students Presented at a School Board Meeting

My classmate held my iPad and that helped.

Presenter 1 and 3
What is Edmodo?
Edmodo is almost like facebook but you can't just write around. With Edmodo, you're teacher has to do something. He or she needs to put a assignment, then a student needs to finish the assignment. After you finish the assignment, you can talk with your friends. (Group Discussion) written collaboratively.
     A student shared, "I felt nervous at first but now I feel happy because I tell a lot of people about it." And that's a good thing!
     Another student said, "I felt nervous and scared because I don't like talking in front of a lot of people." But now, I feel happy because I spoke up.

Presenter 2
IXL is about learning about math or geometry and fractions and multiplication. I am also doing long division, I got 100/on 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's. The best part I like is doing my multiplication by 11's. On Edmodo the part I like is talking to each other when we get to. written by a student.

They did a awesome job presenting to the school board and visitors!

iPad Lessons

Lesson 102 Sally Eberhart from Apple taught students how to change font and size in Pages.

Write your name. Select and then use the anchor to click and hold. (FN is copied) "If the color is Blue, be careful!" You many need to click on Undo

They used the Photo to take a picture and placed it in Pages.

They learned how to click on the home button.

They wrote in Pages Blank Document. When you place your picture in Pages it "Text Wraps."

Next they recorded a short video and placed it in Pages. You could hear the chuckles and laughter.

A student shared, "I learned how to do photos."
"I learned how to take picture." said a student.
"I learned that if you go on Pages, you could do a video on Pages." shared a student.
"I learned how to take video and put it on pages," said a student.

THE THIRD DEGREE

Measurement Foss Kits

Each group organized cups by warmest to coldest.

Students compared the temperatures of 3 cups of water using their fingers.
• Make sensory comparisons of temperature.
• Observe and measure temperature in degrees Celsius.
• Compare temperatures of cooling ice water over time.
• Communicate findings.

After School Study Hall

He wanted to learn how to add mixed fractions!

Students ask to stay after school. They work on their homework, building and constructing Lego projects, and computer time.

"I want to get better." she said. Practicing multiplication facts.

Practice Spelling Words; test on Friday.

Why Edmodo?

Edmodo promotes anytime, anyplace learning

Edmodo.com/ 

You can post messages 

Discuss topics

Easy way to connect      

Process  Tool  

Closed environment     

Students will Reply: 
Think of why story telling is important. Give your opinion and support your idea using details.
5 Sentences = A
4 Sentences = B+

3 Sentences = B-
2 Sentences = C 

 Blog Edmodo

 Edmodo Teacher Hub

A student joined our platform from 1/2 world away!

The most important aspects of the Edmodo security model are:

• Edmodo class groups are created and managed by the teacher
• students need to know the class group code in order to view or participate in the class group
• teachers have full administrative rights on student participation in the teacher's class group
• private conversation between students are not possible : students may only communicate to the whole class or the teacher. 
• teachers may choose to receive automatic notification of student postings into the class group
• a 'read-only' mode which can be applied selectively for those students who are not using Edmodo constructively.

Storytelling

Folk Tales

“Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon. ” ― Joseph Bruchac 

Answers.com Folktale ~ A story or legend forming part of an oral tradition.

The process for creating a  “story” includes:     

• Read or listen to Folktales like the Four Dragons a Chinese Folktale    
• Folktales From the Americas
•  Folk Tales
• World Folktales
• Stories in a Nutshell 
• Legends of Hawaii 
• NW Native Stories 

Use with permission from Jason Ohler 

Story Map ~ Describe your plot.

1. Generate your story using a Story Map~  a pre-write tool to describe your plot.

Creating his folktale.

2. Construct a story using the story board.

Read the directions.

2 b. Create

2 b. Write your ideas here.

Create 3-4 pages (Beginning, Middle, End)

2. c Create your script here 3-4 copies

3. Practice telling and retelling your story 

4. Create Your Shadow Puppet

Creating shadow puppets out of black paper, hole punch, skewers, and masking tape.

Shadow Puppet Theater originated in China  more than 2,000 years ago. The shadow plays were used to tell folktale.

Read the Four Dragons a Chinese Tale

Student's will create Shadow Puppets  for characters in their folktale. Then they will use a story board to plan their story. They will retell their story using puppets and props.

[3] 1.4.1 Retelling or dramatizing a story after reading it (L) 

Resource: Jason Ohler Storytelling
Storytelling