Friday, February 2, 2024

6th Grade Web Pages


Sixth graders have been leaning about the Fur Trade in their Social Studies Class. 
Students typed their entries up in class, and their teacher and I worked with them to create a website using google sites. 

 For their final project, students were asked to journal in the voice of a voyageur  showing what they know about the fur trade. 

* student checklist and rubric

Websites are linked below:


Tuesday, May 30, 2023

2nd Grade Green Screen Projects


This year in 2nd graders learned about opinion writing in class. They then practiced reading their writing and created a video to share. We learned about Green Screens and used Green Screen Technology to record students. Students learned how to find an image save a photo to the iPad and then use Green Screen by Do Ink to create their own video with a background that matched their text. Students did ALL of the filming themselves, chose an online image and then used the app Green Screen by Do Ink to share their learning. Enjoy our projects!


Mrs. Anderson's Class

Mrs Halvorson's Class

Mrs. Korbel's Class

iMovies

 In 5th Grade students read from a list of 15 genres. At the end of the year-- students picked their favorite book to create a book trailer for.

Students learned about important story elements in class and learned how to write a script.

In library, I taught students about why citing images is important and then taught students how to find images using the creative commons and practiced citations.

Students then learned how to create iMovies and created a book trailer. Check out our work!

Mr. Sweeney's Class

Ms. Schuver's Class

Mr. Nyangacha's Class

Thursday, May 18, 2023

4th Grade Google Slides-- State Projects

In fourth grade students learned how to create Google Slide shows. Students learned about copyright and that images belong to the creator. We used Photos For Class to find images with citations on them. 

Each student was assigned to research a different state and then put all of their information into a google slide.





Students learned how to:

  • Change the theme
  • Add images
  • Add Headings
  • Add Slides
  • Add Captions
  • Add Bullet Points
  • Add Text Boxs
  • Change font and color
  • Add borders
Check out our great work!

Monday, May 15, 2023

6th Grade Choice Projects

Our 6th graders did research on Minnesota History-- Iron, Lumber, and Flour Industries. They were given the choice of sharing their work in one of the many tech skills they have learned.

Check out their great work!




Friday, April 28, 2023

Podcasting with 3rd Grade

Please checkout our AMAZING PODCASTS!


In 3rd grade students researched people that changed history in class. Each class practiced doing research on some history makers-- then students picked a person they were interested in researching.

In library, we learned about podcasts and what makes them enjoyable to listen to. Students spent a week listening to podcasts and brainstormed what they liked about listening. The following week, students learned about the structure of a podcast. They discovered that podcasts usually: 
  • Have a catchy introduction
    • Give the host's same
    • Give the name of the podcast
    • What we are going to talk about today
  • Information about topic
    • Give information about your topic
  • Conclusion
    • Thank the audience
    • Ask audience to join next time
We discovered that podcasts have names that fit the topic and make people want to listen. Each class brainstormed names and then voted for their favorites. I am very excited for you all to listen to:
  • Research Rocks (3 Ostendorff)
  • History Makers (3 Bros)
  • Hessler History (3 Hessler)

Before recording, students discovered that podcasters need to pay attention to the rate of their voices, their expression and volume. They then practiced reading their scripts.

Lastly, students came to the library to record their podcast using the SPOTIFY FOR PODCASTERS APP. They recorded themselves and chose music to make the podcast more enjoyable.

Please checkout our AMAZING PODCASTS!

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Canva

 


In 6th Grade we used Canva for Education to create infographics about absent narratives from the Civil War. In Social Studies, the students researched about people whose stories are not always told. Students then learned about the elements of a good infographic in their literacy class and then used those skills and the CANVA app to show all that they had learned.


Check out our Amazing work!