Today’s digital citizenship lesson will focus on what is cyberbullying. We will watch a video, review key terms, and discuss scenarios.
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Wonder Characteristic Traits
Today you will use KidPix to create a simple drawing of one of the characters in the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. After you save your picture as a jpg., upload it to Tagxedo and create the word cloud with the character traits that your chosen character possesses.
Animal Tellagami
We will use the iPads and the app Tellagami to create a movie of your researched animal. Download a picture of your animal from Dropbox, then create your avatar. We will create a class movie when we are done.
Solar System Research
Animal PicCollage
Butterfly Symmetry
Value Landscapes
In Art class we will use SketchbookX to create a value landscape of the Appalachian Mountains, showing the atmospheric effects that can occur. Next we will pose in front of the green screen. Finally we will use Superimpose to layer the two pictures. Make your picture one value darker than your last layer.
Tellagami State Fair Project
Create an informational travelogue in Tellagami to display at the state fair. Type your script in Google Docs. Collect pictures to serve as a background using
Wikimedia Commons
Pixabay
Morguefile
Include the information from your research packet that you have been working on with your class to create an engaging multimedia project.
Animal Report
Now that your animal research is done, you will type up your report in Microsoft Word and embed a picture of your researched animal in the report.
National Symbol Project
Biography Research
Animal Classification Graph
Private and Personal Information
Today’s digital citizenship lesson will focus of the difference between personal and private information. We will learn what information is safe to share online and what information should be kept private.
Rings of Responsibility
About the Author
Today we will create an About the Author page for your stories. Take a picture of yourself using Photobooth. Next open the Word template in the Lessons folder and type in your paragraph.
Maker Space Activities
Today you will rotate through three makerspace activities. Try your hand at solving math problems while programming the Bee-bot to race to the answer. Create an illuminated paper picture using copper tape, LED lights and coin batteries, and explore Makey Makey and make ordinary objects control your laptop.
National Symbol Research
Today you will spend some time researching the national symbol you chose to learn about. Use the websites below to gather information.
United States of America Symbols
Symbols of the US Government
Symbols of the United States
Heights Library for PebbleGo and Britannica
Biography Research Project
Today we will begin research for your biography project. Use the following websites to gather information about your person.
Heights Library for Britannica and PebbleGo Resources
Favorite Fruits Graph
You have collected data on the class’ favorite fruits, and today you will use The Graph Club to graph the results of the survey. Add two interpretations of the graph in the notes section of the graph.
Animal Research and Slideshow
Poetry Anthology
April is poetry month! You have been learning about the different types of poems and have written some, too. Let’s create an anthology using the iPads and Book Creator. Be creative on how you express yourself and choose elements to enhance the written word. Below is an example of a few different ways to enhance the poems using apps like DoInk, iMovie, Green Screen, My Flake, PicCollage and Drawing Pad.
Author’s Breakfast Writings
We will work over the next few weeks to prepare pieces of writing for your Author’s Breakfast, a celebration of writing accomplishments which will be shared with parents. We will review formatting features of Word, adding pictures, and adding borders.
My Neighborhood
Original Myths
Volcano Research
Vacation Stories
Today we will use the iPads to create our vacation story. We will find our vacation place on the Google Earth app and save a screenshot to include in our book. We will use Drawing Pad app to illustrate pages and also take a picture with the camera of any photos we have brought in. The book will be assembled in Book Creator. We will add our voices and save as an ebook. Below is a sample without voiceovers.
Phases of the Moon Animation
We will learn how to use Animation-ish to create an animation of the phases of the moon. Click on the picture below to see a sample.
PARCC Tutorial
Today you will review a PARCC tutorial. Click the link below.
Synonyms
PARCC ELA Practice Test
Today you will take the Grade 3 ELA practice test. Click the link below to get to the test.
Black History Month
February is Black History month! You will research a famous African-American in library, then write a short script about the field he/she is famous for, the time period he/she lived, and the reason why he/she is famous. You will also get a short video of the individual if it is available. We will use the iPads and SketchbookX to draw a portrait of the individual. Next we will bring the portrait into Yakit and record the script. Finally, we will create a gallery of the pictures in the rotunda with an augmented reality component which will display your Yakit and the video creation.
Skype with an Economist
Kiva Project
We will begin our Kiva Project by researching information about the country of the entrepreneur from Kiva that you wish to sponsor. Next you will begin to create an i-Movie presentation which will hopefully persuade your classmates to vote for your entrepreneur. Below are the steps to creating your presentation. Use our Kiva wikispace for resources.
1. Research and chose your entrepreneur
2. Storyboard your persuasive writing
3. Collect pictures for your presentation
4. Place pictures on the i-Movie timeline
5. Record your voice and synch with pictures
6. Create a credits page
7. Add transitions
8. Add background music
Illuminating An American Symbol
Makey Makey
Anyone can be an inventor! We will learn the basics of electric circuits using a BrainPOP movie and explore conduction by experimenting with connecting different materials to a MaKey MaKey. A MaKey Makey is kit that allows you turn everyday objects into touchpads. It allows you to use anything with at least a small amount of conductivity connected to the MaKey MaKey to control keys like the space bar or control a computer mouse.
Day and Night
Paper Circuit Haikus
Today we will start a project which will merge paper circuits and poetry. You have written a haiku about light. First you will illustrate your haiku using a collage method, making decisions about which element of the illustration you wish to illuminate. Once the illustration is complete, you will design a paper circuit using copper tape, LEDs, coin battery and a switch. Once it is designed you will create it on cardstock, which will sit behind your illustration.
Continent Project
We will begin a project for your study of the continents. First you will research in the library all about your chosen continent. Next you will create a movie with your information, using the app Shadow Puppet, adding pictures and voice over.
Antarctica from Heights Elementary School on Vimeo.
Hour of Code
Hour of Code
Hour of Code
Hour of Code
Fun Brain
Books Are For Reading
Paper Circuits
Magnetic Strength and Washers
Pilgrim’s Journey
We will begin our movie of the Pilgrim’s journey today.
- Fill out your storyboard with the facts that you have learned from your research
- Draw pictures to illustrate your facts
- Add the pictures to the movie and caption them
- Voiceover the pictures with your written facts
- Choose music to go along with your movie
Illegal Immigration Persuasive Writing Movie
You have read about the different points of view regarding illegal immigration, and now it is time to choose a side and write a persuasive piece which will be turned into a movie. Once you have finished the writing, you will storyboard it and decide which pictures will be used in which sections. Use the websites below to collect pictures for your movie.
Pixabay
Morguefiles
Wikimedia Commons
Next you will create a movie in iMovie complete with voiceovers and music.
Introduction to Word
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in one of your writing prompts. First, we will learn how to put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word. We will learn how to Center a title, use the First Line Indent, and Line Spacing to double space. Next week we will learn how to use Spelling and Grammar check and format your fonts. Finally we will learn to add a picture to your document.
Verbs of Steel
Picture a Verb
Let’s make a word come alive! Choose a verb and animate its meaning in Animation-ish. Click the word below to see its meaning.
Book Trailers
You have seen movie trailers from studios which advertise their movies. Now it’s your turn to create a book trailer, in iMovie, for a book you love! We will begin by exploring and watching book trailers created by other students and teachers.
Visit the LiveBinder for examples of Book Trailers by students and teachers and all resources for this project.
Next we will choose a book and write the script for the trailer. Use this Book Trailer Storyboard document to type your script. We’ll search for or take pictures and find music for the trailers using the resources on the LiveBinder. Finally we will use iMovie to put it all together and record the narrative. See my example below.
States of Matter
Today you will use KidPix to draw a picture of how molecules act in three states of matter.
Try these websites at home:
Consonant Digraphs
Today we will use a template in Kidspiration to help us practice the digraphs th, sh, wh, ch, and ck. Listen to your teacher speak the digraph, then drag the pictures to the correct boxes. Finally, record the word of the object and listen to your recording.
If you are done early use the following links:
sh
th
ch
wh
PARCC Scavenger Hunt
We will explore how to navigate the new PARCC assessment that you will be taking this year. Use the link below to go to the sample tests. Explore the navigation features and then use the scavenger hunt sheet to answer the questions.
Inside and Outside Characteristics Graphic Organizer
Today we will use Kidspiration to create a graphic organizer of the inside and outside characteristics of your action figure. Try to include a simile about each characteristic. You will also learn how to use the digital camera to take a picture of your figure to include in your document. Finally you will use the graphic organizer to guide you with writing a paragraph about its characteristics.
iPad Self-Portraits
MesoAmerican PowerPoint
Today you will continue researching and also gather pictures for your chosen Meso-American culture Powerpoint presentation.
Use the links at the Heights Website to gather information about your particular culture and cultural universal. Over the next couple of weeks you and your partner will create 8-10 slides with the information to form a comprehensive slideshow for your civilization. For the first slide of your show, create a Wordle with words that represent your civilization. Below is a sample of one culture and one cultural universal.
States Of Matter Animation
We will use the iPads and the app DoInk to create an animation of how molecules behave in three states of matter.
Graphing Food Drive Results
Symmetry Vases
Introduction to Word
We will put your new keyboarding skills to work today by keying in one of your writing prompts. First, we will learn how to put a school heading on your page using the Header portion of Word. We will learn how to Center a title, use the First Line Indent, and Line Spacing to double space. Next week we will learn how to use Spelling and Grammar check and format your fonts. Finally we will learn to add a picture to your document.
Introduction to Google Drive
Today we will learn how to use your sharonschools.net Google account. We will review the terms of use. Next we will set up your shared folders in your drive account, so that you will be sharing all your work with your teacher. We will also upload a file from your network save so that you can work at home on it.
How to Make a Complete Circuit
Show what you know about how to make a complete circuit. Use the iPads and Explain Everything to create a short movie on how to create a complete circuit to light up a bulb. You may go to Pixabay to gather pictures for your materials. Include labels for your objects on the materials page. Label the critical contact points on your final slide. You can also demonstrate how the electrons flow with your laser tool. Use the storyboard to plan out your project.
Acrostic Poem
Favorite Sports Graph
Today we will use The Graph Club to create a table, bar, and circle graph of the favorite sports data that you collected in class. Be sure to add three interpretations of the graph.
Raz Kids
Marionette STEAM Project
We will begin our research in the library on Newton’s Laws in preparation for the creation of a marionette in art class which will demonstrate those laws. After the marionette is built, we will use the iPads and the app Explain Everything to show what you learned and to demonstrate how the movement of the marionette demonstrates Newton’s Laws. Use the resources below to start your research.
Science Weekly newspaper article on Newton’s Three Laws of Motion
Science A-Z: Force and Motion book
Brainpop- Newton’s Laws of Motion
A Complete Circuit
You have a battery, copper wire, and a light bulb. Can you make a complete circuit? Use Kid Pix to draw the parts of a light bulb and then arrange a wire (or two) and a battery to illustrate a complete circuit. Label the parts of the bulb, the components of the circuit, and the critical contact points.
Visit the site below for interactive activities about electricity.
Type To Learn
Potential and Kinetic Energy Animation
Demonstrate your knowledge of potential and kinetic energy by creating an animation in Animation-ish showing these concepts.
Strong Passwords
Today we will learn about how to create a strong password for your accounts. After some discussion at the whiteboard, you will log into your Google account and change your password to the one generated by the random password generator below.
http://www.dinopass.com/
Ellis Island Tour
Using the iPads, you will learn about Ellis Island, the place where over 12 million immigrants passed through in search of a better life. The Interactive Ellis Island Tour is rich in audio files and photographs. Use the document Ellis Island Tour to take notes while you read each web page carefully and click on the audio and photo links. Click on the picture of the Statue of Liberty to take you to the website. If you are done early watch the Brainpop movie on immigration and take the graded quiz.
Ten Frames
Today we will work in the classroom with the iPads learning how to use ten frames for addition and subtraction. We will use the app Find Sums.
Open House Bio Poem Movie
You will use the iPads to create a movie for your parent to view during open house. First type your biopoem in in the app Drawing Pad. Add a few pictures and an attractive font. Next import the saved jpg file into the app iMovie and read the poem to voiceover. Add some music to finish it off.
Open House Collage
Review of Word
We will use the laptops to type in your paragraph. We will quickly review how to set up a heading, center a title, indent a paragraph and double space. You will also spellcheck and add a border to the page.
Strong Passwords
Today we will learn about how to create a strong password for your accounts. After some discussion at the whiteboard, you will log into your Google account and change your password to the one generated by the random password generator below.
http://www.freepasswordgenerator.com/
State Fair Slide
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Movies
We added a twist to our butterfly life cycle animations. We created a movie with iMovie, complete with music and a title page made with Drawing Pad. See our movies here.
3D Shape Hunt
Letter to Our Pen Pals
State Fair Projects
You will continue to work on your state fair project choice:
- Typing information for your brochure presentation
- Tellagami, Green Screen, iMovie presentation
State Fair
You will continue to work on your state fair project choice:
- Brochure Presentation of state
- Haiku Deck Presentation of state
- Powerpoint Presentation of state
- Book Creator Presentation of state
- Tellagami, Green screen, iMovie Presentation of state
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Your butterfly eggs have arrived! Today we will use the iPads and DoInk to animate the life cycle of a butterfly.
Digestive System
Phases of the Moon Movie
Now that we’ve completed the phases of the moon animation, let’s bring it into iMovie on the iPad and add music. Create a title for the movie in Drawing Pad and save to the camera roll.
Dinosaurs
YakitKids Animal Poems
Animal Research
Today you will begin your animal research. Click on the links below to begin your research.
You can also use the Britannica Online site from the Heights LIbrary.
Powerpoint Narrations
Today we will record narration for your animal powerpoint. We will combine all the slideshows and present them to our families during our big learning celebration.
Do You Want To Be My Friend?
Today we will begin to work on our class movie based on the book Do You Want To Be My Friend? by Eric Carle. Each student will be either the mouse or one of the animals.
- Read the book in class then decide how the animals might answer the mouse if they could talk.
- Mice-Practice your line, then we will use the green screen to shoot you saying your part. Ms. Mellman will make mouse ears for us.
- Animals- Practice your part, then we will use YakitKids to make the animals talk.
- We will then use the Green Screen app to put it all together.
- Finally, we will bring it into iMovie to add music and sound effect
The Circulatory System
Smithsonian Virtual Tour
Insects and Bees
State Research
Today you will spend most of the period gathering information for your State Report. Use the following websites to help you.
You may also use Brittanica Online.
Learn About Your Bones
Today we will watch the Brainpop, Jr. movie on bones. Click the picture below to get to the site.
After you watch the movie, in Brainpop, choose the game Construct-A-Saurus.
Next, play Learn the Skeletal System.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Today to learn more about ways to help the earth we will watch the Brainpop, Jr. movie on Recycling. Next we will visit the website below and help clean up the earth.
Alliteration at the Zoo
After studying poetry and figures of speech, specifically alliteration, create an alliteration sentence about an animal you might find in the zoo. Visit the websites below to find a public domain pictures of your animal. Download the picture to the camera role. Next, use the app Yakit Kids to import your picture and then voice over your sentence. All the short movies will be combined into a class movie, Alliteration at the Zoo.
Wikimedia Commons
Pics4Learning
USA.gov
Biography Powerpoint
You have completed your research on a famous person from Massachusetts. Today we will begin to organize the research into a Powerpoint presentation. You learn how to add bulleted lists, pictures, animations, and slide transitions.
Changing the Earth’s Surface
The Solar System
Healthy Habits Games
Simple Machines Comic
Today your group will use the iPads and Strip Designer to illustrate four examples of one simple machine. We will put all the pages together into a comic book study guide. Be sure to include a definition of your machine.
Use this link for pictures.
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
Erosion
You have taken pictures with the iPads of erosion in our outside environment and uploaded to Google Drive. Today we will create a new document and use Google Draw to annotate the pictures. Also, type a paragraph about the process of erosion under the inserted drawing.
Phases of the Moon Slideshow
Today we will use Kidpix to create a Phases of the Moon slideshow. We will first draw each of the eight phases separately in the picture view and add music. Then we will load them all into the slideshow view and save in iPod format so you an take it home.
Deborah Sampson Timeline
Today you will use Timeliner software to create a timeline of the lofe of Deborah Sampson. Use the pictures in the grade 3 lessons folder to embellish your timeline.
Phases of the Moon
Today we will create an animation of the phases of the moon. We will use the iPads and the app DoInk.
Biography Research Project
Today we will begin research for your biography project. Use the following websites to gather information about your person.
Novel Poetry
The Moon
Sketchup Bootle Greenhouse
The Water Cycle Comics
Today you and your companion class partner will work on creating a comic book about the water cycle. Use the storyboard to plan out your comic book, then open Strip Designer on the ipads to create the comic. Click below to see my sample book.
My Dream for the World
Today you will key into Word your My Dream For The World paragraph. We will learn how to download a picture from the Microsoft Office website to include in your paragraph and place the picture behind the text.
Wonder Character Traits
Today you will use KidPix to create a simple drawing of one of the characters in the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. After you save your picture as a jpg., upload it to Tagxedo and create the word cloud with the character traits that your chosen character possesses.
Bravery
Today we will use Google Drive to create a document in your ELA folder. Include a definition of bravery, a list of brave acts, and a sentence or two about a personal act of bravery.
Eating Healthy
My Plate
Math Fact Practice
Biography Powerpoint
Today you will begin to assemble your Powerpoint slideshow on the biography research your collected. Use the template in the lessons folder to get started.
Animal Slideshow
Today you will begin to create an Animal PowerPoint slideshow based upon the information you collected during your research sessions in the lab.
Predicting and Reporting the Weather
You will use the activities in the website below to help you better understand reporting and predicting weather. In the first activity, you will use common weather symbols to create a weather map to report the weather. In the next activity, you will use temperature, precipitation, and cloud coverage to predict the weather in various regions.
Introduction to Sketchup 8
Map Skills
Alien Descriptions
Your aliens are complete and today we will type up your descriptions and share them with our companion class in South Carolina via our Alien Exchange collaborative website.
Retell an Ezra Jack Keats Story with Felt Pad
Today we will use the iPads and the app Felt Pad to retell one of the stories of Ezra Jack Keats. Choose the background with four squares and illustrate a beginning, two details, and an ending of the story.
Cloud Haikus
Introduction to Google Earth
Retell an Ezra Jack Keats Story
Jelly Bean Hunt
Skype with a Yellowstone National Park Ranger
Writing Prompts
We will continue to publishyour writing prompts in Microsoft Word. Spellcheck, change the font and size of your text, and add a picture to your document.
Multicultural Biographies
Today we will begin to create an ebook about the multicultural person you researched. We will use the app Book Creator on the iPads. Gather a few pictures to place inside your book using Wikimedia Commons. Be sure to create a bibliography page at the end of your book for resources and pictures.
William Wegman’s Dogs
Now that you examined the work of photographer William Wegman and his Weimaraner dogs, it’s time to create your own dog portrait in art, using water colors. Using a green screen, the apps Superimpose and SketchbookX, we’ll merge your painting with a photo of you to create an new piece of art on the iPad. We’ll use augmented reality to display your work at the art show.
Dinosaurs and Fossils
The Water Cycle
Today you will use KidPix to create a scientific drawing of the water cycle. Visit these websites at home to learn more about the water cycle.
Drippy the Raindrop: The Land of Ice and Snow
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
Self Portrait Smashup
Today we will begin to create an animated self portrait with the iPads. First we’ll draw ourselves in SketchbookX using a photo that we took with the camera as a guide. Then we will create a PNG image from our drawing using Superimpose. Finally we will use DoInk to create an animated object that represents something we love to do and pull it all together as a single composition.
Polygon Creatures
MathBug and Find Sums
Dinosaur Train
Character Word Cloud
Continents and Oceans
Rhyming Families
States of Matter
Boost Your Fluency
Today you will use the iPads to work on your reading fluency. Use Quick Voice to record your reading. Listen to your recording and rate it on the fluency rubric. Repeat the sequence four times, trying to improve your reading.
Constellations
Introduction to Google Earth
Water Cycle
Volcano
Today we will use the iPads and the app Drawing Pad to draw a cross-section of a volcano. Label the different parts of the volcano and save to the camera roll. Upload your picture to Google Drive. You will use your picture in a paragraph in which you will write about the different types of volcanoes.
Vacation Spot
Landform Glog
Today you will use GlogsterEdu to create a glog based upon the information you have gathered about a land or water form.
Use these websites to search for pictures for your glog.
Wikimedia Commons
Morguefiles
Tour the Planets
First we will take a tour of the planets with the Cat in the Hat. Then we will journey through the solar system, spinning the planets and viewing them up close.
Raz Kids
Landform Research
Today you will explore several websites to learn about the different types of landforms and waterways on Earth. Use the links below.
Enchanted Learning’s Landform Glossary
Types of Land
Landforms
Mr. Nussbaum’s Landforms Page
Encyclopedia Britannica at the Heights Library website.
Shape Puzzles
QR Measurement Hunt
Grab your measuring devices, an iPad and the QR code sheet! Today you will work together in six groups to find six objects in our school. When you find each object, estimate and then measure each object. The QR codes will reveal the object and give you directions as to which measurement you will make.
Snow Popplet
Today we will use the iPads and the app Popplet to create a mind map of how you experience snow with the five senses. Later you will use your map to help you write about snow.
Phases of the Moon Animation
We will learn how to use Animation-ish to create an animation of the phases of the moon. Click on the picture below to see a sample.
Dream for the World
Favorite Weather
Boost Your Keyboarding Skills
Todo Math
Shape Puzzles
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Landforms and Waterways
Today we will begin our iPad Explain Everything Project on landforms and waterways in the United States. Show what you have learned by creating a movie of two landforms and two waterways in the U.S. Include a definition and title and use screencasting techniques to enhance your audio presentation.
Explorer Smashup
We will begin our explorer projects using the iPads. Use the Explorer Wiki Resources to help you.
1. Research your explorer and include the following information:
a. Why he explored
b. Who sponsored him
c. Where he traveled
d. How did he treat the Native people
e. What was accomplishments
2. Write the script and the bibliography.
3. Gather public domain images or creative common images for your script and save to the Camera Roll.
We will Use Explain Everything for your bibliography, Drawing Pad to create a green screen, Tellagami for your avatar speaking your script, and Green Screen to put your images and avatar together. See my sample below.
Snow Cinquain Smashup
Today we will use the iPads to publish your cinquains about snow. We will create animated snowflakes in Do Ink, type the poem in Drawing Pad, then put them together in Green Screen. Finally, we will voice over the animation in iMovie.
Aliens at Heights!
Today in Art we will begin our Aliens at Heights project. First we will use our iPads to take a picture of a location at Heights. Next we will create an animated alien in the app Do Ink and add our photo of a place at school. We will put all the aliens invading our school together in a movie which will be shown at the annual Art Show!
National Symbol Glog
Today you will create a glog, with Glogsteredu with the results of your research on a national symbol. Collect pictures from the websites below.
Wikimedia Commons
Morguefiles