Lights, camera, action!

Be sure to read the article in the Littleton Independent this week!

We had SO MUCH FUN today making movies! A while back we made dioramas to conclude a science unit on animal habitats. Here's a movie that shows all of those cool projects....

 

The students teamed up with others who had made dioramas depicting similar habitats. We used an app called My Create to film the animals interacting in the environments.

By saving our movies to the camera roll, we were able to upload them to another app called iMovie. Using this app, we adjusted the speed of our movies and added background music and sound effects.

Here's a short sample...

Everyone did a fantastic job! They saved their films to their Google Drive accounts so they can share them with you! I have a feeling there will be more filmmaking in our future!

Earlier this week we all wore blue and yellow ribbons in remembrance and support of the Boston Marathon victims and survivors of 2013. I shared a video with my class showing how a student about their age showed his support. A few asked me to post it on our blog. I've added the link to the sidebar.

 

 

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How much can you do in one day?

How much can you do in one day?

Tuesday doesn't have much claim to fame. It's not the first or last day of the week. It's not hump day (or Prince Spaghetti Day if you're in my generation) and it was never deemed the "must see TV" night. It's just the day between Monday and Wednesday.

We'll, our Tuesday today was the totally too many tasks to do time.

We took a math test and a spelling test. We tried to work in our new Google Drive Accounts on iPads for the first time in our classroom. Usually we do this on Chromebooks in the lab. This was an "interesting" experiment, especially doing it in a center while others were making kites in another center. Then we had lunch in the classroom followed by an assembly with Clara Barton. We made it outside by the end of the day just in time to fly our kites. (I don't think Mrs. Sturtz is speaking to me.)

I think I understand why boring Tuesday exists now. It's a gift really. We need a day with no grand expectations to help even out the rest of the week.

 

Clara Barton is a Massachusetts native. You can visit her home in North Oxford, MA

 

 

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Making a change

CITIZENSHIP

 

We use coins and bills in math quite often. Today we used them in social studies. We identified all the famous figures on our currency. We had a great discussion. Some key ideas and questions that came up were...

Who are these people?

How come some of them get to be on both a coin and a bill?

How do you get to be on money?

Do you have to be dead?

I guess you have to be a brave man.

Oh yeah, they're all men.

 

We're joining the national campaign to vote for a historic American Heroine to replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill.

Tomorrow we'll continue our research into the four final candidates so we'll be fully educated before we vote.

Who would you vote for?

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Wilma Mankiller.

Check out the link on the sidebar of our blog!

 

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Tech Savvy

We've been showing what we know in the computer lab. Mrs. Lord has been testing our knowledge during our Technology times. We've passed the PC and CHROMEBOOKS tests already. Today we took the IPAD CHALLENGE.

We answer some questions as a whole class, then take individual challenges.

Here's what we can do....

 

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