Longhouses
To go along with our studies on Native Americans, my kiddos built Longhouses and we put the houses together to create a village. The students took what they learned through their research and applied it to creating their own houses. They turned out phenomenal!! Check them out for yourself.
Learning to be Googley
Googley??? Is that a word? In our class it is.
This was our first task where we had to learn how to toggle between multiple tabs to create our Google Slides. We began our social studies unit learning about various tribes in North Carolina. Each group was assigned a tribe to become experts on. As they researched and gathered information, they had to enter it into a basic graphic organizer that was in their Google Classroom. I kept it basic because learning to be Googley can be difficult.
Using the graphic organizer in Google allowed them to collaborate and help each other research. It was really cool to see them working together while working independently.
This was our first task where we had to learn how to toggle between multiple tabs to create our Google Slides. We began our social studies unit learning about various tribes in North Carolina. Each group was assigned a tribe to become experts on. As they researched and gathered information, they had to enter it into a basic graphic organizer that was in their Google Classroom. I kept it basic because learning to be Googley can be difficult.
I thought that this would be an easy task, but boy was I wrong! I had to start with the basics of showing them how to toggle between tabs (without closing the tabs). Working and transferring information between four tabs is quite the task for a 10 year old. So after a day of learning to navigate... they were working away and gathering all the needed information for part 2 of our project...GreenScreen
Using the graphic organizer in Google allowed them to collaborate and help each other research. It was really cool to see them working together while working independently.
Help Harry
Our first STEM challenge of the year was called Help Harry. Usually we start the year off with Save Fred, but because some of my 3rd graders came with me to 4th grade, I had to change things up a bit. I really wanted to focus on the engineering component when I stumbled across this awesome activity from @fourthgrstudio. It was a great way to start the year off. We had many different designs and it was great to see how much they changed from 3rd grade!
Back at it
So I've been a little MIA lately, but now I am back and in the swing of things. I have moved grade levels (from 3rd to 4th) and we have been busy to say the least. We have had a great start to our year. We have created a TON and we've been channeling our inner singers with songs thanks to @Teachingandsofourth .
I am going to be sharing/catching you up on all of the amazing work we have done since the beginningof time of 4th grade.
We started our year off with Ignite Presentations. Have you all heard of Ignite Presentations??? Ignite Presentations in a nutshell:
I am going to be sharing/catching you up on all of the amazing work we have done since the beginning
We started our year off with Ignite Presentations. Have you all heard of Ignite Presentations??? Ignite Presentations in a nutshell:
* 20
slides total
*15
seconds each
* Auto
advancing
* 5
minutes…I mean who can't sit
through 5 minutes?
Our first project was learning about our beautiful state of North Carolina. My kiddos did their research, collaborated together and then created and presented their final projects. You can tell this occurred at the beginning of the year because they were all quiet and shy when presenting.
Check it out.
Ignite Presentation
These used to be made using PowerPoint...but I am a Google fan and our county is GAFE all the way. So I talked with my husband @smarkwith (who is a Google Ninja by the way 😉) and he created a template using Google Slides. The cool part about it...he was able to replicate the Ignite features!
Our first project was learning about our beautiful state of North Carolina. My kiddos did their research, collaborated together and then created and presented their final projects. You can tell this occurred at the beginning of the year because they were all quiet and shy when presenting.
Check it out.
Smackdown Apps/websites
Today to end our summer training at Pinnacle we held a Smackdown! We were each given 90 seconds to present an app or a website that we thought were useful and that would be interesting to others. There were a TON of awesome apps/ websites shown that I want to share them with you!
The winner of the Smackdown was Goosechase.com! It is a site designed for scavenger hunts. This would make a great icebreaker at the beginning of the year!
Hope you find some of these useful!
The winner of the Smackdown was Goosechase.com! It is a site designed for scavenger hunts. This would make a great icebreaker at the beginning of the year!
Hope you find some of these useful!
Infopics
Ever heard of an inforpic???? Me either...until today.
So what is an infopic you might ask?!? An infopic is a photo with text layered on top that is designed to communicate a message.
At first I thought to myself this is like an infographic, but I quickly realized that it is not. An infopic is short, sweet and to the point.
We watched this video which was LOADED with apps that are great for creating infopics. There were so many apps listed that I wanted to try. So what did I do??? As he was listing and describing the apps, I was quickly downloading themall...all the free ones that is.
I chose to make an infopic on the PBL process we worked on today. You can see my post here on the Zombie Apocalypse PBL.
So what is an infopic you might ask?!? An infopic is a photo with text layered on top that is designed to communicate a message.
At first I thought to myself this is like an infographic, but I quickly realized that it is not. An infopic is short, sweet and to the point.
We watched this video which was LOADED with apps that are great for creating infopics. There were so many apps listed that I wanted to try. So what did I do??? As he was listing and describing the apps, I was quickly downloading them
I chose to make an infopic on the PBL process we worked on today. You can see my post here on the Zombie Apocalypse PBL.
PBL Land
Today we were back at it at Pinnacle. Today we were immersed into the world of PBL. PBL stands for Project Based Learning. PBL has many components to it and it takes some serious planning to get a project that is worth while for the kiddos. This website PBL explains that parts to PBL and what it all entails.
Anyways...today we were introduced to the Zombie Apocalypse App Smash. It was a blast and I never realized how serious some people are about the Zombie Apocalypse.
We had a task at hand:
We Zombified ourselves:
Anyways...today we were introduced to the Zombie Apocalypse App Smash. It was a blast and I never realized how serious some people are about the Zombie Apocalypse.
We had a task at hand:
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| James Sanders Zombie Apocalypse |
Then we began creating: The Walking App Smashers
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