Showcase Project - Kindergarten Study of Ways to Make Numbers

Kindergarten students have been working with ways to represent a number. During technology time, they created pictures using Tux Paint that demonstrated different ways to represent a number.

Showcase Project - Kindergarten Study of Animal Life Cycles

Kindergarten students studied animal life cycles in their Science class with Ms. Isom. During technology time, they created posters using Comic Life that demonstrated their knowledge of the different life cycle stages of a chicken. 

Showcase Project - 1st Grade Animal Webpages

Grade 1 students created animal webpages. To make the animal webpages the students researched an animal of their choice and learned all about the animal's diet, lifespan, stages of growth, habitat and more. The students then drew pictures of their animals using Microsoft Paint and typed up facts about their animal into their Kidblog webpage. To view the webpages for each class, click on the teacher name: Hilsen, Gonzales, Boone, Block.

Showcase Project - Halloween Digital Stories

Students in Grade 3 created digital stories using Microsoft Photostory. To create digital stories, studenst wrote Halloween stories and then drew pictures depicting various scenes of their storeis. Teh pictures were then scanned and imported into Photostory. Students then added narration and created their own musci to go along with their stories. A sample digital story, "North American Halloween", may be viewed here: eugenia photostory compressed.wmv

Showcase Project - Kindergarten Aquarium Books

Kindergarten students enjoyed a wonderful field trip to the nearby Birch Aquarium. After the field trip, students created Aquarium Mini-Books using Microsoft Powerpoint. Students typed in text and imported pictures into their projects. Beautiful covers were designed for their mini-books. The results were too cute!

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Showcase Project - 2nd Grade Poetry

Second grade students have been writing poetry with Ms. Montali. During technology time, students illustrated and published their poetry using Foundation purchased laptops. The second grade poets then recorded themselves reading their poetry piece.

Listen to the 2nd Grade Poetry pieces by clicking on the links below (note: poems are organized by the rotation):

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rotation 2

rotation 3

rotation 4

Showcase Project - Grade 3 States Brochures

Grade 3 students created brochures on their state using Microsoft Publisher. Students researched attractions found in their states, imported pictures from the internet and formatted text for their brochures.

Showcase Project - Grade 1 Character Traits Project

Students in Grade 1 learned about character traits. They created posters using COMIC LIFE, that included pictures of people displaying the character trait of kindness. Students then wrote captions for the pictures.

Showcase Project - Grade 2 Digital Stories

Students in Mrs. Gillespie's Grade 2 class created digital stories that combined writing, narration and illustrations. Students really enjoyed watching their stories come to life. Click to enjoy one of our student's stories!

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Showcase Project - Grade 3 Storybirds

Students in Mr. Serafin's Grade 3 class created story books using an online program called "Storybird". With Storybird, students use artwork from real artists as their inspiration to craft a story..

Click Here to view a student created Storybird

Showcase Project - Grade 1 Health Project

Students in Grade 1 have been learning about health in their classrooms. Students created comics using Arthur Comic Creator depicting characters making healthy choices such as eating right, exercising and getting plenty of sleep.

Showcase Project - Grade 1 Career Projects

Students in Grade 1 learned about careers from our counselor, Ms. Riney. During technology time they created pictures using MS Paint of career they thought sounded fun, then used microphones to narrate a short message about the career.

Click to hear an example==>

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Showcase Project: - Grade 3 State Report Summary Sheets

Students in Grade 3 summarized facts they had learned about their state using Comic Life software.

Showcase Project - Grade 4 and 5 Student Work Portfolios

Students in Grades 4 and Grade 5 created online portfolios using Kidblog software. Works created throughout the year are being added to the online portfolios, to make it easy for parents and other family members to view their student's work in a password protected environment.

Showcase Project - Kindergarten Water Cycle Study

Students in Kindergarten have been learning about the water cycle in Science with Ms. Isom. Using Tux Paint, students created pictures that demonstrated their knowledge of the water cycle.

Showcase Project - 5th Grade Study of Theme

Students in Grade 5 read the short story "Eleven" written by Sandra Cisneros. After reading the story, students identified one of the themes found in the story and created concept maps using Kidspiration software, citing examples in the story that supported the theme.

Showcase Project - 3rd Grade Study of Matter and Energy

Students in Mr. Kent's Grade 3 class have been learning about Matter and Energy. During technology time, students created quizzes for their classmates using Microsoft Powerpoint. Through this project, students learned how to implement transitions, animations and much more!

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Click here to see projects completed by students in the 2009-2010 school year.