5th grade Social Studies Explorer Videos

Students in Mrs. Alcorn's class recently studied explorers in early America. After researching their topic, they created videos using Animoto.

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

 

Ponce De Leon 

5th Grade Science: Vocabulary Dictionary Page

Students in Mrs. Cox's fifth-grade science class recently studied physical property vocabulary terms. They researched the Discovery Education interactive glossary and found animations and videos for their word. Students then used Microsoft Publisher to create a page for their class dictionary.

4th Grade Science Creates a Lego Movie

Students in Ms. Diaz's science class recently studied types of energy. They made real-world connections of mechanical, sound, and light energy. They had to find examples of everyday objects around the school and then created a Lego movie presentation of their findings.

 Mechanical Energy-Lego Movie                Lego Movie-Mechanical Energy

 

4th Grade Science: Mixtures and Solutions

 

Sock Puppet-Mixtures

 

Ms. Diaz's fourth-grade students recently studied mixtures and solutions in science class. Students then created a Sock Puppet presentation on the iPad.

 

5th Grade ELA Biography Study

Fifth graders in Mrs. Barham's classes are studying the biography genre! Each student selected a famous American to research and then created a newsletter to present their findings.
Click on a picture to learn more about these great Americans.

4th Grade Social Studies: Native Americans in Texas

Fourth graders in Ms. Blakley and Mrs. Uptergrove's classes recently completed a unit over the Native American tribes found in Texas. Students researched the Karankawa, Caddo, Jumano, Comanche, and Lipan Apache groups. They then created a PowerPoint to present their findings. Did you know that the famous Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca lived with the Karankawa for several years after he arrived in the Gulf of Mexico?