4th and 5th Grade Thankful Projects

Students in Mrs. Newsom's classes focused on atypical things to be thankful for this year.

The lesson was about finding the good in the bad and turning what they saw as a negative into a positive.

Each student came up with some pretty interesting ideas as they investigated and displayed understanding of the tools in PowerPoint, and more importantly they all view those things they all try to avoid a little differently now.

 

5th Grade Science Use Voki

Mrs. Dankers's students researched a form of energy to become experts and created Voki animations using an avatar to teach other groups about the form of energy.


Light Energy           Electrical Energy           Light Energy            

Sound Energy

5th Grade Language Arts

Mrs. Nicklow's language arts students recently studied the novel, The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck. Students then researched the setting of the novel, Japan, and tsunamis, the subject of the novel's conflict. They then created a Microsoft Publisher document to present their findings.

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5th Grade Science Glogster Project

Mrs. Dankers's students created Glogs, or digital posters, using Glogster to present their results and a scientific explanation of their force investigation.


Gravity               Magnetism             Friction             Push           

Sixth Grade Social Studies

Students in Ms. Krynicki, Mrs. Marks, and Mrs. Kelly's social studies classes researched European nations and used their district-provided Google accounts to create a slideshow to present their information.

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                        Austria      Italy     Finland 

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?