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3rd graders practicing reading and writing by doing a cold read.

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My second grade students performed our first readers' theater called Lightning Linda.

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Wednesday 1/31 The DLC along with our instructional technology teacher , Carrie Fesperman taught a PD on how to use Screencastify.  The countdown is on for us to go 1:1. Screencastify is a great tech tool for teachers and kids.

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My 5th grade students worked in groups to study an important event from the Westward Expansion Era.  They presented the information using paper slides video.

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Our group is presenting PDs on Google this year. Here are our notes from our first PD at the beginning of the school year where we discussed using Google Classroom!

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The month of October our maker space activity was creating your own Monster Corner Bookmark

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October Monster Corner Bookmarks

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I collaborated with the 4th grade teachers and the computer lab teacher on an explorer project. The students researched an explorer and created a trading card using the Read Write Think website

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September Whirly-gigs

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On Mondays we have 1 or 2 maker space activities in the library that kids may choose do. The month of September we made Whirly-gigs. Kids could experiment with colors and patterns. Some students tried to make two primary colors look like one secondary color when they spun the whirly-gig.

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Laura G.Library 2nd Grade Animal Classification Project

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Laura G.Library 2nd Grade Animal Classification Project

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The students researched the characteristics of different classifications of the Animal Kingdom.  Each student chose a favorite animal and used Chatterpix to explain why the animal belonged to a certain group. They also explained why it was their favorite animal

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K-5 Used an App called AR Flashcards to bring letters alive in a world of augmented reality.

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Laura G Library Student Using Discovery for Research

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Laura G Library Student Using Discovery for Research

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The fifth grade students are researching Westward Expansion to use the information to create paper slide presentations. They logged in to Discovery using their Google accounts to do their research.

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Laura G Library Discovery Pics and Videos

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Laura G Library Discovery Pics and Videos

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Harriett Tubman's inspirational quote on dreaming helped my students become dreamers. Discovery pics and videos helped us get to know Harriet Tubman.

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Laura G Library Paper Slides - 5th Graders

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Laura G Library Paper Slides - 5th Graders

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The fifth graders at AES researched different aspects of Westward Expansion.  They worked in groups of 3 or 4 to create paper slide presentations on their various topics. We uploaded the paper slides to padlet.com to share with each other.

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Mystery Skype
In the library, the 2nd graders are preparing to Mystery Skype another school in the nation to guess what state the other school is in. The students have been learning geographic landmarks and terminology so that they are experts at asking strategic yes or no questions to guess the mystery state.

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In the Library, students were challenged to pick 9 random LEGOS, build a creature, name the creature, and write the directions on how to build their creature. Then they took the creature apart, put the LEGOs in a baggy, and gave the LEGOs and directions to another student to see if that student could build the exact creature by following the written directions.