https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue Year 4 Reflections en-us 2018-12-05 05:21:02 UTC 2023-02-12 15:50:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311363897 Deb Weber, PRE, 5th Grade. Had a blast with the students doing stop motion videos explaining the water cycle.]]> 2018-12-05 14:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311363897 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311364915 REINDEER ROUNDUP
Michelle Wade (2nd Grade)
Pea Ridge Elementary
One of my favorite lessons I've done (doing now). It incorporates challenging math problems (they solve these to get the location of the reindeer), and they work in groups so they are learning from eachother. It also incorporates Social Studies because they have to learn the world map (continents, oceans, countries, along with their climate due to how close they are to the equator). I also incorporate Language and Grammar using the  discovery boards to investigate each location the reindeer are visiting (reading about them), and when we plot the reindeer on the  map (personal map, and interactive bulletin board outside the classroom), my students decide what the reindeer might say about the place they are visiting and write a quote in a speech bubble that sticks beside them (we proof the  quotes together before posting them). It's AMAZING how hard they work when challenged beyond just solving a problem for an answer. They are so DRIVEN! This is the link for the "Hook." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPX32QPcwLg I bought the "skeleton," for the activity on TPT "Reindeer Roundup," and the Discovery Boards I added from Discovery's website.

]]> 2018-12-05 14:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311364915 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365226 My students really enjoyed and worked great together on this project. It allowed my "artists" and writers to showcase their talents! Sue Colyer/PRE]]> 2018-12-05 14:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365226 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365585 Our STEAM Team meets quarterly with admin to discuss PBL's/ STEAM practices to push out to staff members.
We have STEAM lead PD's  yearly.
We also team up with JHS for a community STEAM Night.
Grade levels team up to do STEAM rotations. 
Our challenge this year is to collaborate with Grade levels to complete a grade level PBL.

]]> 2018-12-05 14:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365585 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365704 Lynne McDonald 
Students enjoyed doing main ideas on chart paper and sharing]]> 2018-12-05 14:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365704 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365752 Each nine weeks our Steam Team plans 4- 5 rotations for 17 first grade teachers. We base these plans around the 4 C's. This has gotten our team excited about incorporating Steam in their daily lesson plans.]]> 2018-12-05 14:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311365752 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311366214 This project was a kick off for us! We launched ourselves into 4th grade and beyond! It was math and science oriented (angles/distances/mass-- potential/kinetic/mechanical energy)... Sue Colyer/PRE]]> 2018-12-05 14:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311366214 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311366794 Students worked in teams to learn about hurricanes and develop a hurricane preparedness plan. Then they wrote and presented a hurricane preparedness infomercial  using green screen technology. They shared their videos on Seesaw. (See student directions below.)   

]]> 2018-12-05 14:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311366794 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311368529 Lynne McDonald
My students started out writing 3 important sentences on a lesson, the next day, they had to write only 2, then the next was one.  Collaboratively they took their one sentence and created a group main idea that everyone decided on.]]> 2018-12-05 14:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311368529 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311369303 During our Bat unit, students research bats, create their own powerpoints into a tour guide slideshow. I invite classes throughout the school to tour the Bat Cave. Students 2 at a time are the tour guides using their PowerPoint show and the portable projector to display inside the Bat Cave. ]]> 2018-12-05 14:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311369303 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311369909 We created a STEAM PLC that will meet 10 times this year to cover different areas of STEAM knowledge and incorporating it into the classroom to build confidence in grade levels. We are proving to our fellow teachers that STEAM is not a special program that only certain teachers use, but that it is good teaching strategies to help us meet the needs of all of our students. 

]]> 2018-12-05 14:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311369909 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311370322 Used a gallery walk to have students infer what the pictures represented at the beginning of our weather and climate unit. At the end of the unit, for spooky science day, I made a pickle glow - representing lightning.]]> 2018-12-05 14:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311370322 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311370864 My students really enjoy learning about different ways to tell a story. After reading a story in our Journeys book -  Kamishibai Man- we traveled through stations -the students preformed puppet shows- shadow , sock, bag, and Kamishibai short stories.- April Ballard/SSDI]]> 2018-12-05 14:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311370864 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311370958 Melinda Holland, 5th grade, I have worked this school year to collaborate with my grade level cohort to be more transdisciplinary across the grade level. One of my favorite activities we have worked together on is a Weather Unit. As a culmination activity we had Spinks from RedZone Weather come in and talk to students about his career in meteorology. ]]> 2018-12-05 14:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311370958 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311371078 My enrichment class of 23 students launched a robotics team that participated in the B.E.S.T. Robotics competition on Nov. 3rd.  They learned how to effectively collaborate, create a marketing presentation and professional grade engineering notebook, design and build a team exhibit, and use engineering skills to build a robot. They won 3rd place in the Spirit and Sportsmanship category!]]> 2018-12-05 14:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311371078 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311371371 We led a PCL during the first nine weeks relating to several Steam ideas.  Some of these included:
Morning Steam Bins
Touring the Steam Lab
Osmo training
Get Lit with Steam (relating Steam activities to literature)
Using SeeSaw
Revealing your Reading (using HPReveal app to do book  reports)
Basics of  Silhouette (using the Cameo Silhouette)



]]> 2018-12-05 14:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311371371 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311371469 2018-12-05 14:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311371469 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311373036 We have a variety of transdisciplinary STEAM lessons available to our faculty as well as other schools throughout our county. These lessons include everything needed from the hook to the culminating activity. We have also modeled lessons in various classrooms across the grade levels. During the model session, we explain the difference between a traditional classroom and a STEAMy classroom (it's all about the culture). We model the hook and briefly introduce the stations...they do their first and second station while we show them how to follow up after each rotation. Then, the classroom teacher gets STEAMy and takes over. This is their 'Aha' moment!]]> 2018-12-05 14:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311373036 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311373099 Researched Paleolithic and Neolithic civilizations and designed a restaurant menu that incorporated one of the culture's  diet, lifestyle, shelter, religious beliefs, and art. #pbl]]> 2018-12-05 14:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311373099 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311373912 After Reading Bad Case of Stripes, students researched germs, and ways to fight germs, we concluded with the blacklight box and germ glow lotion for students see the effects of proper hand washing. Students made a booklet to tell what they learned about germs and ways they can protect themselves from illness. ]]> 2018-12-05 14:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311373912 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311375227 After reading our story Lucia's Neighborhood, 3 groups of students planned a neighborhood with paper bag stores, community workers, and roads. We then learned how to code Dash and they coded him to go to different places in the neighborhood.  

]]> 2018-12-05 14:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311375227 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311375568 My favorite STEAM lesson this year was when we were studying weather. We read a story in our basal about a boy who was scared of storms. We discussed if they were scared of STORMS and talked about where lightning and thunder came from. We made a "lightning cake" out of play doh with paperclip on top. They used a balloon to create static electricity and they could feel a spark when the balloon rubbed on the paperclip. Then we made thunder by popping the balloon. ]]> 2018-12-05 14:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311375568 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311375932 This great team building task took us to new heights! Sue Colyer/PRE]]> 2018-12-05 14:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311375932 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311376685 Brooke Neal, 5th, SSDI

One of my favorite activities was having my students model a science experiment for their class. This got them excited about "hands-on learning" and they got a chance to be the teacher.]]> 2018-12-05 14:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311376685 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311376797 During Thanksgiving Week, students used a balloon to glue on 3 things they have gratitude for. We placed the balloons on Dash(Es), programmed the parade route and had a gratitude Parade through the classroom and hallway. ]]> 2018-12-05 14:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311376797 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311377426 While working on our Thanksgiving research project I found this little gem in one of my first graders notebooks. He was giving credit to the sight word wall.
Rachel Gault
Central School ]]> 2018-12-05 14:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311377426 mckinleyk1 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311409266 Grade level fall stations. We put out a message on FB asking for donations of leaves from around the country. ]]> 2018-12-05 15:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311409266 mckinleyk1 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311417753 PLC's ]]> 2018-12-05 15:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311417753 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311424481 Brooke Neal, SSDI, 5th
Students loved this transdisciplinary breakout that incorporated a STEAM challenge at the end that they had to complete before the breakout was finished.]]> 2018-12-05 15:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311424481 https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311430094 2018-12-05 16:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311430094 cevans_depd https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311542798 2018-12-05 19:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cevans_depd/g649bvlqdeue/wish/311542798