FIFTH GRADE BOOK TRAILERS FOR THE DISTRICT 25 FILM FESTIVAL
OMS fifth graders joined other fifth graders across the district to design book trailers to advertise their favorite books. The students needed to tap into their creativity to locate images, write text, and choose music to make their book trailers. The goal was to create a video that would "sell" their book to interested readers. As part of the film festival, our fifth graders had their trailers judged by other fifth graders at Dryden School. One winner was chosen per class. Those winners were then also judged by a panel of administrators as part of the district-wide competition. Click on the links below to view the trailers for each class. They appear in alphabetical order by the title of the book.
Special recognition goes to one of our students whose trailer was chosen as the representative for Olive. Dara Zaprianova congratulations for creating your excellent trailer on A Night Divided.
Class winners:
5-1 Oscar winner: Dara Zaprianova for A Night Divided
Runners up: Kasia Kociarz for The Dog With Golden Eyes, Savanna Jensen for Reign Rain, and Ty Denenberg for Because of Mr. Terupt
5-2 Oscar winner: Jack Hartman for The Crossover
Runners up: Reese Izenstark for Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race and Emily Wetzel for El Deafo
5-3 Oscar winner: Grace Fuller for The Son of Neptune
Runners up: Kora Buller for Rules and Isabella Marunde for A Night Divided
5-4 Oscar winner: Gretchen Chianelli for Reign, Rain
Runners up: Makaila Carr for The Hate U Give and Logan Bremer for The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Click here to follow the link to the District 25 Film Festival website.
Special recognition goes to one of our students whose trailer was chosen as the representative for Olive. Dara Zaprianova congratulations for creating your excellent trailer on A Night Divided.
Class winners:
5-1 Oscar winner: Dara Zaprianova for A Night Divided
Runners up: Kasia Kociarz for The Dog With Golden Eyes, Savanna Jensen for Reign Rain, and Ty Denenberg for Because of Mr. Terupt
5-2 Oscar winner: Jack Hartman for The Crossover
Runners up: Reese Izenstark for Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race and Emily Wetzel for El Deafo
5-3 Oscar winner: Grace Fuller for The Son of Neptune
Runners up: Kora Buller for Rules and Isabella Marunde for A Night Divided
5-4 Oscar winner: Gretchen Chianelli for Reign, Rain
Runners up: Makaila Carr for The Hate U Give and Logan Bremer for The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Click here to follow the link to the District 25 Film Festival website.
Fifth grade space debates: November 2018
Would it be safe to live somewhere other than Earth? Should we spend money on space exploration?
These are questions that the fifth graders argued in formal space debates. They used books, ebooks, online news articles, and websites to find evidence to support their arguments. Then, they presented their arguments to the class as a part of a debate team. Click on the class links below to see the student-created Thinglinks that provided the background visuals for each debate team.
5-1 Muhr 5-2 Fowler 5-3 Tranter 5-4 Edstrom
These are questions that the fifth graders argued in formal space debates. They used books, ebooks, online news articles, and websites to find evidence to support their arguments. Then, they presented their arguments to the class as a part of a debate team. Click on the class links below to see the student-created Thinglinks that provided the background visuals for each debate team.
5-1 Muhr 5-2 Fowler 5-3 Tranter 5-4 Edstrom
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fifth grade digital citizenship super hero comic strips: Dec 2018 |
How can we be safe, responsible, and respectful digital users? Fifth graders created digital super hero comic strips to give advice about how to be good digital citizens. Click below to see the slideshows that showcase the student-created comic strips organized by class. After the slideshow is opened, click the present button at the top right to play the slideshow. Click the arrow key to advance to the next slide.
Fifth grade bill of rights brain pop videos: March 2019
Why are the Bill of Rights important? How do they apply to our lives today?
Fifth graders answered those questions through their research about a specific amendment from the Bill of Rights. They explained what their amendment means using their own words. In addition, they took notes about why the Founding Fathers added the amendment to the Constitution. Finally, they looked at a modern court case involving their amendment. In order to teach their classmates about their specific amendment, they created Brainpop videos. They inserted cartoon images, text boxes, and voice recordings, and even enlisted the help of Brainpop robot, Moby, to help them explain their facts. As a culminating activity, the students set up a mock OMS law office and invited in some potential "clients" (volunteer parents) to get legal advice about scenarios in which their rights may have been violated.
Please follow these links to view student videos. If you'd like to see the name of the video makers, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.
Fifth graders answered those questions through their research about a specific amendment from the Bill of Rights. They explained what their amendment means using their own words. In addition, they took notes about why the Founding Fathers added the amendment to the Constitution. Finally, they looked at a modern court case involving their amendment. In order to teach their classmates about their specific amendment, they created Brainpop videos. They inserted cartoon images, text boxes, and voice recordings, and even enlisted the help of Brainpop robot, Moby, to help them explain their facts. As a culminating activity, the students set up a mock OMS law office and invited in some potential "clients" (volunteer parents) to get legal advice about scenarios in which their rights may have been violated.
Please follow these links to view student videos. If you'd like to see the name of the video makers, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.
fourth grade 13 colony slide shows from spring 2018
Fourth graders researched aspects of daily life of the 13 original colonies such as resources, early leaders, chores of children, and more. They worked with partners to create slideshows on the iPads using the app, Explain Everything. These presentations were shared with third graders who had an opportunity to "shop" for a colony to which they could move.
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Fourth Grade Native American Tribe Research 2017 |
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Fourth graders research two Native American Tribes. They pretended to be Native American children who had to decide with which tribe they planned to live. They used the facts from their research to help themselves make the decision. To view their research posters, click on the class links below. This will open a list of individual posters.
4-1 Mrs. Range
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vjvkiz-VIp4hiIJ__zF1ThcmMNLSnudmsMlcfIsB1UE/edit?usp=sharing
4-2 Mrs. Wilson
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cCdtdbSxkhx6P02cd4InDBTfwTjiXoaLKgTI1FRSUZ0/edit?usp=sharing
4-3 Mrs. Beck
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K5huraisVMRwpsUk2HIodaBYumPiT1ZdSQqkRmM7fVo/edit?usp=sharing
4-4 Mrs. Grimm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16ocJycm2oyDpMv6GC2KRmWDjMtmncFWdiEppBsGdX3Q/edit?usp=sharing
4-5 Mrs. Stevens
Mrs. Stevens' class has posted their Native American research posters into their class blogs. See Mrs. Steven's webpage for access to the blogs:
http://mrsstevensfourthgrade.weebly.com/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vjvkiz-VIp4hiIJ__zF1ThcmMNLSnudmsMlcfIsB1UE/edit?usp=sharing
4-2 Mrs. Wilson
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cCdtdbSxkhx6P02cd4InDBTfwTjiXoaLKgTI1FRSUZ0/edit?usp=sharing
4-3 Mrs. Beck
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K5huraisVMRwpsUk2HIodaBYumPiT1ZdSQqkRmM7fVo/edit?usp=sharing
4-4 Mrs. Grimm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16ocJycm2oyDpMv6GC2KRmWDjMtmncFWdiEppBsGdX3Q/edit?usp=sharing
4-5 Mrs. Stevens
Mrs. Stevens' class has posted their Native American research posters into their class blogs. See Mrs. Steven's webpage for access to the blogs:
http://mrsstevensfourthgrade.weebly.com/
Fourth grade explorer videos February, 2018
Fourth graders used research skills to learn about explorers. They practiced finding reliable websites, evaluating websites, using keyword searches, taking notes, and recording source information. The essential questions of the research were as follows: What motivated the Europeans to explore? and How did exploration affect both the people of Europe and of the New World (Native Americans)? The final product was a creation of a video in which a person who knew the explorer delivers a speech about that explorers' impact on the world. Click on the class link to be redirected to a folder containing individual videos. If you'd like to see the name of each video creator, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.
Third grade midwest state tourism videos: December 2018
Each third grader researched a Midwest state. They took notes about attractions that tourists might want to visit. Then, they created advertising videos for their state using an online program called Animoto. Three classes have their videos linked here. The students in Mrs. Molnar's class posted their videos to their class website in addition to the location linked below. Also, the students in Mrs. Bagg's, Ms. Pietrzak's, and Mrs. Yarbrough's classes loaded their videos to their Seesaw accounts. Please login to the class Seesaw account to view those.
third grade cyberbullying videos: March 2018
Third graders learned about cyberbullying by watching informational videos, reading about the topic, and participating in class activities related to the topic. Then, they wrote scenarios about what kids can do if they ever get cyberbullied. They created avatars using the app, Buddy Poke, and used those avatars to create informational videos about cyberbullying. Please follow these links to view student videos. If you'd like to see the name of the video maker, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.
third grade recycled instruments: January 2019
Third graders learned about children in Paraguay who play musical instruments made out of trash as we shared the book, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay. They accepted the design challenge to create an instrument of their own made from recyclable objects. The requirements were that the instrument had to make a sound and should stay together after being played. In addition, students had to use at least three materials. Please click on the class links to watch the videos students made of themselves explaining their instruments and playing them.
Third Grade severe weather news reports: September 2018
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How can we be safe during severe weather? This was one of the questions that third graders answered during their group research projects. They worked in teams of four or five students to learn about a type of severe weather or natural disaster such as blizzards, floods, hurricanes, tornados, and tsunamis. They typed their notes on a shared Google document and even made use of the new large size computer monitors in the lab to enlarge their notes and electronic resources for their whole team to see. The next step was to break into two mini-teams. One team wrote a script as reporters and another team designed a new product that would work during severe weather. They had help from Mrs. Watanuki, our Student Learning Coach. Finally, the teams were filmed in front of the green screen by our Technology Facilitator, Mrs. Seisser. Please follow the links below to view the student team videos for 3-1 and 3-2.
Videos were shared through Seesaw for some third grade classes: 3-3, 3-4, and 3-5.
Videos were shared through Seesaw for some third grade classes: 3-3, 3-4, and 3-5.
second grade day in the life of a child from another country
Second graders learned about daily life in five different countries. Each class researched a different country. Students studied such topics as recreation, food, holidays, places of interest and school. Then, they worked with a partner to create an electronic slideshow of the day in the life of child who would live in that country. Click on the class number to be redirected to a page containing group slideshows. If you'd like to see the name and/or title of the video, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.
African American History Month Thinglink projects
Mrs. Christoforou's Target Time group read about famous African Americans and wrote notes about those people. They used their notes to create interactive presentations using the app Thinglink. Students added text, photos, and videos to an image in order to share information about the African Americans that they researched. Follow the link to the document to see each student's individual project.
Student Projects
Student Projects
Second grade earth day topic videos
To coincide with Earth Day and taking good care of the Earth, second graders learned about topics such as reduce, reuse, and recycle, saving water, preventing water pollution, and garbage reduction. They practiced picking out important information from informational videos. Then, they wrote speeches and were filmed in front of the green screen. Please follow these links to view student videos. If you'd like to see the name of the video maker, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.
second grade famous people for mount rushmore 2017
Second graders researched five famous people that we might consider adding to Mount Rushmore. They took notes with a partner and then created videos using the iPad app, Adobe Voice, to highlight the contributions of these five people. Then, the classes viewed the videos and voted for the person that they believed made the greatest impact on people in the United States. Click on the class link to be redirected to a folder containing partner videos. If you'd like to see the name of each video creator, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.
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2-1 Christoforou
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SEcond grade Mount Rushmore Vote Results 2017
The second grade classes voted on the person that they felt most deserved to be added to Mount Rushmore. The students were voting between these outstanding people: Squanto, Rosa Parks, Neil Armstrong, Susan B. Anthony, and Benjamin Franklin. The vote results are shown below along with the photos of our new visions of Mount Rushmore.
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First Grade holidays of lights projects
First graders worked with partners to research a holiday of light: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Diwali. They used an online database, Pebble Go, to find their information. Then, they used their notes to create projects using the Explain Everything app. Please click on the link to go to a folder of student videos for each class. If you'd like to see the name of the video creators, make sure that you have selected list view from the upper right corner. It looks like a little square with lines inside of it.