FIFTH GRADE BOOK TRAILERS FOR THE DISTRICT 25 FILM FESTIVAL
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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 Rachael Stark whose trailer on Rain Reign was chosen as the representative for Olive!
5-1 Oscar winner: Natalia Dawidowicz for Things Not Seen
Runners up: Jaeda Spiczka for Diamond Willow and Macey Teuscher for The Distance To Home
5-2 Oscar winner: Jillian Wandler for Ugly
Runners up: Damian Marcus for The Potato Chip Puzzles and Gavin Rehm for The Red Pyramid
5-3 Oscar winner: Molly McCall for Upside Down In the Middle of Nowhere
Runners up: Ellie Cataldo for Masterminds and Jack Sovitsky for Hatchet
5-4 Oscar winner: Nathan Marotta for Class Dismissed
Runners up: Sophia Harwood for The War That Saved My Life and Eddie O'Sullivan for Holes
5-5 Oscar winner: Rachael Stark for Rain Reign
Runners up: Halas Wolff for A Night Divided and Gio Roura for Alex Rider Stormbreaker
Click HERE to follow the link to the District 25 Film Festival website.
Special recognition goes to Rachael Stark whose trailer on Rain Reign was chosen as the representative for Olive!
5-1 Oscar winner: Natalia Dawidowicz for Things Not Seen
Runners up: Jaeda Spiczka for Diamond Willow and Macey Teuscher for The Distance To Home
5-2 Oscar winner: Jillian Wandler for Ugly
Runners up: Damian Marcus for The Potato Chip Puzzles and Gavin Rehm for The Red Pyramid
5-3 Oscar winner: Molly McCall for Upside Down In the Middle of Nowhere
Runners up: Ellie Cataldo for Masterminds and Jack Sovitsky for Hatchet
5-4 Oscar winner: Nathan Marotta for Class Dismissed
Runners up: Sophia Harwood for The War That Saved My Life and Eddie O'Sullivan for Holes
5-5 Oscar winner: Rachael Stark for Rain Reign
Runners up: Halas Wolff for A Night Divided and Gio Roura for Alex Rider Stormbreaker
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 2019
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.
Fourth Grade Native American Tribe Research 2018 |
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Fourth graders research two Native American Tribes for the purpose of comparing and contrasting them. After students took research notes, they created a top hat chart that allowed them to compare/contrast the information about the two tribes. Then, they put that information together into a video. Please see the class Seesaw accounts to view the videos.
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 historical chicago research
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Students studied primary sources, viewed slideshows and videos, and took notes to share what they learned about historical topics related to Chicago. The information they used came from the Chicago History Museum. The third graders were excited to create digital posters on Adobe Spark to highlight the material. Please follow the links below or view your child's poster on the class Seesaw account.
Students learned about the following topics:
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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.
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 look in the class Seesaw account to view the student videos.
First Grade Who Would Win Animal Battles
First graders became experts on animals as they researched in the LMC and in their classrooms. They used various types of resources such as the Pebble Go website, Facts 4 Me database, and books about their animals to find ideas for their notes. Working with a partner or two, they created videos of animal battles mimicking the Who Would Win? books. Please view the class Seesaw accounts to see your child's video.
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.