The final phase of the project is to use the writing and the art in their journals to create movies. These are being done on the iPads, using voice over, green screen, and stop action animation. These parts will eventually come together into individual iMovies. All of the students will eventually film at least one scene, and many have already gone beyond that requirement. To further expand the project, Ms. Schlageter and Ms. Lewis have started an After School Movie Making Club. We will definitely share these exciting projects when they are completed.
The third and fourth graders worked on an exciting integrated project around the book, The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore by William Joyce. The students listened to, and discussed the book, both in the classroom and library, and watched an Academy Award Winning Film connected to the book. Morris Lessmore is writing a book about his life, “... his joys and sorrows, of all that he knew and everything that he hoped for.” Students also wrote about their lives, focusing on one specific time, a series of events or their hopes and dreams. The emphasis was on writing with more passion, adding detailed descriptions, dialogue or other techniques to make their writing more powerful. They used their writing as a springboard for an art journal, continuing and expanding their ideas. As part of this project, Elissa Campbell worked with the students during some extended art times to help them create their journals.
The final phase of the project is to use the writing and the art in their journals to create movies. These are being done on the iPads, using voice over, green screen, and stop action animation. These parts will eventually come together into individual iMovies. All of the students will eventually film at least one scene, and many have already gone beyond that requirement. To further expand the project, Ms. Schlageter and Ms. Lewis have started an After School Movie Making Club. We will definitely share these exciting projects when they are completed. On Friday, March 14, (3/14 for 3.14...) we celebrated Pi Day with lots of pie, mixed in with Pi Day activities. Thank you to all of the parents who brought in delicious dessert pies, as well as pizza pie. We had so much we shared with the fifth and sixth graders. Both classes read books about circles. Fourth graders read Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi, which also included characters such as Lady Di of Ameter and Radius. Fourth graders studied about pi through a number of activities. They used different color paper strips for each digit, 0-9, and made a chain representing the digits of pi, using the different colors. The purpose of this was to show that there wasn’t any pattern to the digits of pi. Students also explored the relationship between the diameter of a circle and its circumference. Using compasses, they drew circles and measured the diameters. Then they cut pieces of yarn, and measured to see how many pieces they needed to cover the circumference of the circle. They discovered that it was a little more than 3 (or 3 and 1/7 or 3.1415926535... to be more precise). They also made headbands, labeled with their head’s diameter and circumference. Some students memorized a few of the digits of pi, and some sang songs. It was a great day! |
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