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Jan 06 2011 January 6, 2011 January 20, 2011 NoComment by David

5th Grade “If I Could Change The World”

Posted in 5th Grade, Language Arts

Fifth graders in Ms. Barker’s class at Chamberlayne Elementary wrote a paragraph on the topic: “If I Could Change The World.” They wrote it in Pages, but she wanted them to do something special to publish their writing. So we copied their text from Pages and pasted it into Pixie. Then I gave them a folder of pictures to use that related to their topics. It included pictures of poverty, hunger, war, pollution, etc. You can download the folder of pictures as well as the Pixie template by clicking here. After the students selected a picture and pasted it into their Pixie, they took their own photo with the webcam and added it to the picture. Then they added a body to their head by either painting it or using a Sticker. Finally they recorded their voice giving a brief synopsis of their idea to change the world. Take a look at some student samples by clicking here.


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Sep 16 2010 September 16, 2010 September 22, 2010 NoComment by David

5th Grade Illustrated Stories with Kerpoof

Posted in 5th Grade, Language Arts

Many of you have been missing Pixie these first couple of weeks at school. I promise it’s coming! But in the meantime, there are some online alternatives. Two web-based drawing tools are ArtPad and Imagination Cubed. However, fifth graders at Chamberlayne really needed Pixie’s stickers today to illustrate the stories they had typed up earlier this week in Pages. So I took them to Kerpoof. It’s blocked in the county, but it’s worth unlocking for your students (you’ll need to type in your password for them, don’t let them do it). Once they are on the site they can go to “Make A Picture” or “Make a Story” (“Spell a Picture” is great for younger ages). The students were able to create a scene from their story and search for clip art. If they couldn’t find a picture of an object they wanted, they could even draw their own and add it to the scene! Your students can use all the tools for free and just take screenshots of their pictures (that’s what we did), but if you want to save them, you can set up student accounts with their own passwords. Here are a couple sample stories they illustrated: Chavis and Jordanne.


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Sep 09 2010 September 9, 2010 September 10, 2010 1Comment by David

5th & 3rd Grade “All About Me” Pages

Posted in 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, Language Arts

Fifth and third graders at Chamberlayne Elementary used Photo Booth and Pages to write “All About Me.” This is a great first week activity. First they opened up Photo Booth and took their picture. Then they dragged it into a Pages document and wrote about themselves. I showed them how to change the font, size, and color, and they got very creative as you can see in the example. Each teacher published the activity in a different way. Ms. Bradlee (5th grade) printed them out and hung them up on the walls for parents to see at back-to-school night. Mr. Mayo took screenshots and pasted them into a Keynote with music for a back-to-school night sideshow. It’s fantastic to see so many teachers jumping right into technology projects on the first week of school!


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Apr 20 2010 April 20, 2010 May 13, 2010 NoComment by David

5th Grade Branches of Government

Posted in 5th Grade, Social Studies

Fifth grade students at Chamberlayne Elementary have been studying the branches of government (VS.10a) and they wanted to make a 3-panel brochure in Pages to summarize what they have learned. So the students used the Template Chooser in Pages to select a brochure template they liked. They labeled the 3 columns Legislative, Executive, and Judicial and changed the fonts and colors. Next I gave them a folder of pictures to use that you can download by clicking here.It has pictures representing each of the three branches of government for the federal and state levels. They dragged a picture from the folder to each column. Then they typed facts about each branch of government as a bulleted list under each picture. I showed them how to use the Inspector to change the style of the bullets as well. If you’d like to see a sample just click the picture to make it larger.


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Apr 13 2010 April 13, 2010 May 11, 2010 1Comment by David

4th Grade Perimeter in Pages

Posted in 4th Grade, Math

I had two fourth grade classes who needed a way to practice perimeter and area (SOL 4.13) using the computer, so I used the table feature in Pages to create a grid. Then the students clicked individual squares or highlighted several at once and filled them in with different colors to create polygons. Next they wrote their own perimeter and area questions for each shape and gave them to a friend to solve. That way they got double practice—answering their friend’s questions and checking their own. It also gave me the opportunity to review word processing skills like changing the fonts and colors of text. The students’ projects turned out great and they got to review math concepts in a new way. Click here to download the template and click the picture to see the example a little larger.


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Jan 12 2010 January 12, 2010 January 19, 2010 NoComment by David

Teacher Spotlight – Ms. Nuckols

Posted in 5th Grade, Social Studies

Ms. Nuckols at Holladay elementary had an excellent project idea for her 5th grade class that I’d like to share with you. They made Civil War newspapers using Pages. What made this project so great was that it involved many of the 21st century skills we’ve been talking about: collaboration, creativity, problem solving, technology, etc. Each student was assigned a topic to research and write about. Ms. Nuckols gathered together a variety of Civil War pictures for her students to use. Then groups worked together to create their newspapers in Pages. Each student’s article was added to the newspaper with a picture to accompany it. Finally, after the projects were complete, Ms. Nuckols printed them and displayed them on the wall outside her classroom. Publishing and displaying is an important step in any project because students love seeing each other’s work, and it gives them the perfect opportunity to review their information. You can see a sample newspaper from her class by clicking here. If you use her idea, be sure to send her an email to thank her!


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Dec 02 2009 December 2, 2009 January 5, 2010 NoComment by David

5th Grade Thanksgiving Writing

Posted in 5th Grade, Language Arts

Fifth Graders at Laburnum have been focusing on their writing. They’ve been studying the writing process and have practiced using good descriptive words. The school even has a writing wall where they showcase the students’ best writing samples. So one class had been working very hard writing about their Thanksgiving vacation and they wanted to publish their paragraphs with Pages. I came in and showed them how to change the font, size, and color of the text. We reviewed how to center the title and right justify their names. Then when they finished their writing they went to Pixie to get clip art. One of the really cool features of Pages is the comments. Just highlight a portion of text, click the comment button, and a comment box appears on the left where you can type suggestions or compliments. It’s great to use for peer revising and teacher proofreading. You can take a look at a sample paper with comments by clicking here.


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Oct 22 2009 October 22, 2009 October 23, 2009 NoComment by David

5th Grade Talking Pages on Oceans

Posted in 5th Grade, Science

OceansPagesFor their Oceans Unit, 5th grade students at Chamberlayne Elementary created “talking Pages” where they have embedded videos right into their word processing documents. To make the videos, there are a couple of backgrounds in Photo Booth, or students can drag their own background picture over into it. Then students can introduce their paper, discuss vocabulary words, or do something creative like the student in this example did. After they make their video, students add pictures, graphs, and diagrams to the Pages template and write sentences about each, including important vocabulary words. These documents can be printed and you can even pick which frame of the video shows up in the printed copy by selecting it in the Inspector. You can download the Pages template and a folder of ocean pictures to use here.


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