{"id":3867,"date":"2018-09-11T13:20:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T17:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2019-01-28T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:52:14","slug":"5th-grade-classifying-our-classmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3867","title":{"rendered":"5th Grade Classifying Our Classmates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?attachment_id=3869\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sorting-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sorting-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sorting-1024x720.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fifth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about classifying objects (SOL5.1a) and organisms (SOL5.5b) using various characteristics.  Today, students in Ms. Haislip&#8217;s class practiced this skill by classifying their classmates.  First, we went to <a href=\"https:\/\/avatarmaker.com\">AvatarMaker<\/a> and created an avatar that looked like us&#8211;same hair style, eye color, etc. We downloaded the image as a 200&#215;200 png file (<em>click &#8220;Download&#8221;<\/em>). Then we uploaded it to a shared Google slideshow so everyone could see each other&#8217;s avatars. Once all the avatars were uploaded, I turned off file sharing so no one would accidentally move or delete the images. I arranged the avatars neatly on the slide then instructed the students to make a copy of the slideshow (<em>File > Make a copy<\/em>). On their own copies, they duplicated the class slide (<em>Right click > Duplicate slide<\/em>), and we discussed ways to classify the students into groups with common characteristics.  The students had many great ideas: gender, hair color, eye color, glasses, facial expression, etc. They chose a characteristic and typed it in the top of the slide. Next, they clicked and dragged the images to sort them into groups. As an option for making the groups clearer, I demonstrated how to create shapes with the Shapes tool and send them to the back (<em>Arrange > Order > Send to Back<\/em>). If students finished, they could make additional copies of the slide and create different sorts. You can see some student examples <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1RPNflhaBfoJ4fgYcd-CFWl8AkSXZp-Wv\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about classifying objects (SOL5.1a) and organisms (SOL5.5b) using various characteristics. Today, students in Ms. Haislip&#8217;s class practiced this skill by classifying their classmates. First, we went to AvatarMaker and created an avatar that looked like us&#8211;same hair style, eye color, etc. We downloaded the image as a&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/?p=3867\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-3867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5th","category-science","tag-webtools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3870,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions\/3870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etechplace.org\/clough\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}