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Kindergarten Community Helpers
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Watch as the kids show what they know. They did a fabulous job!
Simple Spreadsheet
Students in Mrs. Carter’s 3rd grade went on a simple machine hunt, exploring a variety of websites and manipulating a variety of simple machines to see how they operate. As they encountered the various types of simple machines they recorded this information. Students then used this data to create a spreadsheet on the types of simple machines they encountered in their research.
Creativity is the Key!
After weeks of preparation, research in the library, in the classroom, and online, Pemberton 5th graders got to show what they know about the Civil War by creating their own Keynote project. Students used a specially designed research cart, prepared by Mrs. Bennett and stored in their 5th grade classroom to fully explore one major battle of the Civil War. Mrs. Ballinger then went to work instructing students on converting that research into non-fiction writing in preparation for their project. Great Job!
Wildcats Are Wild About Reading
Dumbarton book club helps out their school- these students frequently stay after school with Mrs. Panter and Mrs. Kelley to read and discuss books of interest. More recently they put their GarageBand skills to good use writing and recording reviews of a variety of books. The book club at Dumbarton Elementary has worked very hard to publish reviews that all students can use when selecting reading materials for check-out.
Writing Readiness
Get your 4th and 5th grade students ready to write for the SOL writing test! Get the sites and writing practice here!
Pixie Cycles
As preparation for their upcoming group project on cycles, students in Ms. Lange-McCarthy’s class practiced their skills by illustrating the butterfly life cycle. Students drew, added stickers and text, and learned other Pixie basics. More to come once each group’s project is complete!
Money
Take a look at the great package of money activities for kindergarten and 1st grade. Thanks to Stephanie Wright, Whitney Beck, and Jehan Gabrual for their contributions!
COW Facelift
Dumbarton COWs get a new look!
Reading Resources
Have you heard of Literactive? It is a wonderful resource for beginning readers! Registration is free and it will load on multiple computers with the same password (which Firefox will remember for you). Some of the activities on this abandoned site don’t work, but a great many work and it’s worth registering. Check it out– that’s what members of the Special Education PLC at Echo Lake Elementary are doing.