Student Digital Portfolios

This year, thanks to the infusion of technology afforded to our students through our 1:1 laptop program,  our scholars have compiled quite a collection of digital works that they needed to showcase for Open House. In order to present these projects, we used our Google Apps for Education accounts to create and contribute to a Google Sites website. Each scholar has their own page and was responsible for selecting approximately five artifacts they are most proud of to present to parents. Here are their choices! This has been such an amazing year for integrating technology in meaningful ways!

Please click this link to be directed to our Digital Student Portfolios!

That's a WrAP!

Our students have been preparing for the ERB Writing Assessment Program (WrAP) over the past two weeks and today we decided to try something new! Here was our assignment:

 Create a song or chant, with original lyrics (you may set your lyrics to a tune you already know)

Purpose: Explain to your audience (3-6^th graders who take the ERB exam) what you think they need to know to prepare for success on the ERB.

Plan: To help you with your planning, THINK: What do students need to know in order to do well? 

Here are the students' videos! We hope you are inspired, educated, and otherwise positively influenced by our creative passion for testing!

Commitment is the Value for February

Rayann was our ambassador for February. She presented this glogster to our class to teach us more about Commitment.

What does commitment mean to you?

How are you committed to your self, your family, and your community?

Teaching Others About Self Restraint and Self Control

Zayd was the ambassador for the month of December. He created this glogster to share with our class.

 

What did you think of his online poster?

How do you show self control at home and at school?

Why is self control such an important value?

Self Control Wallwisher

Help our ambassador, Zayd, come up with ideas for his short essay on Self Control by posting a sticky note below! Thank you!

Created with Wallwisher

Book Trailers

Here are some of the amazing book trailers created by Fifth Grade White. We hope you will want to read these books after viewing our trailers!


Goosed by Rayann from Jennifer Diaz on Vimeo.



Ralph and the Motorcycle by Amira from Jennifer Diaz on Vimeo.

Bob the Dog from The One and Only Ivan

This is a project one of my students completed as a cumulative project. Karim chose a character from the book and used Blabberize to tell his story. He choose Bob, the scruffy dog from Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

What did you think? Did you enjoy reading this book
 for the Global Read Aloud? Please leave a comment for Karim.