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December 2: Classroom updates:)



Hi,

We have been having a blast in STEM, and as always it is so much fun getting the kids back in the Space Lab. Listen to my 5 minute video 1 and video 2 about our activities, and be sure to enjoy the photos below.

Thank you to the town of Frisco for the Turkey Day 5K donation. We are so lucky to work closely with our community.

ALL students are learning about digital citizenship. We learned about parts of an online news source in fifth grade. It is really important to identify advertisements and the source of the article. Second grade learned about what information is safe to share online. All grades discussed how and why it is important to have balance with our digital lives. Common Sense Media is in English and Spanish and offers brilliant advice for parents and educators.

Kindergarten: Circle art, building centers - Kindergarten students worked on collaborative skills and building using gears. We also are solving coding puzzles using the Kodable app.

1st Grade: Animal Adaptations - Check these out in SeeSaw! Students brainstormed animal adaptations that would solve human problems like being slow, having soft skin, and getting too hot or cold.

2nd Grade: Stop Motion Animation - Second graders learned to use Google Slides in a neat way.

3rd Grade: Sphero Challenge success! Students programmed the spheres to move from letter to letter reading a poem.

4th Grade: Lego Wall - Colorado History - The Lego wall is looking really fresh thanks to fourth graders sharing their learning about mining other aspects of Colorado History.




5th Grade: We learned about how to make an appealing and engaging Google Slides, WeVideo, and Book Creator in order to have some technology options for our US History project.

STEM Needs:

Cardboard--LOTS of it!

Masking tape

Duct tape


Hola,


Hemos estado teniendo una explosión en STEM, y como siempre es muy divertido tener a los niños de vuelta en el Laboratorio Espacial. Escuche mi video de 5 minutos 1 y video 2 sobre nuestras actividades, y asegúrese de disfrutar de las fotos de abajo.


Gracias a la ciudad de Frisco por la donación del Turkey Day 5K. Somos tan afortunados de trabajar estrechamente con nuestra comunidad.


TODOS los estudiantes están aprendiendo sobre ciudadanía digital. Aprendimos sobre las partes de una fuente de noticias en línea en quinto grado. Es muy importante identificar los anuncios y la fuente del artículo. Segundo grado aprendió acerca de lo que la información es segura para compartir en línea. Todos los grados discutieron cómo y por qué es importante tener un equilibrio con nuestras vidas digitales. Common Sense Media está en inglés y español y ofrece consejos brillantes para padres y educadores.


Kindergarten: Arte en círculo, centros de construcción - Los estudiantes de Kindergarten trabajaron en habilidades de colaboración y construcción utilizando engranajes. También estamos resolviendo rompecabezas de codificación utilizando la aplicación Kodable.


1er Grado: Adaptaciones de animales - ¡Mira esto en SeeSaw! Los estudiantes hicieron una lluvia de ideas sobre las adaptaciones de los animales que podrían resolver problemas humanos como ser lento, tener la piel suave, y tener demasiado calor o frío.


2º Grado: Stop Motion Animation - Los alumnos de segundo grado aprendieron a utilizar Google Slides de una manera muy ingeniosa.


3er Grado: ¡Éxito del Desafío Sphero! Los alumnos programaron las esferas para moverse de letra en letra leyendo un poema.


4º Grado: Muro de Lego - Historia de Colorado - El muro de Lego se ve muy fresco gracias a los estudiantes de cuarto grado que comparten su aprendizaje sobre la minería otros aspectos de la Historia de Colorado.

5to Grado: Aprendimos cómo hacer un atractivo y atractivo Google Slides, WeVideo, y Book Creator con el fin de tener algunas opciones de tecnología para nuestro proyecto de Historia de EE.UU..


Necesidades STEM:


Cartón... ¡mucho!


Cinta adhesiva


Cinta adhesiva

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