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Hello Thank you all for the suggestions about projects. I made a mistake and not tell you dear helpers that I only have 3 computers and one Smasrtboard but still I will adapt your advices and below is the HIT Madeleine Zember Hempstead Schools NY drjesons@gmail.com *PROJECTS* I have had 1 year in an elem. after 29 in high school. I wasn't asked back so you can take my ideas with a grain of salt if you want to. I did an immigration project iwth 4th grade in which they were taught note-taking during which the kids researched immigration of the early 20th century and then researched a country of their own origin and wrote an immigration narrative as if they were a child from that country immigrating to the US. Could take 8 weeks. I am currently finishing a Canada project with 4th grade where they are paired up and each group is given a province or territory, they research it and then make a wordle with their important features which they then present to the class. Could take 5 or 6 weeks. Another presentation idea for this is to have each pair write a letter to Pres. Obama convincing him why he should come and visit their province. I did an almanac project where I taught non-fiction cues and after which they were each given 5 questions to answer in the kids almanac. I did a board game project with 5th grade in which they were put in groups of 3 or 4 and each group had to design a board game about our school--what behaviors move you forward at our school and which hold you back. I got a simple board game template from the internet. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Grade 3: Dewey Decimal posters, brochure on a foreign country, Grade 4: Erie Canal postcards, using Wordle to describe a character's changing feelings in a story ( we used Boundless Grace), exploring the White House ( Smithsonian Institute had a great link for that) Grade 5: Black History Month biography project- kids had to research a famous black athlete or a famous black American, research a past US president xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Projects for 3-5 grades using library skills connecting them with the school curriculum: 1 Biography reports: (using ComicLife, PowerPoint presentation, kidspiration map, word cloud) 2 ABC PowerPoint presentation: created by teams of students or total class contributing information they brainstormed about what they are learning in classroom 3 Timeline of what they are studying...Civil War, Rev. War, ancient civilization: (using Timeliner) again divide into teams or a whole class brainstorm/creation 4 Students search on catalog: locate books with information on topics they are studying in class 5 Students create an online poster of what they are studying: (using Glogster) Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Grade 3 - at teacher's request -- did a class recipe book for the holidays ( introduction to Word processing Lesson) ... took so long because we do not start keyboarding until Grade 3 - yet initiating teacher ( new to the grade) was convinced her kids could accomplish it in just a few sessions. One class was still working on it ( off and on) past Mothers Day, despite the fact I started them on it in Late October. ( no they were not working every week on it!) Grade 3 - in the Spring, introduction to Powerpoint... Showed them how to create slides, add transitions, and basic stuff. They did a 4-5 slide project on an inventor or invention, to coincide with their annual "Invention Convention" and the science unit on inventions. Grade 4 - to coincide with their science unit on Planets - grade 4 create brochures, using MS Publisher about their planet -- sort of like a travel brochure -- things to see, facts, what to bring if you traveled there, etc. Grade 4 - to cover spreadsheets, we did a project using skittles and comparing the colors in each package and then creating bar graphs Grade 5 - in Math, does a " Million Dollar Project" -- then they create their budget using Excel. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ou could use a combination of print encyclopedias and the computers. Just in general how can the state reports and plants reports can be in one library visit. I don't think you could; it would have to be a project that spans over multiple visits. I give each team a folder and then have buckets for each class. When working on a project I've taught them to go immediately to the bucket, get their folder, and start to work. I call up tables one at a time to check out books then. Also in Kidspiration how do they do a presentation ? They make it first and save it on the computer. When it's finished they print it out and use colored pencils to make it attractive. But I have a laptop cart so that each team gets a computer. It would take a long time for a whole class to create a product with only 3 computers. But then you'd have a hard copy to show your administration. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Here are a few of my planning documents. I only create these for a couple of new lessons each year, then I can draw upon the previously created documents to tweak and use with other grades or classes. Example: The 6th grade lesson that I'm attaching is what I now do with 5th grade. I have also done some great units of research with 4-6th grades on Native American tribes; comparisons between early native living and Pilgrim living; eco-tourism study on Latin American countries. These research units are built around the Big 6, and include multiple resource exploration as well as a culminating project/presentation. I begin my units early with PreK and Kinder classes although their lessons are experiential and I do not do paper pencil tasks that young. I also work within a flexible schedule with great administrative support. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 5 attachments — Download all attachments Planning doc Nonfiction posters.doc 33K View as HTML Open as a Google document Download Planning doc 6th gr Sc Fair.doc 28K View as HTML Open as a Google document Download Planning Doc Faery tales 3 inter.doc 29K View as HTML Open as a Google document Download Planning Doc Folktales 3.doc 34K View as HTML Open as a Google document Download Author research.doc 32K View as HTML Open as a Google document Download Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx One fun project I did one year was what I called The Cinderella Project....3rd grade. I read as many different variations of the Cinderella story that I could find. Each week (I was on fixed schedule then) we compared character, setting, plot and magical elements and discussed fantasy. Then the kids had to write their own Cinderella story, incorporating all elements. I was lucky--the high school was across the street and their play that year was Cinderella so we wangled an invite for all 3rd graders to the dress rehearsal. Then we had a Cinderella reading ball, complete with throne in the library, punch, cookies, and all dressed up (not in uniforms) to read stories. It was a lot of fun and those kids learned character, plot and setting well! They typed up and illustrated their stories--my favorite was the computer mouse who fell in love with the CPU in the classroom next door! You can tie all kinds of standards to this....you could also use any other story that has multiple versions. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx HI Here is one idea from our school, 3rd grade study of 4 explorers. Students come into the library with a data collection sheet for one explorer. The class is divided into groups of 4 so that each group has one explorer. The questions are something like: who sponsored this explorer/ country/king what were they looking for where did they end up what if anything did they discover The lms would model how to find this info in books or online encyclopedias and how to record just the key information on the data sheet. Next visit, the student groups will now be set up so that there is an "expert" on each explorer in each group. Each group is given a sea chest with artifacts inside which give clues to who the chest belongs too. EX: Columbus's chest might have a picture of the Kand Q of Spain/ a letter from his son Diego/ a map showing his route; and a few other items Each chest has clues in it. This time the students have a chart which has them identify the artifact and identify how it is linked to the explorer they think they have. Next visit is to the lab. Students create maps to show the voyage track or make a luggage tag for the sea chest to identify it with the correct explorer Name; from and to etc. Or write a log entry for a portion of the trip. New twist might be to have the Columbus team make a voicethread of his trip and what they identified in the sea chests . Do the same for the others. You will have connected to the learning objectives/ VA SOL/ differentiated by the tasks/ and used technology as well. This is just one example ,but you and your teachers can make some other neat plans if you work together. Good luck,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A couple of quick ideas: Flat Stanley: read the book, students create their own Flat (add student name) and mail to a distant friend or relative. Friend or relative writes email back and sends a picture of Flat (student name) at a local point of interest. All pictures are added to a wiki by the student. See an example of ours. Skills: TECHNOLOGY: student email or use the teacher's email. We used the teacher's. Wiki, but it could be writing, LIBRARY - research (atlas and encyclopedia, maybe dictionary and thesaurus depending how in-depth you want to get. Book: retell, rewrite the ending with the student's Flat whoever. COLLABORATION: get the teacher to be part of this and expand to a writing process and bulleting board. This was 3rd grade. http://sjedsflatstanley.wikispaces.com/ ePAL's: connect online with another classroom somewhere and let your imagination take over. Skills: TECHNOLOGY: email, attaching photos LIBRARY: Research the new location with atlas and encyclopedia, maybe almanac. Compare and contrast locations. Find stories or folklore from that region of the country or world, read it and exchange one from your part of the country. Grades 3,4,5 Have 4th grade put on a Reader's Theater for the Kindergarteners. Skills: Fairy tale genre or whatever genre. public speaking, art connection if they make masks or dress up, reading aloud, dramatic interpretation. Upper grades (4th or 5th and above). Read one of the Mysteries in History series and create a wiki where students use higher order thinking skills. See an example here. http://marycelestemystery.wikispaces.com/ This one requires 2 library times and is online researched based. http://birthdaytimetravel.wikispaces.com/ Grade 4 and up. Obviously, I use wikis a lot for projects. It incorporates technology, holds student interest, covers any research skill, online or print, and is measurable if you grade.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX A few that come to mind immediately are podcast a book review, digital storytelling (using pictures and voice over of a writing piece and create a quick time movie) divide kids into groups on a science/social studies topic. They investigate and present collaborated information on a wiki. Most of mine deal with technology as the medium instead of poster and paints. XXXXXXXXXXXXX guess you'll have to focus on the Smartboard. There is a great online source of Smartboard inservice classes - I think I'll post it to LM_NET - I've learned so much from taking the classes. When I started it was set up to pay separately for each - now it's something you join. It's well worth it. Try some of the free video tutorials and you'll see what I mean. http://www.teacheronlinetraining.com/library/ The one I have attached is about book parts and nonfiction features - In the first pages drag the correct answer into the book. The undo button is the curved circle tool - you will need when you try a wrong answer to see what happens. I learned how to make the pages from the course called "Magic Eye" - I also did a magic eye one about animal classes. In this one, I used a different picture to look like a book. The last two notebook pages use one of the activities that comes with the smartboard. You go to "Lesson Activity Toolkit, Activities, Interactive and Multimedia, and Keyword match. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------