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Mr. Brian Smith's K-2 class at Lyle Creek Elementary created a Photo Story to share the information they learned about plants. They obtained their pictures from Discovery Streaming and each child narrated a slide. This is an amazing group of little children! Check out their precious presentation - http://xserve.catawba.k12.nc.us/groups/brian_smith/wiki/dd8ba/attachments/a5bb2/Plant Photo Story 2.wmv

Mrs. Cheri Hudson, Media Coordinator, has been working with the students on two different projects that infuse technology into the curriculum. Thank you Mrs. Hudson for your hard work! These projects are wonderful!
~In the first project 4th grade students created “Glogs” for the Little Read book: How Tia Lola Came to Visit/Stay by Julia Alvarez. The glogs contain student created Latin music, auto recordings for their favorite part of the book or a specific character description, and pictures representing the setting.
Mrs. Lindsey Loyer Class- http://xserve.catawbaschools.net/groups/mrsloyers4thgradeclass/blog/

Mr. Mark DeBellis Class - http://xserve.catawbaschools.net/groups/mrdebelliss4thgradeclass/blog/

Mrs. Elizabeth Bowden Class - http://xserve.catawbaschools.net/groups/mrsbowdens4thgradeclass/blog/

~In the second project 5th & 6th grade students created digital “I Am” poems describing themselves. The poems focused on things each student visualizes, feels, touches, hears, and understands. The students did a wonderful job of portraying their true thoughts and feelings throughout this project.

Mrs. Karen Darden’s Class- http://xserve.catawbaschools.net/groups/dardens5thgradeclass/blog/

Mrs. Erin Irvin’s Class- http://xserve.catawbaschools.net/groups/irvins6thgradeclass/blog/

Murray Elementary came together to encourage and assist their students in preparing for EOG testing. Mrs. Shari Crabtree (music teacher) and Dr. Laurie Palmer (ELL teacher) created the lyrics for “READ!” a testing fight song. Mrs. Crabtree arranged the lyrics to music using the iPod Touch and recorded vocals with the music to introduce the fight song to the students and teachers. The song and lyrics can be found on Mrs. Crabtree’s class webpage for all staff and students to have access. You may want to use this with your students! http://www.catawbaschools.net/schools/Murray/staff/Shari_Crabtree/default.aspx

Ms. Thalia Matthews' fourth graders used Big6 research strategies, copyright friendly pictures, and green screen technology to develop their podcasts. While recording their podcasts, the students dressed in arctic clothing and assumed the role of television reporters. Note: When posting student recording to the web, they cannot use their real first and last names. Check out their podcasts; you may see a famous reporter (John Carter, Ivana Trump, Matt Lauer, Hannah Zahn (Paula Zahn), Carlie Couric (Katie Couric), etc)! http://xserve.catawba.k12.nc.us/groups/thalia_matthews/blog/

The 8th graders in Mr. Rob Sigmon’s Pre-Algebra class at River Bend selected a topic and worked in teams to create math lessons that will be used by all of Mr. Sigmon’s students to review for the EOGs. After completing the podcast project, one of the students told Mr. Sigmon that this was a tough assignment and that he had a better understanding of how much time teachers have “put in” to prepare for lessons! Check out their podcasts. Look out! We may have some future teachers in this group! http://xserve.catawba.k12.nc.us/groups/robert_sigmon/blog/

Mrs. Melissa Ervin’s K-1 class at Blackburn Elementary read the book, Horton Hatches an Egg, and then discussed how the egg hatched an elephant bird. Each of the students decided upon two different animals to combine to make a new animal. They wrote descriptions about each animal then water colored the animals. Thanks Mrs. Winstead, media coordinator, for assisting with the Photo Story and recordings. This is precious! Check it out - http://www.catawbaschools.net/schools/Blackburn/Staff/Melissa_Ervin/WebPages/Animal_Project.aspx

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After researching famous people, the students in Mrs. Fran Long's third grade class at Balls Creek Elementary school created bio poems using an electronic template in Read-Write-Think. They found copyright friendly photos at www.flickr.com/creativecommons that illustrated their poems. The students complied their photos and poems into digital presentations. Check out their digital Bio Poems!

Each 2nd grade student at Mountain View Elementary selected a famous African American that has made a significant impact in this country. They completed a graphic organizer with information about their childhood, adult life, and why they were remembered. They drew lines on their drawing paper to depict a quilt. Inside the lines they drew a picture of the famous person. On the outside lines they wrote one sentence from their graphic organizer. The pictures were then scanned and placed in an electronic quilt. These are displayed on the Mt. View Elementary web site. Good job students!
http://www.catawbaschools.net/schools/MountainView/Media/Webpages/BiographyQuilt10.aspx