THE STORY OF STUFF

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

Students:

Did the video THE STORY OF STUFF make you RETHINK anything that you do?

What was the MESSAGE of this video?

Was the MESSAGE clearly COMMUNICATED?

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Did You Know???

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

Fifth Graders:

Share your manaʻo on the questions below:

How did the video make you feel?

What was the MESSAGE that you got from the video?

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Third Graders Send First Email!!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

The third graders are learning about email etiquette by sending emails to epals in Boston, MA.  They carefully composed and sent their emails and are now patiently waiting for replies!

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Grade 2B finishes their stories!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

The second graders did an awesome job creating their stories using kidpix and powerpoint!  Please read their stories below!  Youʻll notice that Mrs. Fullerton even wrote a story!!



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First Grade All About Me Books!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

The first graders have completed their All About Me books!  Be on the lookout for the books to come home next week!

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Kindergarters finish their ABC books!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

The third graders did a fabulous job on their ABC books!!   Be on the lookout for the books to go home!

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Google Earthing our Epals!

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

The third, fourth, and fifth graders were able to take a virtual flight to the school of their epals!  We used google earth to view Lt. Job Lane Elementary School, which is 20 minutes outside Boston!  Check it out!

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Third Grade Photos!

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

The third graders did a fabulous job learning about the elements of photography and practicing their Adobe Photoshop skills!  The pictures below really do make us think that a picture can be worth a thousand words!  Great job third graders!

Click below to see a short video of their work!

Third Grade Photography

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Fourth Graders Study Creation Stories From Around the World

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

The fourth graders have been hard at work using technology resources to learn about creation stories from other cultures.  After studying the Kumulipo the students were able to compare the Hawaiian creation story with creation stories from all over the world including Japan, India, China, Native American, and others.

Here is a question for those smart fourth graders:

In a comment, talk about a similarity or a difference that you noticed among the different creation stories.

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Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Carmen Richardson

Check out this message from Sir Ken Robinson:

Sir Ken Robinson and Creativity

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