Friday, February 26, 2010

Poemas and Illustrator

The 6th Grade National Spanish students used Illustrator to create a poster with graphics that represented metaphors in a poem they were studying. They also used Google Docs to share their poem with the teacher so she could review their work before they created the poster. The lesson took three class periods to complete.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Ancient India and Photoshop

Some of the 6th Grade Social Studies students used Photoshop to create a poster that detailed different aspects of the ancient Indian society. This project took three class periods to complete.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Facebook Summer Reading and Word

The 6th Grade Language Arts students used Word to create a mock Facebook page for a character from their summer reading program. Their task was to communicate the character's personality in the typical Facebook format. The lesson took four class periods to complete.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Online Science Textbook

The 6th Grade Science students used a webquest to explore their new online textbook. The lesson took one class period to complete.

Chilean Independence and Google Docs

Some of the 8th Grade Social Studies students reviewed concepts about Chilean Independence that they later uploaded into Google Docs to share with their teacher. This assignment took three class periods to complete.