Photostory
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As part of 5th
grade Exhibition, a culminating unit that shows student growth in the
IB PYP from Kindergarten through 5th grade, students were to use some
sort of technology to show examples of what they had learned through
their research and study. One group studies the effects of land
pollution and made a Photostory movie as part of their presentation.
Land Pollution Police
Department
In Spanish class, students made a Photostory movie called, Yo
Soy (I Am). They were to tell their name, the date, what
grade and group they are in, etc. Using technology this way
really got the students excited about learning their Spanish!
Yo Soy
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Microsoft Word
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In 5th grade, students are encouraged to practice their typing skills
by doing some of their work in Microsoft Word. Students had many
opportunities to type papers, poems, lists and reflections.
Below are a few examples.
The Nile
River
Bio
Poem
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Microsoft PowerPoint
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Also as part of 5th grade Exhibition, 5th graders were expected to
create a PowerPoint to show their research and to educate others about
their topic. Here is an example from a group who studied about
Water Pollution.
Water
Pollution
5th grade students also attended camp at Camp Grady Spruce for 1
week. While there, students hiked, canoed, rode horses and did
numerous other activities. One of the requirements along the way
was to write 10 poems about things they saw or did while at camp.
Teachers and parent chaperones took lots of photos throughout the
week. Upon their return, students learned how to create
PowerPoints using these photos as the background images. They
chose photos that went along with their poems and placed the poems on
top of the photos to create a great slide show.
Camp Poems
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Microsoft Publisher
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Students have use Microsoft Publisher to make class newsletters,
flyers for special events and pamphlets for projects. Below are
some examples.
Class
Newsletter
Flyer
Pamphlet
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Microsoft Excel
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During a Math unit on data collection and graphing, 5th grade students
learned to use Microsoft Excel for organizing their data and creating
various graphs. Part of these lessons was also to learn how to
choose the correct type of graph for your data.
Bar Graph
Pie Chart
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Other Technology
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Many 5th grade students have been able to participate in the launching
of "Gator TV", a television station at their school. Students
use sound and video equipment to air the daily announcements at the
beginning of each day. Students are responsible for updating the
script each day using Microsoft PowerPoint and use a laptop computer
to read this script as though it were a teleprompter. Television
station jobs include Sound Producer, Video Camera and Announcer.
This has been an extremely positive experience for the 5th graders
involved in the production as well as for the entire school.
These students are very proud to be a member of the Gator TV crew.
Students are privileged to be able to use a Classroom Performance
System from eInstruction. Teachers use CPS to have students
respond to questions asked verbally, on paper or on screen. This
enables them to instantly assess students comprehension of lessons.
As a result of using CPS from Kindergarten - Fifth grade, students are
now able to create their own CPS lessons or assessments to go along
with special presentations they are doing in class. |
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Fifth Grade
