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Many classes have been working collaboratively with Ms. Wynkoop in the library this year.  Below are some of the final products produced by students.  Some links will be posted as soon as the projects are completed.  Each page is password protected, please e-mail your student’s teacher or Ms. Wynkoop for the passwords.  Thanks!

• Ms. Mower – Immigration CBA ebooks
• Ms. O. – Immigration CBA ebooks
• Ms. Lipsen – Animal Infographics
• Ms. Green – Project Infographics
• Ms. Cole – ABC ebooks
• Ms. Richards – ABC ebooks
• Ms. Stone – ABC ebooks
• Ms. Norton – ABC ebooks
• Ms. Steele – ABC ebooks

Students in Ms. Adriance’s class are practicing online commenting using the TAG template:

• Tell something you like
• Ask a question
• Give a suggestion

The forum for student commenting is Quad Blogging.  Students will be able to practice writing and receiving comments online with classes from around the country.  We are so fortunate to begin our quad blogging journey with Mr. Barlow’s Awesome Class!

4th and 5th Grade Students in Ms. Mower and Ms. O’s classes will spend the next few weeks learning more about immigration issues in our country for the CBA (Classroom Based Assessment) in Social Studies.  More information about the You Decide CBA can be found on the OSPI’s website. 

Students will spend 2 weeks researching the issue of immigration before creating an ebook on our iPAds using the Book Creator App.

We will be using our GLOG below to guide our research.

Immigration GLOG

Students in Ms. Adriance’s class are practicing the art of commenting online.  We’ll be using the TAG approach (Tell something you like, Ask a question and Give a Suggestion).

We’ll be using El Deafo by Cece Bell as our catalyst to our conversation:

Starting at a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest! At her old school, everyone in Cece’s class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends.

Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she can hear her teacher not just in the classroom, but anywhere her teacher is in school–in the hallway…in the teacher’s lounge…in the bathroom! This is power. Maybe even superpower! Cece is on her way to becoming El Deafo, Listener for All. But the funny thing about being a superhero is that it’s just another way of feeling different… and lonely. Can Cece channel her powers into finding the thing she wants most, a true friend?

This funny perceptive graphic novel memoir about growing up hearing impaired is also an unforgettable book about growing up, and all the super and super embarrassing moments along the way.

We are in the final round of March Book Madness 2017 and it is time to read closely and vote.  Students will be looking at Story, Characters, Setting, Illustrations and Theme before voting.

Vote Now!

4th and 5th grade students will be spending the months of February and March learning about 4 specific African American Artists.  Resources for research are listed below.

Harlem Renaissance

Jacob Lawrence

• eBook Jake Makes a World
• Whitney Museum of American Art
• Google Images – Migration Series

Faith Ringgold

• Wikipedia
• Makers – Watch all 4, beginning with the first
• Google Images

Romare Beardon

• The Met Museum
• YouTube
• Google Images

Alma Thomas

• Personal Life and Artistic Career
• American Arts
• Google Images