Second Grade

Second graders have been thinking about what they want to be when they grow up. Below are some examples.

Be sure to look closely and you might see them in their new job in the background.

Fourth Grade

Fourth Graders have been working on their animal reports and in the process have created video previews. Below is an example of one. Enjoy!

Third Grade

Third Graders have been working extremely hard on becoming expert keyboardists. For the past 5 weeks they have spent 15-20 minutes daily working on the program Type To Learn. While typing they focus on using home keys, keeping their eyes on the screen and increasing their words per minute (WPM). Congratulations to Third Grade for all their hard work!

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten students have been working on a PhotoStory 3 project. They wanted to help the incoming Kindergarten students get a better idea of what they need to know in order to be successful learners. Enjoy!

First Grade

First graders have been working on a Career Education Unit by exploring what people do for a living and what skills, talents and abilities make someone well suited for the work they do. Below is a Voicethread that first graders and their families helped to create. 

Quest Atlantis

Fourth and Fifth graders have been using Quest Atlantis developed by Indiana University through funding and support provided by the MacArthur Foundation and the National Science Federation.

Quest Atlantis provides a comprehensive curriculum where students have been working to solve missions and quests as they work to help save Atlantis.

Quest Atlantis is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. It allows users to travel to virtual places to perform educational activities (known as Quests), talk with other users and mentors, and build virtual personae.

Compass Learning

CompassLearning Odyssey® delivers standards aligned PreK-12 curricula that provide interactive, self-paced, challenging, engaging activities. Activities promote exploration, individual and cooperative learning, problem solving, reflection, and real-world connections. Odyssey applies current and confirmed research about how student think and learn.

Highmeadow has free access to Compass Learning. When logging in be sure to change the school from Odyssey to Highmeadow. You can follow the link from the Homework Helpers page or click here.

Second Grade

Second graders have been working with the program Kerpoof. Kerpoof allows the user to create pictures, stories, movies and more. Students earn coins for the work they complete which they can use to upgrade their avatar or purchase new tools. All work is saved to their log-in, so feel free to take a look.

Drawing pictures is simply done by using tools located on to the left of the palette and images from the right. Students drag images onto the palette which can then be resized and rotated. Text and banners can be added to help define the work they are creating. Students could also choose to create they own illustations by using the drawing tools to the left.

If they find characters/icons that they really like they can be kept in their backpack for use in other areas of the program.

Creating movies is a bit more complicated, but worth the effort. Students begin by choosing a storyline which will load scenes based on the theme. Students can then select the opening scene and begin their work. Additional scenes can be added until the story is complete.

When creating a scene, students select characters and the drag them onto the palette. They then can add actions, by placing them on the timeline. This process can continue until all the action is set for the scene.

In addition students can create cards, print documents as coloring pages that can be reworked, modify their avatar and more.

All second graders have usernames and passwords that were generated here at school, so if your child has forgotten their log-in information, please contact me.

Doodle For Google

Highmeadow has been entered in the Doodle 4 Google competition and entries are due to school by Friday, March 6th.  The winning entries for our school will be announced on Monday, March 16th.

For more information, including templates for creating your design, check out the Google link here.

Board of Education

School Song

Homework Helpers

Please visit the Homework Helpers site for more information and links on what is happening in the Highmeadow Common Campus technology lab.

Spring Enrichments

Spring Enrichment sign-up begins soon. Please look for registration forms in Thursday folders. Keep in mind that late forms are not accepted and that you must submit 3 choices for both A and B sessions. Please do not choose enrichments that you have taken in the past that you do not wish to repeat. These courses are NOT eliminated from your choices in order increase your chances at receiving a desired class.

Welcome

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