Trees Slideshow- 5th/6th Grade

The Fifth and Sixth Graders are researching a specific type of tree variety (pines, firs, spruces, maples, willows, birches, hemlocks, elms, oaks, cypress, douglas firs, palm, redwood family, and unusual trees).  When they have all of their information, they will create a PowerPoint slideshow to represent the information that they find.  Go to the zsjstudents blog to find cool websites about trees.
Below is the student's research guide worksheet:

Summer Fun Slide Show- 3rd-6th Grade

The kids are using PowerPoint to create slideshows that describe the best parts of their summer break.  They are welcomed to use pictures from home or from an image hosting site (facebook, photobucket, etc).  Our students did all sorts of fun activities such as going to the Des Moines Adventure Land, a Twins game, Minnesota and Wisconsin for camping, Water Wild West water park, and weddings to name a few.

Southeastern States Slideshows- 3rd & 4th Grade

The Third and Fourth Graders created Powerpoint presentations on a Southeastern state.  The 3rd Graders worked in pairs (the three girls teamed up together) and the 4th Graders worked individually.  They will present their slideshows on Monday!  Here's their work:

 

Animal Homes- 2nd Grade

The Second Graders are working on PowerPoint slide shows about animal homes. Each slide features a unique animal with one simple sentence that states the kind of home that the animal lives in and an image of the home. For example, the first slide was for bats: "Bats live in caves." Emphasis is placed on capitalization, grammar and punctuation. The computing skills for this assignment includes: launch PowerPoint, insert a slide, select a layout, insert an image (clipart or from file), produce symbols and punctuation with the shift key, and use font tools. Additional skills that will be reintroduced later include using slide design and slide transistions.

Mammal Slideshow Project- 5th & 6th Grade

The Fifth and Sixth Graders are creating a MS PowerPoint slideshow about a mammal of their choice.  The topics that they will be researching will include physical description, range, habitat, diet, survival and defense, life span, parenting, a day in the life, and an interesting fact.  They will report on six of the above topics.  They will be assessed on their ability to use their own words (no plagerism), using the correct layout, relevance and grammar, spelling and punctuation.  The assignment will be due on October 20th.

"Focus on Alaska" Slideshows- 3rd & 4th Grade

The Third and Fourth Graders chose a specific subject pertaining to Alaska, and they will create a Power Point slide show about the subject.  The assignment calls for six slides: one title slide and five fact slides.  The subjects up for grabs include:

• Mt. McKinely
• national parks
• game and fishing
• the Ididtarod
• migration of whales
• gold rush
• native residents
• life in Alaska

Baby Animal Slideshow- 2nd Grade

The Second Graders will begin working on a simple slide show about baby animals.  The students will choose 7 animal species and research what the young of that specie is called.  They will include a picture for each slide.  The students will also be introduced to custom animation and slide transition.

Optical Illusions Power Point Presentation- 2nd-6th Grade

I shared a very cool power point presentation to the Second-Sixth Graders.  I would like to post the entire slideshow using google docs, however it is "macro-encrypted," which means it is protected from any kind of modifications.  I had to omit the third slide while I presented the slideshow to the students because of it's visual content.  I would like to share, however, one of the slides that the students liked the most:

WWII Presentations- 5th/6th Grade

A big thumbs up to my fifth and sixth graders for creating wonderful slideshows/movies!  Many of the presentations sparked intriguing questions and discussions.  We learned about D-Day, the Nazi members and supporters including Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler and Neville Chamberlain, the Jewish Holocaust, Anne Frank, Pearl Harbor, the atomic bomb that ultimately caused Japan to finally surrender, and women's contribution to the war.

Power Point Presentations- 2nd through 6th Grades

All of the students are finishing up their Power Point slideshows. 

• The 5th/6th Graders created slideshows about WWII subjects, and the students will present their work on Thursday. 
• The 3rd/4th Graders are finishing up their slideshows about the animal of their choice that is featured on kids.nationalgeographic.com. 
• The 2nd Graders are also finishing up their slideshows about a featured animal on the National Geographic for kids site.  The 2nd Graders were working in pairs, and I was providing them with step-by-step instruction throughout the entire process.

National Geographic for Kids/ Power Point Slideshow- 2nd-4th Grade

The 2nd-4th Graders started a new project today.  They visited the National Geographic website to choose a featured animal to research, and next week they will work on a Power Point slideshow about the animal.  The 2nd Graders are working in pairs, and the 3rd-4th Grades are working individually.  Check out the National Geographic website!

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/



Ellis Island Web Tour and Power Point

The students from 3rd-6th grade learned about Ellis Island in computer class today.  We started with Google Earth, locating Ellis Island and exploring the surrounding landmarks including Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty stands, Wall Street, the harbor, etc.  Next, we went on the Ellis Island Web Tour at www2.Scholastic.com. 

We listened to the audio recordings and watched some of the videos.  Unfortunately there wasn't enough time to complete the web tour.

The 4th graders were so enthralled with the Google Earth exploration that we didn't quite make it to the Scholastic website for the Ellis Island Web Tour. 

The 2nd graders reviewed what they've learned in Power Point from the last two classes, and I set them free to do their first slideshow about their favorite things.  The 2nd graders will work on their slideshow for a couple more days before we can share them on this blog!

10/12/10

When the 6th graders finished typing their spelling words, I shared the following short video clip:

The 2nd graders did some more exploring in MS PowerPoint.  They reviewed yesterday's objectives, and they learned how to change the design of the slide background, choose slide transitions and animate clipart with "motion paths."  The 2nd graders are learning that MS PowerPoint is a powerful and fun application!

10/11/10

The 2nd graders were introduced to MS PowerPoint today.  They learned (or rather, they reviewed) how to  type in the text boxes, modify the font, add clipart and add animations.  The kids really enjoyed inserting the animations!  Tomorrow the 2nd graders will learn more about PowerPoint!

The 5th graders got to do something different today in computer class.  Haily brought a thumb drive full of pictures from her summer vacation to Yellowstone Park.  She showed everyone the pictures.  She had some really cool pictures of Old Faithful, the Continental Divide, glaciers and all sorts of wildlife including polar bears and bison!  When Haily was finished showing the pictures, we googled some pictures of the sights and wildlife from Yellowstone.  Today's activity sparked engaging discussion and stories! 

Below are some of the pictures that the 3rd and 4th graders made using Paint! 

Pumpkins Galore!  By Sarah

John Deere Harvest by Matthew

Carved Pumpkin by Sean

by Selina

Happy Halloween! by Wylee

Halloween Scene! by Alexis

by Tate

John Deere Harvest by Adam

Halloween by Hunter

Austin

Mikayla

Jonah