Shiloh Venn Diagrams

Some of our students have started to blog about their Venn diagrams that they created using Inspiration. Check out what they learned about urban and rural environments and their new computer skills.

http://kidblog.org/FourthGrade6/

Shiloh Inspiration Project

Our fourth grade students had to read Shiloh this summer. When discussing the book in their classroom, they discovered that it would be fun to compare rural environments to urban environments. The classes used Inspiration to compare and contrast the different environments. We are working on exporting our venn diagrams as jpgs and posting them to our blogs. Check back soon to read some of our blogs and what we learned. Here's an example of what we are working on.

Scholastic also has a fun character scrapbook! Make sure you check it out: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/

Kidspiration Projects

Some of the third grade students have finished their Kidspiration flowcharts about themselves. We had a fun time with this project. We learned about our shared folders, web diagrams, and different saving techniques. We also talked about how our projects ended up on the third grade blog.

Learn a little bit about our friends in third grade:

Taylor's Class

Makins' Class

Tibbits' Class

Aderhold's Class

About Me Project

Kidspiration is a visual learning software program. We can use bubbles and pictures to express our ideas and thoughts.

To help me get to know you, using Kidspiration, tell me 10 things I don't know about you.

Here's an example of what we're going to do:

What's a Blog?

Do you have an idea to share? Do you have a project to share that you've worked on in computer class? Do you enjoy reading and writing? Then you can blog!

A blog is an on-line journal that allows for us to type about hobbies, interests, and opinions.

In our classroom, your blogs will show the work you've done in class. You can write about the skills you used and what you liked or didn't like about the project.

Some of my favorite kid blogs:
http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/dogeared/
http://blog.scholastic.com/ink_splot_26/


Project: You are going to create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast rural/urban environments. You will export your Venn diagram and post it into a blog entry. Make sure to write about your project and what you learned.