Thursday, September 26, 2019

Welcome to Fall with the First Graders!

First graders watched BrainPop Jr. (Thank you PTO for the subscription!) and brainstormed what they wanted YOU to know about this wonderful season.  Students chose their lines and performed in front of the camera for their first green screen movie!  Enjoy!!
Mrs. Kadis's Class 



Mrs. Salvatore's Class




Mrs. Silva's Class

     



Mr. Ferreira's Class

Thursday, September 12, 2019

We Will Rock You! By Second Grade

Second graders sang along to a song with a great beat to learn about the three types of rocks:  We Will Rock You.  We then learned how to make a Pic Collage of pictures of each type of rock.  Second graders did an excellent job following directions and adding a special flair to their collages. Enjoy!











Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Virtual Reality, Coding and Robots, Oh My!

Fourth graders are really into the swing of things, technology wise!  They rotated between three stations: Osmo coding, Blockly Coding for the Dash Robot, and Virtual Reality!  So much to learn!  Students showed excellent problem solving skills, collaboration and thinking outside of the box... very proud of them!

Please click on photos to view the excitement!
























Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Breaking News from the Reading Center!

Mrs. Fritz and her students have done it again!  You don't want to miss the excitement!!  Enjoy the creativity, imagination, and deeper learning going on in the Reading Center!

             

Friday, June 7, 2019

Center School Sightings - Episodes 12, 13, and 14!

Be sure to check out the awesome assembly by Center's Reading Ambassadors, as well as Mrs. Hinkamper and Mrs. Palazzi's terrific kindergarten class plays.  Well done everyone!







Thank you Delaney from our CSS staff for filming!






Thank you guest CSS videographer, Mr. Palazzi!





To view any of our episodes from the last seven years, 
please see our CSS website, Center School Sightings

Monday, June 3, 2019

4th Grade US Regions

The fourth graders rocked these multi-dimensional projects!

Working with their Social Studies teachers, Mrs. McLean, Mrs. Glading, Mrs. McColgan, their librarian, Jen Mulcahy, and the True Flix online region books, students gathered research on each region's natural resources, climate, history, monuments, major cities, landforms, culture, food, animals, people and any other topics of interest!

Using the share feature on Google Presentations, students worked simultaneously and collaboratively to demonstrate their knowledge.  This included planning their vision and making decisions as a team on how to display the research, formatting the slides and organizing the presentation.

Each group then chose a focus in which to write a script and used the Doink app to film a an overview of their region on the green screen. 


The result: A class presentation on each region of the United States!


The skills these fourth graders demonstrated through this project are too numerous to list.  I am incredibly proud of their collaboration and willingness to help each other produce their best work as they held each other accountable.


Enjoy!  Each one is so unique, feel free to check out all four!


Mrs. McLean's Class




Mrs. Glading's Class



Mrs. McColgan's Class