"I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library." ~ Jorge Luis Borges

Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Act of Re-Applying New Found Skills

The fourth graders have spent the last two months engaged in a major project. With a bit of wiggle room in our schedule, I decided to give the students an opportunity to re-apply the skills they had gained during that project. The only parameter was that the product had to relate to literature in some way.  It was thrilling and re-affirming to watch them choose productive parters and set to work using the technology to create a message about a book.  Have a look at their projects:

All the Answers



All the Answers

The Other Side
 

Beatrix Potter

Box Car Children
 

The Real Boy



The Great Gilly Hopkins
 

Percy Jackson
 

Percy Jackson



Plant a Kiss
 







They also explored broad topics:

Boston
  

Nature


They wrote about their favorite sports figures:









A few students made a movie about their teacher:

2 comments:

  1. What terrific videos! So much fun to see the work of great readers who are also talented movie-makers!

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