Photo Fun!

Our last day of 4th grade GT was fun and creative! Students had a photography challenge to finish off the year. Here are the tasks: * Zoom - Extreme Close-Up * Looking Down - photo from tall location * Fred's Adventure - Fred the gummy worm's vacation * Funny photo * Natural Frame * Soar - everyone in the air

Tell Me About It

4th graders completed a quick mini research assignment where they reported on the topic from the perspective of the magazine cover. Check out these funny, informative reports.

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5th Grade GT Memories

Miss Kim and I have mixed emotions about our 5th graders moving on to middle school. We wish them the best! Enjoy a random mix of pictures from the two years we were fortunate enough to share with them.

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Once Upon a Disagreement!

Students are exploring the concept of perspective - specifically opposing perspectives! Students paired up with someone they felt was opposite them in personalty to collaborate on a story within a story based on the entertaining book Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude. There is not just an entertaining fairy tale, but also the story of opposing perspectives as seen in the (very)dramatic readings - don't worry though - they agree in the end! Check out your child's writing and drama skills below. There is more here than you would expect! A virtual layer called "augmented reality" is hiding in plain sight. To view the videos you need the free app called Aurasma. (for Android and Apple users) Here are the easy steps. 1. Download the app 2. Click the A symbol at the bottom 3. Click the magnifying glass (search) 4. Search for Ingram GT and follow 5. On the bottom, click the square (scan) icon 6. Scan the pictures and enjoy the videos

Comical!

Third Graders put themselves into comic strips today. Check out their creativity.

Greek Mythology Movie Trailers

Third graders put their reading comprehension and creativity to the test during our Greek Mythology unit. Students used iPads to create movie trailers for a myth of their choice in iMovie. They wrote, worked on costumes, directed and edited their own trailers. Enjoy!

The Search for the Golden Future

Fifth graders are excited to announce the release of their movie The Search for the Golden Future. What better way to show what they know about a researched country than in a movie that they wrote, produced, acted in and filmed?

Forced Perspective Photography

Students explored photography with a challenge that had them rolling on the ground, cooperating, leading, and problem-solving. To view a photo larger, click on it.

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5th Grade Flipbooks

Fifth graders had an opportunity to try out some computer animation. Using PowerPoint, they created flipbook stories. Click the link below to check out these creative digital shorts.

https://sites.google.com/a/vallivue.org/ingramgt/home/students/flipboook1314

Greek Mythology Vocabulary

Discover Wildlife Journeys

today 4th graders got a up-close and personal view of Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge. We spent the day outside looking for signs of animals and for local invertebrates.

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SnapGuide Tutorials

Today 5th graders contributed their knowledge to cyberspace! Students created tutorials on an iPad app and published their work. Students had to analyze steps and break tasks into reasonable steps. See if you can learn something new! Projects can be found at snapguide.com

Building Bridges

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Dome Egg-speriments

Today fourth graders continued our study of engineering and architecture by taking a closer look at domes. Take a look at some of the highlights of the day.

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The Oreo Caper

Wow, today someone stole the Oreos we were going to use in class today. Luckily, the crime scene was filled with evidence. Students observed and recorded clues from the scene, developed interview questions, interrogated a suspect,and collected comparison evidence from them. Several forensic labs were done to identify our cookie nabber!! We made a final accusation based on science and got our cookies back just in time to enjoy them. Nice work detectives!

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Fred's big problem

Today 4th graders put their creativity to the test by solving a problem for Fred (the gummy worm). Using iPads and stopmotion techniques, they brought Fred to life.

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5th Grade Law Vocabulary Game

UPDATED (The old one kept freezing) It is not hearsay. . . The 5th graders are studying law. I am sure student will not object to this game to practice the vocabulary. Just click START to play.

Claymation Videos

What do you get when you cross a 5th grader, old some ToolDoh (aka PlayDoh) and a bit of technology? Claymation of course. Today 5th graders had a creativity challenge to animate clay using an iPad app. Here are the awesome results!

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Engineering and Architecture Vocabulary Game

The fourth grade GT students are working on our new unit on Architecture and Engineering. This will be a busy and exciting unit!! Of course students will be expanding their vocabulary along the way. Just click on "Start" to try out this game to practice some of our unit words.

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Skyscrapers

Fourth graders have been exploring engineering and architecture. Recent design challenges involving paper and our BrickLab are in the slideshow. . . beware though - I hear a hurricane is coming.

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Sleuths Vocabulary Game

Hey 3rd grade detectives, study up on the terms from this unit! Just click "start".

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3rd grade Detectives

Today 3rd graders continued our Sleuth unit by checking out the little things. First students examined evidence under a microscope, read clues, and made inferences. Then Officer Don, a person's crime officer and detective visited us and shared information about his job and even taught students to dust for prints. What a great day!

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