Henrico Staff Development

Ms. Myers 6th grade Reading class worked collaboratively using the ActivStudio software to summarize and illustrate the journal, Trapped By the Ice, written by Michael McCurdy. Their small group projects where then collected to form a short story video about the real-life story if Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance.  Click on the links below to find out what happened to these brave men in 1914!

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Mrs. Martin’s science class created Facebook reports on African American scientist and inventors. Once they completed their research, they posted the information on the Facebook template to share. They included important facts and a  picture of the person they researched.

Ms. Landis works with her 8th grade creative writing class to create an online newspaper.  Students decided the layout of the paper as well as the content that was included.  The students conducted interviews, created original editorials, along with other staples that you would see in your local newspaper.  The class in continuing to improve the online paper and wants to include blogging so that students can respond to editorials and create a discussion on important topics relevant to our students.

Online Newspaper for Rolfe MS

Ms. Alcazar used literature circles in her 6th grade reading classroom to allow students to openly discuss topics within the assigned book Surviving the Applewhites.  After students read and discussed the book in class they were given the task of creating a digital project.  Students were allowed to choose the media in which they would present the project but were asked to include the following criteria:  book title and author, main character(s), conflict (and what type of conflict it is), important vocabulary words from the book, a one paragraph summary of the plot, using the words exposition, climax and resolution, a one paragraph review of the book – what was good or bad and why.  The 1st picture is from an iMovie and the 2nd is from a keynote presentation.

8^th grade English students, in Ms. Saunders and Ms. Duckenfield’s classes,  created websites using iWeb to illustrate, summarize and critique Historical Ficeion Novels  Each site  includes a short summary, character analysis, research into the historical time period, and a personal critique of the novel they chose.

An Acquaintance with Darkness

The Letter Writer

Anne Frank and Me

Crispin

A Break With Charity

Witch Child

The Devil’s Arithmetic

Mrs. Mirabile’s math class created storybooks using iPhoto

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Ms. Tyson’s 8th grade Civics and Economics classes used Voice Thread to illustrate and narrate the civic responsiblities of American citizens.  The students used iPhoto and Voice Thread to complete their projects.

Mrs. Jones’ 7th grade history classes created posters of various artists of the Harlem Renaissance.  They used iPhoto and Microsoft Word to make their creations.

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