Fifth graders at Holladay Elementary have been learning about light and its properties (SOL5.3), so today students in Ms. Dimatteo’s class created light websites using CheckThis. First they logged into their Google accounts and went to Google classroom where I posted the link. Ms. Dimatteo gave them the directions for their projects and told them that they could pick the subtopic of light that they wanted to research. Next I showed them how to customize the colors and fonts for their webpage. We focused on writing the text first, since that was the most important part. We encouraged the students to make sure they had their facts correct by using their notes or doing research online. Then I showed them how to search for and add a photo. Finally they added a question for their visitors to answer. We posted the links to Google classroom so they could visit each others’ pages and answer the questions. You can take a look at them here.
