Category Archives: Fifth Grade

Longan-5th Grade Digital Stories

Over break, the 5th graders at Longan wrote journal entries for a rubber duck that they cared for.  The students photographed their ducks and created a digital story using the photographs and journal entries using iMovie.  They came up with some GREAT ideas.
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5th Grade Rock Commercials

Have you ever tried to sell a rock?  The fifth graders at Ridge used iMovie to record themselves presenting information about rocks and the rock cycle.
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We had a great time making the commercials!
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ProScope exploration in 5th grade

Miss Brady’s and Mrs. Graham’s classes at Longan used the ProScopes to explore the textures of paper.  They were given four different types of paper and arranged them from smoothest to roughest, and then took a closer look with the ProScopes to see how smooth they actually were.  They LOVED using them, and it was […] Continue reading

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