Project Based Learning- Native Americans

We recently wrapped up our unit on KY Native Americans and students got to use a project menu to choose their project to complete.  They also got to choose the Native American group they focused on to provide opportunities for choice.  They used a rubric to score themselves and guide their work as they completed this project.  We also had some poetry!

Save the Cherry Pie- Engineering Design

We spent three days, helping a local cherry farmer design hand pollinator to save his cherry tree farm and increase the pollination of his cherry trees.  Students had to use the materials provided to do this and there was a limit on the resources they could use.  They also had to figure the cost of their hand pollinator and on the last day, we compared the amount of pollen that was left on the tree compared to the price of the hand pollinator and the cherry farmer purchased three of the pollinators!  

Day one consisted of designing and constructing and testing.  Day two consisted of redesigning based on the results from the day before and figuring out if we could reduce the cost of our hand pollinator.  Day three consisted of testing and then comparing the results of all the groups.  We focused on the amount of pollen that was left on the cherry tree and the total cost to see which hand pollinator was the best!  We rated them using a 3-star system.

4-H Speech Winner

Our very own, Mr. Matthew, placed first place int he 4-H speech contest at the local level!  He will now move on to the next level and compete at LWC.  Good luck on your speech- we are so proud!

It's Like Christmas- New Mini iPads!

We are so excited here in Studio 214!  I applied for a grant this summer to purchase iPads to use during RTI for math-casting and we got the grant!  Whoop! Whoop!  Today we got our iPads and covers!  We cannot wait to get them up and going so we can use them in class!

Appalachian Storyteller

We had an Appalachian story teller today at CCES and she sung some songs with our kids and told some great stories!  They were hanging on her every word!

Evaluating Student Work

Students evaluated student work samples of an extended response about soil recently and used the KPREP scoring rubric to score them and match up the feedback with the correct responses.  They then discussed the major differences between a distinguished and proficient answer.  We will continue this work of looking at student answers and scoring them.

Leader in Me Leadership Day

We had our Leader in Me Leadership Day this week and it was so much fun!  I was so proud of our students for showcasing their talents and their leadership abilities for our community members and visiting school teachers.