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=** February   ** = =**The first graders did the I Love project in Kidspriation2 as well. They opened the template which was merely a heart with the words "I Love" underneath. The students had to add the bubbles and then change the bubbles into things they loved. The work was saved and printed when completed. I did not export the first graders work as jpegs to embed on this project. (I did for the kindergartners.) Here is just one example of what they did. ** =

= **January  ** = =During the month of January we worked on the Penguin math books. They had been introduced to PowerPoint already so most students did well with the project. The coloring page was a challenge for some. The books were printed as handouts so they each had a mini book to take home. We also discussed the importance of not wasting paper and ink on whole page copies. =


= **<span style="color: rgb(11, 173, 29);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 196, 14);">December  ** = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(11, 173, 29);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 196, 14);">First graders did not do any of the Wonderland Activities. However, they made some really nice Eric Carle reproductions in class with some help from the art teacher. = In December the first grades did an author study on Eric Carle. A part of their study was to rewrite one of his books. For the art work they finger painted papers with bright colors and then used these papers to cut out small pieces to make a picture for the class book. Mr. Veri drew an outline for each page to give the students a guide. The books turned out beautifully! I was so impressed I wanted to turn them into digital stories so they could be shared with everyone! I decided to do a little experimenting and made each story using a different program. I made Mrs. Simpson's with Photostory3. The children narrated their page. I added a little Christmas music to it but it only plays on the last slide. I went back to edit that and to add a title slide but the file was corrupt and I couldn't do anymore editing. I didn't want to start over so here it is without the Cover slide and complete music.

By Mrs. SImpson's First Graders Dec. 2008 ** media type="custom" key="3206274" For Mrs. Buchanan's Story I used Windows Movie Maker. The children also narrarated their slides as well. For this one I used a program called Audacity to do the recording. By using Audacity I was able to go back and cut out the mistakes and any long pauses or ummms.
 * <span style="color: rgb(251, 19, 19);">//Rudolph, Rudolph What do you See?//

By Mrs. Buchanan's First Graders Dec. 2008 ** media type="custom" key="3206280" Mrs. Yaple's class rewrote the Mixed up Chameleon. For this story I used a free program called Smilebox. The design I used only allowed 20 slides so I have written out the beginning and ending of the story and included it here;
 * <span style="color: rgb(251, 19, 19);">//Moving Train Moving Train What do you See?//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="color: rgb(251, 19, 19);">//The Mixed-Up Chameleon// Story Adapted by Mrs. Yaple's First Graders ** <span style="color: rgb(38, 171, 40);">On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon. It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish. You could hardly see it. When the chameleon was hungry he sat still and waited, only moving its eyes UNTIL it spotted a fly. He quickly stuck out his tongue and caught the fly. How boring! The chameleon wished his life were different. I wish.. media type="custom" key="3206282" <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(49, 135, 34);">The chameleon became very mixed up. All he wanted to do was catch a fly. I WISH I COULD BE MYSELF. And his wish came true. The End

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(11, 173, 29);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 196, 14);">
=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(11, 173, 29);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 196, 14);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In tech class they are working on an alphabet book in PowerPoint. We will finish those up this week and I'll post a few of those here as well. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> We've taken a break from this project. It should be done by the end of March, I hope! =