Symmetry Snowflake

Kindergarten and 1st Grade used a symmetry tool from sumopaint.com to study the hexagon shape of a snowflake. After viewing and describing several pictures of what real snowflakes look like under the microscope, they went to do some creating of their own. Here is what they came up with.
Symmetry Snowflake

2nd Grade Sounds Video

After completing the Science of Sound unit, our class worked in teams to make this movie "All About Sound". The student teams worked on their scripts, the content, and the filming of each of their parts. Using their new knowledge of sound, our class has made an amazing sound resource while learning 2ist century skills.

5th Grade Ecosystem/Biome Quiz Wheel

Can you list five different biomes? Do you know which biome that you live in? If not, you might try asking a fifth grade student at Banks Road Elementary. They are currently studying ecosystems and biomes. To help them remember some of these, they created a quiz wheel. Here is what one student's description about how they created the quiz wheel. Don't forget to check out the quiz wheel below.

"Well, the science quiz wheel is basically two triangles merged together. It forms the quiz wheel shape. It has six flaps where you write the assigned questions on the top of the flaps. On the underside of the flap, you draw a picture about the answer. The answer is written in this space where the flap meets the inside of the paper. On the back, you write the biome you were assigned, a fun fact about your biome, and of course, don't forget your name."

2nd Grade ASPCA Flyers

Have you helped in your community lately? Well second grad is doing that right now. The second grade students are collecting goods for the ASPCA. To integrate their curriculum with technology, they created flyer's to promote this. Please remember to send in your items by September 3rd.

First Grade Stories

Have you ever read a story out of order?
Well, the first grade classes are learning the importance of adding transition words to their stories. This helps the reader know when the story is moving on to a different topic. Some words to use are next, after, before, second, later... Watch and listen for transition words in our stories made in Photo Story.

Kindergarten Hibernation Unit

The specialist teachers collaborated with Kindergarten teachers to enrich the students' learning of hibernation. View the Kindergarten Hibernation Unit website to see PowerPoints and pictures.