6th Grade

Possible Projects for 2008-2009

Fine Arts

Students went to see the play Gossamer on Sept. 25.  A play about the power of dreams.

Technology Thread

-  Wordle Project Oct. Students created word clouds about themselves

-  Create avatar   (voki.com) -- "Me"

-  Create Widget

-  Digital pictures (Still photos)

          -  Learn digital camera

          -  MagMyPic.com

          -  Animoto.com  Oct. Students made animoto slideshows of their trip to see Gossamer.

          -  "Ideas" competition, WEMTA competition (keep a folder of your best pictures)

          -  fotoflexer.com, Picasa, Flickr.com

          -  "Illustrated Poem" Project in PhotoStory 3

-  PhotoStory 3

-  The Story Spine

-  "All About Me" (Part1) PowerPoint

-  "All About Me" Part 2) "The Year I Was Born vs The Year My Parent/Grandparent Was Born" Project -- including videos, audio

          -  Learn camcorder -- tape interview with parent/grandparent that is included in the "All About Me Part 2" project

-  "Show and Tell" Fair for Family

Research Thread

-  Indexing using the "Almanac" Game

-  Survey Reference books in the Library

-  Look at Reference Subscriptions -- BadgerLink, United Streaming, BrainPop, Facts on File, onlilne encyclopedia

Possible Schedule

-  Once per week on Tuesday during ELA block

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