Student Led Conferences

In preparation for the student-led conferences with their parents/guardians, students were able to meet with volunteers on Tuesday, December 16, 2014.  We were very excited to welcome our director of schools, many school board members, central office team members, and academic coaches to our little school on the hill. Students shared their leadership and subject area notebooks and their academic and personal goals. Also, the students shared their virtual book reviews that they created on Aurasma.  The students were very thankful for the opportunity to practice with such wonderful adults! 

After practicing, students led conferences with their parents.  Parents enjoyed the students taking charge of the conferences and being held accountable for their learning.  We saw a lot of happy faces leaving the rooms! 

Students used Aurasma to create virtual book reviews on their realistic fiction novels.  All visitors enjoyed the students' excitement about this project!  We cannot wait to do more!!

December!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Both 4th and 5th grades have been working on realistic fiction in Mrs. Fay's class.  Both grades chose a realistic fiction book to read and review.  Students then filmed their reviews for our student conferences.  Students utilized the Aurasma app on our iPads to record themselves.  Students were then able to walk around and scan each book and it would pull up a video of a student giving a book review.  Here are a few pictures...

Fourth grade read The Graduation of Jake Moon.  The students enjoyed learning about Alzheimer disease and how families deal with struggles.  

 

The fifth grade read The Best School Year Ever.  Students loved reading about the silly Herdmans!  We learned that it's A-OK to be ourselves!

 

Fifth grade is also reading The Giver.  Make sure you turn in your permission slips to watch the film!  We want to compare and contrast the movie and the book. 

In math, fourth grade has been studying shapes in geometry.  They get really excited about talking about their progress!  Also, we saw major growth on our STAR tests!

In social studies, we are learning about the new world and the explorers.  The students love learning with portaportal.com.