Fourth grade teacher, +Brittany Braasch, our tech coach +Ann Feldmann, and I embarked on our three week summer school journey focusing on Project Based Learning and Emotional Literacy. Our adventure was based on Jena Ball's book, Lead With Your Heart which is a perfect title for intelligence with a heart. Kindness, empathy, being misunderstood, and prejudice were some of the topics we focused on; not only for discussion, but for the projects our students created. It is simply amazing what transcended in just three short weeks.
How was this global connection possible with a talented author, producer of the Magic School Bus and Goosebumps, and a Hollywood actor? We used Google Hangouts, a perfect way to connect and learn.
Together students practiced and enhanced their reading, writing, drawing, acting, singing, and dancing, skills! Students created and shared what they learned along the way!
Creating our Fabric Quilt
Sarpy County Museum
Watching our Kindness Grow
Kindness Quilt
Thank you +Dana Doran for helping our students make such an inspirational and beautiful quilt! The next stop for our students' Kindness Quilt - The Bellevue Sarpy County Museum! It will be put on display until early August! Who knows where our quilt will travel to next?!
Watching our Kindness Grow
Kindness Quilt
Hands-on-Learning! |
Yes, I Can!! |
Learning to Quilt |
PROUD of our Kindness Quilt |
Creating our Paper Quilt that Comes to Life
Using Augmented Reality - Our Quilt Comes to Life |
Great Prezi Presentation by Lauren Tate on Augmented Reality
Enriching our Writing Skills - Using Journals and Kidblog
Kidblog is a perfect site for students to share their learning. Students not only practice their writing skills, but they can reflect on
their learning, connect with others from around the world,
and create a portfolio of their writing. Students shared and reflected what they learned about kindness and empathy over the course of our CritterKin Kindness Adventure. Brittany and I noticed huge improvements in their writing skills in three short weeks.
KidblogWe LOVE to Write |
Spreading Kindness with our Writing |
Sharing our thoughts and what we are learning on Kidblog! |
Learning to Draw with an Illustrator
Love my Dog |
Artist in the Making |
Meeting Actor Jonathan Keltz for some Acting Tips
Dory the Dog Visits
Practicing for our One-Act Play
Actor - Jonathan Keltz |
What an amazing opportunity for our students to work with a real Hollywood Actor. Learning doesn't get any better than this!
So Much FUN! |
Dory the Dog Visits
Students learned about kindness and compassion when Dory visited Bellevue, Elementary. She was not treated proberly by her first owner, and now she is part of a loving family who cares for her unconditionally!
Practicing for our One-Act Play
Working Hard to Memorize our Parts |
Grand Finale
The Invitation Created by Jena Ball
The third graders had a packed house for their one-act play with Jena Ball |
Enjoy the Third Graders One-Act Play
Principal, Dr. Robert Ingram posing with the Mutts! |
CritterKin Kids are Certifiably Kind
Pinterest Board - Sharing our Learning!CritterKin Kindness Quilt on Pinterest
Students' Blog Posts Sharing What they are Learning
Kidblog - CritterKin Three Week Adventure
Jena Ball's CritterKin Site
Fun...Engaging...Connecting...Creating...Sharing
Look at those Smiles! |
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