tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77075324821022972622024-03-08T09:46:40.801-08:00Enrichment at RESEnrichment at RESDarcie Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07260077839114090638noreply@blogger.comBlogger505125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-75133145154447574392018-12-08T12:01:00.001-08:002018-12-08T12:01:13.620-08:00Richmond ES Hour of Code 2018 SuccessI had a great week learning and coding with students. I watched students think, create, collaborate and share. All the tenets of my enrichment programming wrapped into one!<br />
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Computer programming helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity in people of all ages.<b> </b>Kindergarten, first and second graders will use Scratch Jr. app for iPads<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">,</a> while third and fourth graders will choose from a variety of tutorials on Code.org.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dance Party</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">Minecraft</b><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">Star Wars</b><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">Animate your Name</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>or choose your own challenge (make sure to note the grade level):</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FAMILIES and TEACHERS:</b> Here are links to continue the learning beyond this week at school! ALL of the included links and recommendations are FREE!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?ls=1&mt=8">Scratch Jr. iPad app</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scratchjr.android">Scratch Jr. Android app </a><br /><a href="https://code.org/learn/beyond">More ways to learn from Code.org</a><br /><a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Scratch</a> </span><br />
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Do you have questions about coding? Do you want to figure out ways to help your kids use computers and tablets to create things versus consume content? I would be happy to chat with you about this...just reach out to Darcie Rankin at darcie.rankin@cesuvt.org.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-64266089286596158042018-11-28T17:55:00.002-08:002018-11-28T17:55:36.668-08:00Grade 4 Makerspace Advertisements - Mrs. LeFrancois' ClassStudents in fourth grade enrichment had an opportunity to work in small groups to create video advertisements for the RES makerspace and makerspace activities. Students self selected topics and groups and then designed an advertisement using paper storyboarding. Once groups had a plan in place they used iPads to record videos (and some included green screen and stop motion applications to add another layer of technology). Next students imported their videos onto their Chromebooks and used WeVideo to edit and create their final videos (including voice overs, music, text additions, video splicing and more!) It was impressive to watch student creativity shine as they walked through this movie making process.<br />
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Here are the finished products from Mrs. LeFrancois' Class!<br />
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Here are the finished products from Mrs. Berliner's Class!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-4975441373543682018-11-26T16:54:00.000-08:002018-11-26T16:54:55.189-08:00Grade 4 Makerspace Advertisements--Ms. Poncelet's ClassStudents in fourth grade enrichment had an opportunity to work in small groups to create video advertisements for the RES makerspace and makerspace activities. Students self selected topics and groups and then designed an advertisement using paper storyboarding. Once groups had a plan in place they used iPads to record videos (and some included green screen and stop motion applications to add another layer of technology). Next students imported their videos onto their Chromebooks and used WeVideo to edit and create their final videos (including voice overs, music, text additions, video splicing and more!) It was impressive to watch student creativity shine as they walked through this movie making process. <br />
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If you ever have questions or ideas about enrichment, please do not hesitate to contact me throughout the year at darcie.rankin@cesuvt.org.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-62260072435879643292018-02-09T08:00:00.001-08:002018-02-09T08:00:34.348-08:00Celebrating Light in Grade 2 Enrichment<div>
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These are the questions that we investigated in our science study into light in second grade enrichment. In our first meeting, students came into a dark enrichment space, and were challenged to think about light. It is all around us, yet we found that we had not spent much time thinking about its properties. If students closed their eyes, could they feel when a flashlight was shone on them? What are some sources of light? What questions do we have about light? We had a great discussion and then spent the rest of class using flashlights to develop observations and questions. </div>
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Next we used our great science thinking to consider sources of light. Students created tables to compare objects that produced light, and ones that did not. I observed many great discussions as students considered what light really is. </div>
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Next we investigated how light travels. We used questions, observations, and careful note taking to share our results. </div>
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Lastly, we studied various materials and how light interacts with them. We tested many materials and discovered through investigation that depending on the type of material light will interact differently. This realization led us to an engineering problem in which students had to select the best material to design a bike helmet. Students used experiments to test out their hypothesis and did a great job showing and sharing their thinking.<br />
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Last week we wrapped our unit with a 'celebration of light'. We made our own flashlights with LEDs and batteries and we built light mazes and forts. Second graders learned a lot about light and did a great job connecting real life ideas and problems to their discoveries.<br />
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It is truly amazing to see all of the topics that students come up with and how they want to learn with their classmates! During their share week students have a chance to answer questions from the whole class about why they chose their topic and what we will be doing. They really step up to present and classmates are respectful and excited to learn from their peers. Student driven centers began two weeks ago, and we have already learned about horses, how to make snowflakes, art, stars, space, gymnastics and fairies! It promises to be another amazing year in enrichment exploring and learning from and with each other.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-59418905627488726912018-02-09T07:39:00.000-08:002018-02-09T07:39:51.779-08:00Maker Mondays<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Maker Mondays at Richmond Elementary school is an after school program that gives students an opportunity to design, create and make in our makerspace. During our time together students do guided tinkering projects, such as lighting up their creations with LEDs (as shown in this video) as well as the freedom to create from their own imaginations! Students also enjoy using our Take-Apart station to understand how things work as they dismantle and investigate broken keyboards, computers and more! The makerspace offers an exploratory environment where students can make and learn through hands on discovery. Students of all ages work side by side--learning from each other--supported by their teacher-- and independently driving their own learning through choice.</span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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All students in Grades K-4 will have an opportunity to dance and learn from Jeh Kulu during their PE classes on April 17th to 20th This residency was made possible by a grant from the Vermont Art Council, as well as fundraisers supported by the PTO (To donate to make sure every class gets this opportunity, please click here: Go Fund Me Page: <a class="m_-8284158145534577972gmail-m_8577844583876248103OWAAutoLink" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.gofundme.com/artistsatRES&source=gmail&ust=1517943320535000&usg=AFQjCNFQSjcZPAPNG8Rx3xEnb3tkE7IQVQ" href="https://www.gofundme.com/artistsatRES" id="m_-8284158145534577972gmail-m_8577844583876248103LPlnk452532" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/artis<wbr></wbr>tsatRES</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> . Thanks!)</span></div>
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Not sure where to get started? I highly recommend starting with your interests! Is there a topic you studied in school that you would like to learn more about? Is there something you have always wondered about--maybe how it works? Do you have a special collection you would like to share?<br />
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The RES science fair is a non judged family event...which means adult help is welcome and appreciated..AND kids can work together to create projects too!<br />
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I love this website. It has tons of great project ideas and even lets you answer a survey to narrow down the choices to your interests!<br />
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This site also has great examples, and includes some great videos which will support visual learners too! Although they are also a business trying to sell science materials, it includes many great free resources in the 'Experiments' section:<br />
<a href="http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/">http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/</a><br />
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<a href="https://sciencebob.com/category/science-fair-ideas/" target="_blank">https://sciencebob.com/category/science-fair-ideas/</a><br />
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In addition, the RES school library is full of science project ideas and resources. Did you know you can check out additional books with a family account? See Mrs. Redford to set this up.<br />
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This project began as a discussion about how to best utilize a 3D printer in the elementary school setting. We knew we wanted students to build something meaningful (not just a trinket)...but we also recognized that there would be a learning curve to utilizing a new tool and we did not want to make something so complex that success would be beyond some students. Mr. Langevin had the brilliant idea of building something for younger students--perhaps a playdoh tool for use in the kindergarten classroom. We settled on this idea and began to develop lesson plans that would get us to that end goal. Our essential goals were to build community in our school and give voice and choice in student learning, while at the same time learning to use an awesome new technology tool. During these lessons we wanted third graders to:<br />
--Learn to 3D design in Tinkercad (https://www.tinkercad.com/)<br />
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--Create a design for their new kindergarten friend that aligned with their interests<br />
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--Give their creation as a gift and way to build community<br />
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To date third graders have created Tinkercad accounts, met with their kindergarten buddies to learn their interests and began to design their playdoh tool. It has definitely been an exciting month in enrichment! I am not sure if I enjoy seeing students stretch their learning and risk taking through the use of the new Tinkercad tool or watching the relationships in our school community grow---they are both awesome! We hope to have playdoh tools completed in January. I have also enjoyed listening to students make connections to the measurement unit that they are studying in math as they determine the correct size for the 3D printing.<br />
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On Thursday November 30th the RES community gathered with volunteers from the Society of Women Engineers, ECHO Science Museum, Radiate Art Studio, and CHMS and JES educators to celebrate making, creating, building and learning. Students and their families had an opportunity to try a range of hands on activities that encouraged them to Make, Create and Share! The evening was a true celebration of collaborative learning and FUN. <br />
Here is a video that gives you a small peak into the great events of the evening.<br />
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This event could not happen without the help of volunteers inside and outside of our school community. I am so grateful to be surrounded by people that believe in student hands on learning and are willing to give time to create this type of experience.<br />
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Special Thanks for all of their time and talent to:<br />
Chef James-Awesome Farm to School Dinner<br />
Chris Whitaker--ECHO Science Center, STEM Education Coordinator<br />
Rebecca Garavan and Heather Drury--Radiate Art Space Founders and Marble Painting Artists<br />
Basak Simal,Joan Hathaway (and family), Pam Gillis--Society of Women Engineer's Engineers and Rocket and Jitterbot Inspirations<br />
Willie Lee-- BRMS Technology Educator and Vinyl Cutter Extraordinaire<br />
Quinn Keating--CHMS Technology Educator and 3D Printing Master<br />
Dave Bouchard--JES Enrichment Teacher and Little Bits Synthesizer Sound Enthusiast<br />
Beth Redford--RES Library Media Specialist and Coding Guru<br />
Tonya Darby- RES Third Grade Teacher and Lead Learner in all things Electronic<br />
Katie Lefrancois--RES Fourth Grade Teacher and and All Around Student Creativity Supporter<br />
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<b>The week of December 4 -8th, 2017, all RES students in grades kindergarten through four will have a hands on introduction to computer programming with Hour of Code activities during their enrichment classes! </b><br />
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Computer programming helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity in people of all ages.<b> </b>Kindergarten, first and second graders will use Scratch Jr. app for iPads<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">,</a> while third and fourth graders will choose from a variety of tutorials on Code.org.<br />
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Introducing Hour of Code! Watch this quick video to see some celebrities learning to code alongside students just like you!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>STUDENTS: </b>Here are the links for Hour of Code at school this week:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Some great choices:</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Code Crazy Creatures: h<a href="https://hourofcode.com/cacrazy" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5b6770; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">ttps://hourofcode.com/cacrazy</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Animate your name: h<a href="https://hourofcode.com/scratchanim" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5b6770; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">ttps://hourofcode.com/scratchanim</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Moana: <a href="https://hourofcode.com/moana" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5b6770; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">https://hourofcode.com/moana</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Monster Maker: <a href="https://hourofcode.com/grokmonster" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c3f7f; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://hourofcode.com/grokmonster</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Lego Robot: h<a href="https://hourofcode.com/bits" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5b6770; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">ttps://hourofcode.com/bits</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Minecraft: h<a href="https://hourofcode.com/mchoc" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5b6770; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">ttps://hourofcode.com/mchoc</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Star Wars: h<a href="https://hourofcode.com/star-wars" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c3f7f; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ttps://hourofcode.com/star-wars</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Flappy Bird: h<a href="https://hourofcode.com/flap" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c3f7f; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ttps://hourofcode.com/flap</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Frozen: h<a href="https://hourofcode.com/frzn" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c3f7f; font-family: "Gotham 7r", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ttps://hourofcode.com/frzn</a></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Choose your own Coding (but check the grade level and how hard it is):</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FAMILIES and TEACHERS:</b> Here are links to continue the learning beyond this week at school! ALL of the included links and recommendations are FREE!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scratchjr/id895485086?ls=1&mt=8">Scratch Jr. iPad app</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scratchjr.android">Scratch Jr. Android app </a><br /><a href="https://code.org/learn/beyond">More ways to learn from Code.org</a><br /><a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Scratch</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Need more motivation to keep kids coding? Watch this short film encouraging coding!</span><br />
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Do you have questions about coding? Do you want to figure out ways to help your kids use computers and tablets to create things versus consume content? I would be happy to chat with you about this...just reach out to Darcie Rankin at darcie.rankin@cesuvt.org.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-10401143693569464292017-11-12T12:32:00.003-08:002017-11-13T04:42:46.700-08:00Grade4 Makerspace Movies-Monday ClassStudents in fourth grade enrichment have spent time this fall
creating movies that share their favorite things about the RES
makerspace. This project has allowed students to dive into the
makerspace, utilize movie making software as well as to use the
equipment to teach others what is possible! I love the diversity of
makerspace choices and the way in which the students chose to share
their info. All of the created movies are students designed, filmed and
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Here is the fourth grade Monday class movies!<br />
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Green Screen<br />
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CD People "Come to the Makerspace!"<br />
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Take Apart a Drone<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-44255616143874888182017-11-12T12:22:00.001-08:002017-11-15T08:29:26.833-08:00Grade4 Makerspace Movies-Friday ClassStudents in fourth grade enrichment have spent time this fall
creating movies that share their favorite things about the RES
makerspace. This project has allowed students to dive into the
makerspace, utilize movie making software as well as to use the
equipment to teach others what is possible! I love the diversity of
makerspace choices and the way in which the students chose to share
their info. All of the created movies are students designed, filmed and
edited.<br />
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Here is the fourth grade Friday class movies!<br />
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Here is the fourth grade Wednesday class movies!<br />
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Taking Apart a Computer:<br />
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The RES Makerspace with Harry Potter<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-86138985334939750572017-11-10T10:30:00.001-08:002017-11-26T14:20:35.601-08:00Cougar Cub Inventor's Workshop--Save the Date!<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a8bb903d-a72e-fe20-c3cf-ae965aec4a8b" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This workshop is a family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, craft, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, science and technology. Students will work with their families to create! Activities will be facilitated by engineers and teachers, but tasks will be open ended and creative. Families will have an opportunity to learn together as they experience the fun of making / building / constructing / designing and more! A variety of activities will be available to challenge students from Grades K – 8.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*New this year*Build and Launch a Rocket! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using makerspaces materials we will build rockets that reach for the stars as they travel several stories into the night sky.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Creating lighted artwork with throwies!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> LED Throwies are LEDs connected to coin batteries to create artwork with light. They can be added to greeting cards or origami, or used to create nightlights or glowing badges. We will have a station to add LEDs to our rockets</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Creating interactive circuits with littleBits!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> littleBits are electronic modules that snap together with magnets to make circuits. Each bit has a specific function (light, sound, sensors, buttons, motors, etc), and modules snap together to make larger circuits. We will have a teacher on hand to use synthesizer Little Bits to create awesome sounds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Checking out a 3D printer in action!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> CHMS and RES students have been using a 3D printer during technology/enrichment classes. Come and watch a 3D printer in action and explore the Tinkercad software we use to make our designs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SNAP Circuits, Art Creation with Radiate Art Space, ECHO Engineering Challenge, Keva Planks, Robots…and more!!!!</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-60506466641764799382017-10-09T05:17:00.002-07:002017-10-09T05:17:23.955-07:00A Great StartEvery teacher spends time over the summer thinking about how to make the school year great....and we all know that a great start goes a long way towards helping students get excited about the year and invested in their learning. In the enrichment classroom I am lucky to see students once a week as we plan and learn together. Even though I spend a lot of time over the summer reflecting on the previous year and learning about new ways to engage and work with students, I believe strongly in the idea of using the first days of class to meaningfully reconnect with all of the students.<br />
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When you enter my classroom the first few days of school, we aren't going over rules or jumping in to curricular content. What you will see is students playfully exploring a huge range of materials. You will observe me meeting individually with every student. Our discussions will give me a chance to make sure every voice is heard as we discuss: What have you been doing since I last saw you? Do you have new news or ideas to share with me? What are your goals and ideas for this year that will make learning awesome for you? Do you know how important you are to me as a teacher, and to our learning community?<br />
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These conversations are invaluable to me as a way to connect with students, but also because they provide a backdrop for how and what we will learn. Of course lots of conversations are based around a students trip to the fair, or time they spent with extended family...but they are also a time for students to share grief or worries. I want students to know that we are teaching the whole individual person and my investment in time to listen to them is intended to provide a safe and welcoming environment. <b> I believe that relationships and mutual respect are the cornerstones of meaningful education, and I want my year to begin with those values front and center! </b><br />
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Now those first few classes are behind us...I have met with hundreds of kids and talked...but mostly listened. Now we will begin exciting learning in a huge variety of areas. Student input has helped me to get a vision of what our year of learning will look like--and it is going to be <b>great</b>!<br />
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If you have ideas about how to make enrichment programming at RES better----please reach out to me. Community voice is also important as we plan our great year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-86947505101639076352017-10-09T05:10:00.003-07:002017-10-09T05:10:52.120-07:00An Engineering Challenge: Design a PaperClipThis week in enrichment students in Grades 1-3 spent time participating in an engineering design challenge. At the beginning of the year I like to use these challenges to build teamwork as well as to have students use their creativity! This is the first year I have done this challenge, and it is a lot of fun. First we watched a film about how paperclips are made. Next we looked at other student paperclip designs...and then the challenge: <b>Build a <span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-size: large;"><i>unique </i></span>paperclip that holds five pieces of paper. </b><br />
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I know that RES students are creative, but their ideas and creativity really blossomed. It was also cool to watch students iterate their designs through the class period if one strategy did not hold paper, OR to create another type if one worked.<br />
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My idea for this challenge came from: <a href="http://stemactivitiesforkids.com/2017/06/27/quick-stem-challenge-kids-engineer-new-paper-clip/">http://stemactivitiesforkids.com/2017/06/27/quick-stem-challenge-kids-engineer-new-paper-clip/</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-68934416336839454032017-10-03T09:15:00.004-07:002017-10-03T09:15:43.986-07:00An Amazing Learning Extension!Last year in fourth grade students participated in a combined library and enrichment class in which they were supported in developing research questions based on their own interests, finding the answers to those questions and then developing a project to share what they learned. The process we used with students is documented on this blog: <a href="https://thinkcreatecollaborate.blogspot.com/">https://thinkcreatecollaborate.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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The work that students completed during this capstone process is always amazing and unique because it is really driven by their own interests. <br />
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Last year one student decided to work on the question: <i><span style="font-size: large;">How do we remember things?</span></i><br />
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It turned out that this was a question that his sister and he had been discussing at home and that she had submitted to a podcast show for young learners called Tumble Podcast <a href="http://www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/" target="_blank">http://www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/. </a> He thought that instead of waiting for their response he would find the answer and create his own podcast! His work was great and at the end of the school year he had completed his podcast:<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZMQUN1hP2o" width="560"></iframe><br />
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His podcast was shared with our school learning community at an in person celebration and posted online. Normally this would be the end of the capstone process as students move to the middle school for Grade5!<br />
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But in this case, the exciting part is that at the same time the Tumble Podcast had also decided to explore this question. They created their own podcast with the input from expert scientists...BUT they also included our RES students' work as well (his family had shared his work with the podcast producers!)<br />
Here is the completed Tumble Podcast with our RES student featured!<br />
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When students pursue their interests their learning is always amazing, but this extension beyond the classroom adds to the idea that we build knowledge as a community of learners -- within our school community but also with the support of family members and experts. I love playing just a small role in a students' learning journey as they navigate their interests and new knowledge. As a teacher I believe that it is important to support student interests. Each student is the reason I became a teacher, and this connection to the real world is a reminder to me of how we all play a role in the education of our kids. It is inspiring to see how students have the same questions that other adults pursue as careers over a lifetime. <i>I am so lucky to learn next to such amazing, thoughtful students!</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707532482102297262.post-62979829691547501772017-09-29T10:24:00.000-07:002017-10-02T05:04:25.081-07:00Open House 2017It was so great to see so many families at the RES Open Houses this week. I got a chance to see old and new members of our school community, and am so excited to work with all of you to make enrichment programming at RES awesome! If you did not get a chance to stop by the enrichment classroom....here are a few images of what visitors saw:<br />
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Welcome to Room 32.<br />
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Flynn Performance dates can be found here: https://enrichmentatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/flynn-trips-for-2017-2018-school-year.html<br />
AND the Cougar Cub Inventor's Workshop Thursday November 30th and Science Fair Thursday March 15th dates are scheduled!<br />
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We explored some of the robotics that we will be adding to the enrichment curriculum this year, in particular in Grade 3.<br />
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Families interested in after school robotics club had a chance to try out the tools and sign up for more information!<br />
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Spanish information and curriculum was available.<br />
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The classroom library is ready for readers and writers.<br />
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We welcome all of the newest school members by learning their names and interests on this bulletin board.<br />
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The kitchen is ready for exploratory play.<br />
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Art easels, sand bins and light tables--ready to go!<br />
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Puppet theater and building materials in abundance.<br />
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The makerspace was open for exploration.<br />
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Handouts were available to learn about materials we are collecting to make the makerspace great.<br />
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Families created spinning tops in the makerspace!</div>
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A video of kindergarten and first grade students showed some of the great building and teamwork that has been happening over the last few weeks.<br />
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Questions about enrichment programming or the makerspace can be directed to Darcie Rankin at darcie.rankin@cesuvt.org.</div>
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