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AN Hour in Sixth Grade

5/5/2016

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Mr. Davis' students take a virtual field trip to Florence without the cost of the flight thanks to Google Street View.
PictureJumping jack Tuesday means Jumping Jacks for Ms. Malone's Brain Break.
As part of the peer walk-through initiatives by the the Piedmont Middle Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) Ms. Barone, Ms. Adornato and I walked through sixth grade Tuesday morning.  In the space of an hour, just minutes in each class, this is a snippet of what was going on.

​From quiet rooms with zen like atmosphere, to rooms buzzing with excitement, from test prep tips to virtual field trips to Florence,  from an exercises in expanding one's individual perception inspired by Dead Poet's society to EOG fact reviews  If I had to choose a word to describe sixth grade, I'd say  "amazeballs" is about right. 

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PL for Ms. Malone's students means neighbors working on various assignments at their own pace.
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Student Ownership in Ms. Lyttle's class means she always have a colorful room and student-maintained website!
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Mr. Clark conferences with each group to help them think through their work
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Ms. Whiting starts class as soon as students walk in to have plenty of time for renaissance character interviews.
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Stop Motion Studio Makes a Splash

12/8/2015

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Check out our brand new Stop Motion Video studio in action. 

Thanks to Mrs. Newburger and the PTSA for making it possible.

"I only work in black. Or very dark gray."

-Batman creates a prop for the group's video.
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Gabe (who's had stop-motion training and it shows) made this Lego stop motion video in fewer than 20 minutes, rushing down to the cafeteria for lunch so he could get back up to the MakerSpace and create.


Check it out.  We might see him at the Oscars one day!
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Students are collaborating on a number of projects and the process is almost as fun to watch as to create.
This shows the creative process of one student just getting started - first time at the studio and he created this in just one lunch period.
Related Posts:

http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/piedmont-pd/intro-to-makerspace
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/having-a-ball-in-media-makerspace
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/mrs-newburger-takes-her-show-on-the-road​
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