MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 00:09 StockMarketGame

  8th graders participate in the Stock Market Game, where they invest virtual money in real stocks. The video shows students discussing stock prices.

  Uploaded Oct 21, 2022 by Andrew Brennan
• 00:14 Setting, Problem and Solution Review

  In the last several weeks student have learned to the setting, problem, solution and character changes in a fiction text.This week students spent time with their reading buddy, reviewing the skills they've learned.Students responded to the anchor read aloud called Princess Penelope's Parrot.

  Uploaded Oct 21, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:19 6th Grade Ancient Civilizations Museum Exhibits

  6th graders designed and curated their own museum exhibits for African, Mesopotamian, Asian, and Early American civilizations.

  Uploaded Oct 17, 2022 by Marianne Sharping
• 2:45 Week 8 of 2022-23| 5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: one of our 8th graders sharing his dancing skills, thus bringing some humor to our Science class as he renditions for Decatur's Got Talent; several pics of students showing leadership by sharing their Science Notebooks as all classes spent time this week analyzing and interpreting data, as well as arguing from evidence, which are both important NGSS Science & Engineering Practices; 7th grade did a lab exploring the function of the cell membrane and there a a few photos of 7th graders getting right down to exploring with some new compound light and digital microscopes; 6th grade analyzed Geologic data sets from global GPS stations to investigate how the Earth's surface changes slowly but steadily in various locations around the globe, and how that information can impact the decision of the best locations to store nuclear wastes; 5th grade went from investigating the phenomena of Earth's Moon's phases, to exploring data sets of how Earth's amount of daylight changes throughout the year, as well as the angle of the sun, which sets the stage for further investigations as to why the seasons change in places like Chicago but not everywhere on Earth; as the Autumn season sets in, winter will be not far behind so 8th grade spent some Science class time outside this week learning about Newton's Laws of Motion as they continued exploring Forces and Motion; and last but not least, the presentation ends with some photos of 5th grade observing the live feedings of our fish from our Lake Michigan ecosystem, and the smiles on our students' faces are priceless! Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Oct 15, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 2:47 Week 8 of 2022-23| 5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: one of our 8th graders sharing his dancing skills, thus bringing some humor to our Science class as he renditions for Decatur's Got Talent; several pics of students showing leadership by sharing their Science Notebooks as all classes spent time this week analyzing and interpreting data, as well as arguing from evidence, which are both important NGSS Science & Engineering Practices; 7th grade did a lab exploring the function of the cell membrane; 6th grade analyzed Geologic data sets from global GPS stations to investigate how the Earth's surface changes slowly but steadily in various locations around the globe, and how that information can impact the decision of the best locations to store nuclear wastes; 5th grade went from investigating the phenomena of Earth's Moon's phases, to exploring data sets of how Earth's amount of daylight changes throughout the year, as well as the angle of the sun, which sets the stage for further investigations as to why the seasons change in places like Chicago but not everywhere on Earth; as the Autumn season sets in, winter will be not far behind so 8th grade spent some Science class time outside this week learning about Newton's Laws of Motion as they continued exploring Forces and Motion; and last but not least, the presentation ends with some photos of 5th grade observing the live feedings of our fish from our Lake Michigan ecosystem, and the smiles on our students' faces are priceless! Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Oct 15, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:20 Investigating Seasonal Patterns

  This was an activity in Science this week. Students had to read the clues in each paper bag to decide which season the evidence supported.

  Uploaded Oct 14, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:13 3rd Grade Science Songbird activity Featured

  This week students learned more about animal traits and used this to compare different birds. After looking at several birds we also listened to their singing and calls to decide whether they were songbirds or not. In the activity students stood up if they thought it was a songbird after hearing the sound of each bird.

  Uploaded Oct 12, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 1:19 Order of Operations Anchor Chart Posters Featured

  Students have been learning about order of operations in math and as a way for students to demonstrate their understanding they work with their group to create an anchor chart poster that explains what the order of operations are, how to use and and example of the steps being used in a problem of their choice.

  Uploaded Oct 12, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 3:44 Week 7 of 2022-23 | 5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: several pics of students practicing the NGSS Science & Engineering Practices of Analyzing & Interpreting Data as well as Engaging in Argument from Evidence while sharing their ideas in front of their classes; 7th grade continued exploring Cells with a lab on Cellular Respiration; 8th grade continued exploring Forces and Motion with lab investigations on the role of imbalanced vs balanced forces on an object's direction and speed; 6th grade continued investigating the question of "Where should we store nuclear wastes?" by analyzing geologic data patterns of global earthquakes and volcanoes; 5th grade continued digging deeper into their "Solar System & Beyond" astronomy unit with a simulation on how to explain the Earth's Moon's phases; several pics and a video of students enjoying time with our classroom pet Bearded Dragon, Curtiss, and our Lake Michigan aquatic ecosystem; and each class strengthened their classroom community today with cashing-in their hard-earned incentive points for displaying Decatur's 3 Core Values of "Being Present-Enduring Challenges-Taking Care of Each Other" with some SEL game time! Thanks for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Oct 07, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:11 5th Grade Gallery Walk

  5th Graders reflected on their end-of-unit project on Surface Area by looking at each others' work and discussing what everyone did well, in order to improve our own process and communication of thinking for a project.

  Uploaded Oct 07, 2022 by Andrew Brennan