MOST POPULAR VIDEOS

• 1:29 Decatur Data Project

  Students in 6th and 7th grade were tasked with tracking "Data" for a set amount of time, and then creating a UNIQUE visualization representing that data in a non-standard way. This was based on the work we studied in the "Dear Data Project"

  Uploaded Dec 17, 2020 by Andrew Brennan
• 00:52 Decatur's Lego League Team's First Meeting: 2022-23

  Dectatur's Lego League After School Program kicked off this past week with a fun community-builder activity where each member wrote a question on a note that would help all members get to know each other better and then placed it inside a balloon that they blew up. The team then went outside on the turf, threw them up in the air for a few minutes, caught a balloon made by another member, and read the notes to each other out back at our new mosaic benches. This helped ensure that each member was able to get to know the names of their teammates, and learn something new about each other. Once back inside in Ms. Mendoza's Maker-Space Room, the team began digging into and discussing some videos that we posted on our Lego League Google Classroom page so that the team members can become acquainted with the overall theme for this year's competition!

  Uploaded Sep 24, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 4:34 Exploring Addition Expressions for 25

  Hey Team! Watch this video then solve the number sentences below using the strategy that makes the most sense to you!
  
  25 + 16
  25 .+ 22
  14 + 19
  17 + 24

  Uploaded Mar 19, 2020 by Katie Andorka
• 00:18 Gallery Walk

  In our new social studies unit, we are studying the past, the present and the future. One of the standards that first graders should be able to do is generate questions to further thinking. In this gallery walk, students left their open ended questions on a post it note as they moved quietly through the space.

  Uploaded Jan 27, 2023 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 00:53 Justification Anchor Charts

  This week we focused on writing our justifications for our body paragarphs of our essays. Students in grades 5th-7th made their own anchor charts to help remember the important elements of their justifications.

  Uploaded Oct 09, 2020 by Katherine Cooper
• 00:51 Makerspace: Dec. 2-6

  We've been busy this week in Makerspace! K-2 are making great progress on communicating their reflections on their Index Card Tower using Padlet. Not only are they working on responding to reflection questions but also making sure to add details to strengthen their writing. Some students are even working on creating audio or video reflections as well. We're looking forward to be showing our final product soon! 3rd graders are finishing up with their presentations on Google Slides. 4th graders have begun their coding unit, inspired from our field trip to the Lyric Opera's collaboration with Codeverse - the world's first fully interactive coding studio for kids. To prepare to code with Kidscript -- Codeverse's language for coding -- 4th graders have begun to write out code for an obstacle course they will create within the class. 5th graders and 6th graders (Rm. 109) having been working hard on their "How To" videos showing K-2 how to use iPads and 3-5 how to use Google Classroom. 6th graders (Rm. 107) are completing their robot testbeds and testing out how 'inputs' and 'outputs' work by operating the robot brains with their controllers.

  Uploaded Dec 07, 2019
• 00:11 Science: Partner Reading

  This video was from a week ago. Students were partnered off to read about how one kid in Colorado collected and organized weather data. Students were taking turns reading and looking at maps, charts and tables of various forms of weather. Students saw that scientist use photographs as well to compare weather in two places. This buddy activity prepared students for the work they completed this week in science time.

  Uploaded Oct 22, 2021 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 3:37 Week 18 of 2022-23|5th-8th Grade Science

  This week's slideshow highlights: 5th grade investigating the ratio of water to land on Earth, as well as how water and land absorb and lose thermal energy at different rates as part of their SEPUP Weather & Climate Unit; 6th grade investigated the scientific theory of "Continental Drift" as part of their SEPUP Unit Geologic Processes; 7th grade wrapped up their SEPUP Unit From Cells to Organisms with an interactive activity called "Disease Detectives", where they worked as epidemiologists to argue from evidence the cause of a disease outbreak, and 7th grade also played team Jeopardy to review for the unit's culminating final exam; 8th graders continue digging deeper into their SEPUP Unit Chemistry of Materials, with a cooperative group lab that investigated chemical vs physical properties, and they also began exploring the property of density through an online Phet Simulation. Thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Jan 21, 2023 by Gerard Kovach
• 1:58 WK5 | Universe of Obligation

  Students discussed and analyzed texts centered around identity and belonging. Our discussions helped us transition into formulating and creating working definitions for the phrase "universe of obligation". Our studies in Social Studies will aim to help students make further connections with their novel study on "Refugee".

  Uploaded Sep 30, 2021 by Marianne Sharping
• 1:02 4th grade Chicago History Field Trip Featured

  Students went on a field trip to the Chicago History Museum to be a part of their special City on Fire Enhanced Field Trip. Students heard from live actors about two famous Chicagoans, Joseph and Anna Elizabeth Hudlin, who both played pivotal roles in helping Chicago recover from the Chicago Fire. Students also got to meet Chicago comic Victor Dandridge, who showed them how the medium of a simple thing like folded paper can help add layers to a story.

  Uploaded Feb 18, 2023 by Ryan Cherry