MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 2:29 Refugee Character Poems

  7th graders wrote free verse poems to represent one of the main characters from our novel Refugee.

  Uploaded Feb 19, 2021 by Katherine Cooper
• 2:24 New Year Update

  Please check out this video which highlights ways we are continually working to strengthen our classroom community so that each student has multiple ways of sharing their own voice, ideas, and questions about science with the class despite the extra challenges of remote learning! I am so amazed by our Decatur students' resilience during these challenging times of this ongoing pandemic!
  
  We also continue to work on strengthening classroom community by celebrating at the end of each week with some fun trivia games such as Kahoot and Gimkit, both of which could easily be played at home for some added family fun!

  Uploaded Feb 18, 2021 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:13 K Science

  Kindergarten had fun exploring our Chapter 2 Question
  How do we make a pinball move as far as we want?

  Uploaded Jan 29, 2021 by Sheryl Slechta
• 00:44 4th Grade Composers

  One of the hardest parts about making and creating music online is lag. We have trouble playing together like we can in person. Despite this, we learn to be better listeners, kinder friends to our classmates, and we endure challenges! Decatur 4th graders created performances anyway with recorders and percussion. They are the owners of their music making - and that is way cool even the virtual space

  Uploaded Jan 27, 2021 by Cate Schmittle
• 2:54 6th Grade Winter Imagery

  6th graders chose a winter picture and used imagery and figurative language to write a caption.

  Uploaded Jan 08, 2021 by Katherine Cooper
• 1:25 Makerspace Recap!

  Students were busy in December designing and redesigning towers. Check out their progress here!

  Uploaded Jan 04, 2021
• 4:48 Weeks 1-4 of Qtr 2

  In science class, students have been put in the drivers' seats as scientists and engineers by taking their own research on their own self-selected topic to explore as their STEAM Fair Project, and devising in writing their own hypothesis and purpose statements. These statements serve as the foundation for now using the NGSS Science & Engineering Practices to test their hypothesis through experimental design or the engineering design process. This is the heart of NGSS, which allows students to explore scientific phenomena and engage in the same skills required of professional scientists and engineers who are working to find solutions to the most dire global problems of the 21st century!
  
  The slide show attached shows just a few examples of the many different problems that Decatur Middle School students have chosen to investigate, which encompass various disciplines of STEAM! I can't wait to share what they discover in the months ahead! I am so proud of the work the students have been putting in the past several weeks!
  
  In the meantime, I wish everyone a well deserved winter break and blessed New Year as we enter 2021!
  
  Sincerely,
  
  Mr. Kovach

  Uploaded Dec 17, 2020 by Gerard Kovach
• 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
• 00:57 Guess That Artifact

  5th graders contributed artifacts to a game played in class. Students found artifacts both new, old, or ancient. Students used their observation skills to try to guess what the artifact is and what it was used for.

  Uploaded Dec 05, 2020 by Marianne Sharping
• 00:57 Guess the Artifact Featured

  As we started our unit learning about ancient civilizations, students played a game called "Guess the Artifact" where they played the role of archaeologists trying to decide what the artifact was and its function.

  Uploaded Dec 05, 2020 by Ryan Cherry