Grymes Memorial School Technology

Happy Mother's Day From the Second Grade

The second grade wrote and recorded a Happy Mother's Day Song and we made it into a video. We hope you enjoy it!

Poetry Magazine (G5)

The 5th grade created a wonderful poetry magazine. They wrote the poems in English class and used Microsoft PowerPoint, National Gallery of Art Collage Machine, Big Huge Labs Magazine cover creator, and issuu to create the magazine in Computer class.

Open publication - Free publishing - More acrostic

ABC Book (G1)

The first graders created an ABC book for the Jr. K and Kindergarten classes. They did a great job. Take a look:

Interactive I Spy Powerpoint Books (G3)

The third grade class created four I Spy Powerpoint books based on what they studied this year in social studies. This is an interactive I Spy book. On the second slide you will see "I Spy A", try and find the matching picture on the right hand side and you'll be rewarded with some interesting facts. Click on the magnifying glass to return.

Click on the following links to see each book:

Upper School Art Quilt - 911 Tribute

Each of the upper school students (grades 5 - 8) created an art quilt in memory of 911 which is proudly displayed in the halls of the school. Here is a video version that you can watch from your computer. Due to the length of the song, the video only displays some of the quilt squares. Please visit the school to see all of the students' artwork.

These are a few of my favorite things (G2)

The second grade class has adopted grandparents at the Orange Nursing Home. One of the activities they do is to interview their adopted grandparent to learn about them. We used that information to put together a book for them called "These are a few of my favorite things." Click here to see the My Favorite Things library.

Travelogue (G5)

The fifth grade created a travelogue. They wrote about a famous location in history and superimposed their photo as if they were visiting. Please visit the 5th grade website to see all the travelogues under "history".

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
By: Trevor

Over summer break I visited The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. I saw a beautiful sight which you might want to see. Here are some things I learned about The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Inside the gardens there were fortresses and temples containing immense solid gold. There are stories that Queen Semiramis built it around 600 BC. Then it was destroyed by an earthquake in the 2nd century BC. It is 400 feet wide and 400 feet long and more than 80 feet high. The thing I liked the most was the beauty I saw from the outside of it. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are the best things I have ever seen.

Global Lives Malawi Voicethread

The Fourth Grade class watched a Global Lives video about a thirteen year old girl named Edith Kaphuka from Malawi. Here they will use Voicethread to discuss how their lives are the same or different than Edith's. Click on each avatar to hear or see what the students have to say. Click on the arrow in the bottom right hand corner to advance to the next slide.

Powerpoint Multiplication (G3)

The third grade demonstrated their multiplication knowledge by creating a multiplication poster using Powerpoint. In this project they learned how to copy and paste an image and group them. Click here to see the Gallery of Multiplication Posters.

Gwynn

Rounton Farm Field Trip (G5)

The fifth grade wrote about their field trip to Rounton Farm. Please visit the 5th grade website to see all the articles under "Rounton Farm".

Cooperation Skis - Phebe

The second I put my foot on the stiff board and felt the cool water from the wet grass soak through my soft shoe, I knew it would be a challenge. Then I heard that bold word…" LEFT!" Everyone’s feet drifted through the air like little dust particles floating on the wind, It was like a flock of black birds taking flight. Shooting straight up, their wings pushing them to go higher. Then "Boom!" It was like an avalanche of heavy snow tumbling down a tall steep mountain. Everyone’s feet came falling down on to the soft green turf. It sounded like thunder, big and loud. I was on the cooperation skis: planks of wood with pieces of rope tied to the boards. There can be five to seven people on a board. There is also a two person ski. The whole point is to work together. It was my favorite part of the field trip. The reason I liked it the best was because I got to work with, know and trust my classmates. On the way back, I thought that even if it was the first field trip of the year, I think it will be the best.

Jamestown Glogsters (G3)

The students created a multimedia poster of their field trip to the Jamestown Settlement using a web application called "Glogster". Click here to see the gallery of Jamestown Glogsters.

US Atlas (G4)

The fourth grade class studied US Geography the first half of the school year. The students worked together to create a US atlas website. Click here to visit the US Atlas website.

Spanish Books (G5)

The fifth grade used Microsoft PowerPoint to create some Spanish Books on animals, classroom objects, and Spanish countries and capitals. Please visit the 5th grade website to see all the Spanish books.

Blabberize Pandas (G2)

The Second Grade studied China in social studies and pandas in science class. They wrote about Pandas in the classroom. Then in computer class they selected a panda photo, recorded their narrations using Audacity, and created their animated Panda using a website called Blabberize. Click here to visit the Panda House and learn about pandas.

Reese

Quilt Squares (G1)

The first grade class used an application called "Shapes" to recreate a quilt square that they designed in math class. They had to place different shapes, rotate them, and change their colors. Click here to visit the Quilt Square Gallery.

Grace

Lego Graphs (G2)

In math class, the students sorted Legos by color and graphed them on a sheet of paper. They took the same data and entered it into an Excel Spreadsheet to create a bar graph and then looked at other ways to present the data (e.g. column, line, pie, bar, doughnut, etc.). Please click here to see everyone's Lego Graphs.

Haley Jo

Graphing (G1)

The first grade class took a class survey "would you rather be an eagle or a whale" and graphed it in math class. Then they came to computer class and graphed it using Pixie. When they were done, they also did a graph on "the number of boys vs girls in the class. Please click here to see everyone's Graphs.

Avery

Snowflakes (K)

The Kindergarten class used a web application called "Snowflake Maker" to create some awesome snowflakes. Please click here to visit the Snowflake Gallery.

Carys

Snowflake Poems (G1)

The First Grade used a web application called "Make a Flake" to cutout snowflakes. Then they wrote snowflake poems in class. I added the poems to the snowflakes using Pixie. They changed the font, font size, and color of the text of their poem. Please click here to visit the Snowflake Gallery.

Nevie

Snowflakes (G2)

The Second Grade used a web application called "Make a Flake" to cutout snowflakes. Then they wrote snowflake poems in class. The final projects were displayed on the bulletin board outside the classroom. Please click here to visit the Snowflake Gallery.

Ian

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Welcome to Computer Class

On the first day of class we took a look at some of the awesome Kerpoof projects the kids did over the summer. Here is just a sampling:

The students are welcome to continue to use their accounts during the school year. Let me know if your child has forgotten their login information or if they're new and I need to create an account for them. Here is a link to Kerpoof.

Last Year's 4th Grade Class is In the News

Last year's 4th grade class did a project on Malawi, Africa. The students created Glogsters to describe how their lives are similar and different than those of students in Malawi. They gathered information by watching Global Lives videos about a 13 year old girl named Edith Kaphuka, corresponding with Helen McGuirck who is in Africa through the Peace Corp, and learning about Africa in class. Their projects were highlighted in the Global Lives summer newsletter. Congrats to everyone on a job well done!