Ms. Hinton's 5th grade students have created presentations on Opportunity Costs and Finance. The activity is part of their social studies unit on economics. The students studied their topic in the classroom. They came into the media center armed with information. Ms. Hinton and Mrs. King helped the students transform the information into Powerpoint presentations. The completed presentations can be found at http://mymediacenter.wikispaces.com/page/edit/5th+grade+-+Hinton?template.

SS5E1 The student will use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, voluntary exchange, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events.

Ms. Jayroe's 3rd graders and the Roosevelts

Ms. Jayroe's 3rd graders have been studying Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their contributions to our democracy. The students chose either Franklin or Eleanor as a topic for research. The students then took notes on their topic. Their notes were brought into the media center where Ms. Jayroe and Mrs. King helped transform the information into Powerpoint presentations. The completed presentations can be found at http://mymediacenter.wikispaces.com/3rd+grade+-+Jayroe.

SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).
b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them.

February 2012 - Circulation Statistics

Woodland students and staff checked out 4,924 items from the media center in February!

First Grade Photographers

First grade students in Mrs. Bass's class, Mrs. McCullough's class and Ms. Collins's class learned about synonyms and antonyms in a two part lesson in the media center. During the first part of the lesson, synonyms and antonyms were explained and examples were given. The students then listened to a story about opposites or antonyms. Photographs of antonyms were shown throughout the book. In the follow up visit, the photographs of antonyms were reviewed. The students were then instructed to look around the media center for examples of antonyms. Digital cameras were given to the students. Our creative students took pictures of their antonyms. The photographs were used to create a powerpoint presentation. The students' work can be viewed at http://mymediacenter.wikispaces.com/1st+grade.

VOCABULARY ELA1R5 The student acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate effectively. The student
c. Identifies words that are opposites (antonyms) or have similar meanings (synonyms).

Ms. Ellis's Class - Leaders in Government PowerPoint

The students in Ms. Ellis's second grade class are creating PowerPoint presentations on Leaders in Government. The students began the activity by creating a storyboard with pencil and paper. The students then moved to the computers and transferred their writing to the slides on their presentations. Finally, the students added pictures and a background of their choice. The students' work can be viewed at http://mymediacenter.wikispaces.com/2nd+grade+-+Ellis until the end of the school year.

Georgia Performance Standard: Government/Civic Understandings SS2CG1 The student will define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws. SS2CG2 The student will identify the roles of the following elected officials:
a. President (leader of our nation)
b. Governor (leader of our state)
c. Mayor (leader of a city)

Ms. Cantlebary's Reading Projects

Ms. Cantlebary's students created dioramas or trifold pamphlets illustrating a scene from a book that was read during first semester. The students did a fabulous job! The projects are currently on display in the media center. To view all of the projects, visit http://mymediacenter.wikispaces.com/1st+grade.

ELA1W2 The student produces a response to literature that begins to demonstrate an understanding of the text through oral retelling, pictures, or in writing.

Idioms - 4th grade

Ms. Distler's class is learning about idioms. The students learned that idioms are a combination of words that have meanings different from the individual words. For example, 'hold your horses' does not mean to actually wrap your arms around a horse. The phrase means that you should be patient. The students were given idioms and their definitions. The students drew pictures of the idioms as if the meanings were literal. The drawings were then made into a powerpoint presentation which can be viewed at http://mymediacenter.wikispaces.com/4th+grade until the end of the school year.

ELA4R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student identifies the meanings of common idioms and figurative phrases.