Saturday, July 25, 2009

"Once Upon a Banana"

"Once Upon a Banana" by Jennifer Armstrong visually shows how a banana skin left carelessly on the ground turns a whole city upside down.

Students at CRES added an audio clip about what their favorite part was in this Virginia Reader's Choice selection for 09/10.


"Once Upon a Banana" Voicethread

Friday, July 24, 2009

Meerkat Moments Using Claymation

Cub Run Elementary students started by reading nonfiction books about meerkats, watching a clip of Meerkat Manor and the fiction book, "Meerkat Mail" by Emily Gravett. Next we started writing our story and then creating the clay characters.


Saturday, June 20, 2009

Summer School Conversations

Not including humans, what do you think is the most important mammal?