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.