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5th Graders at High Tech Elementary
By: Caszandra & Samuel
5th Graders at High Tech Elementary
By: Caszandra & Samuel
Welcome to High Tech Elementary (HTe). Our school is a project-based learning school. It is different from other schools mostly because we do projects instead of study from textbooks. We complete about 4 projects every year. In these projects we have a theme (like ‘food’ or ‘risk’ or ‘flight’) and we learn about the topic and create a product for the project. Through the project we develop skills in reading, writing and math. We also collaborate with others and improve our work through a critique process. Our projects are wonderful because we use our thinking skills, teamwork, and critique to create beautiful final products. In our hallways we have some of these products hanging. We have exhibitions to present our projects and show our families and the community what we’ve learned and done. At exhibition we have stations for the topics that we covered. Through our projects we work on building our skills in math, writing, and reading. We also work on habits of heart and mind including confidence, integrity, curiosity, reflection and empathy. In our school we have 12 laptops and two desktops per classroom to use for research and a math program we use called ST Math. ST Math is a website that helps students develop math skills at your own pace.
Also at our school we do something called exploratory. It’s when students go to different classroom for 90 minutes, twice a week to do different things. Each different exploratory lasts for one trimester. The first exploratory is Engineering and Design. That’s where we use tools and build things in class like birdhouses and walkie-talkies. It’s fun! Fine Arts is another exploratory. We use different materials and types of styles to make art and we also can use our imagination. We use creativity to express our feelings through drawing, painting and sculpting. Finally, Performing Arts is the exploratory where we perform a lot of dances and do different songs and different moves. We dance, groove and sing.
Lastly, at HTe we partner with different classes to do activities or projects together. We did a poetry project with high school seniors (at High Tech High) and we have reading buddies with HTe Kindergarteners.
People come to our school often to see how we are learning because it is different from most schools. We love HTe and think this is a cool school!
Also at our school we do something called exploratory. It’s when students go to different classroom for 90 minutes, twice a week to do different things. Each different exploratory lasts for one trimester. The first exploratory is Engineering and Design. That’s where we use tools and build things in class like birdhouses and walkie-talkies. It’s fun! Fine Arts is another exploratory. We use different materials and types of styles to make art and we also can use our imagination. We use creativity to express our feelings through drawing, painting and sculpting. Finally, Performing Arts is the exploratory where we perform a lot of dances and do different songs and different moves. We dance, groove and sing.
Lastly, at HTe we partner with different classes to do activities or projects together. We did a poetry project with high school seniors (at High Tech High) and we have reading buddies with HTe Kindergarteners.
People come to our school often to see how we are learning because it is different from most schools. We love HTe and think this is a cool school!