Third Graders Compare Yesterday to Today

Third grade students are using Kidspiration (TM) to compare life for the Wampanoag and Pilgrim people to life today. Students took a field trip to the Plimoth Plantation and Wampanoag Village to get a first-hand look at what life was like in 1621 in the settlement.

Upon their return to modern day, students use a graphic organizer to compare daily life, transporation and communication. The students all agree that Pilgrim and Wampanoag children had to spend more of their time working and doing chores than today's children.

Plumpy'nut to the Resue

Fourth Graders at Nantucket Elementary School wanted to do something to raise awareness and money for Plumpy'nut. Students researched, wrote a script, created a storyboard, shot the movie, edited, recorded the music and shared it with their parents. We hope you enjoy this movie and donate to a good cause.

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Mrs. HD's Web Site

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Computer Lab: Internet Safety For Kids

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Welcome back! First things first; what's more important than being safe on the web? Check out your 'web-smarts' here. We are also learning how to use the new Dell computers which use Vista, Microsoft's latest operating system.

Example of Fifth Grader's Art Work

Fifth Graders Use Photoshop in Art Class

Miss Olszewski's fifth grade art class is combining digital photographs with original art work using Adobe's Photoshop. Be sure to visit the Nantucket Elementary School's Junior Artists annual art show. The opening and reception is Thursday, May 1 at 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The show runs from May 1 through May 7th. For further information please call 508-228-0294

Fourth Graders Present the Solar System

As part of the fourth grade science curriculum, fourth graders research one planet of our solar system and create a PowerPoint presentation. They answer questions like 'what is Uranus made of ?' what makes Uranus unique? and could we live on Uranus?' The presentation includes 'in text citations' as well as a 'Works Cited' slide. In preperation for this project students studied all eight regular planets and Pluto. They also studied the three dwarf planets.

Kindergarteners Shape Their World

Using Shapes and Building Blocks software, from the Terc Math Investigation Curriculum, kindergartners rotate, move, duplicate, paste, erase, and explore the properties of basic two dimensional shapes. Kindergartners know that a diamond is also called a 'rhombus'. They can also identify a hexagon, square, trapezoid, triangle, and a rectangle.

'MultiFlying' Third Graders Save the Solar System

Third graders have been sharpening up their multiplication skills and saving our Solar System at the same time. They have been playing MultiFlyer, an exciting video game, that gives them plenty of practise on times tables. Try it yourself by clicking here!

Fourth Graders Begin Study of our Solar System

Fourth Graders are using BrainPop to study our solar system. You can check out a free BrainPop movie this week by clicking here. They will be researching our sun, the planet and the major moons. Students also love to use the web site The Virtual Solar System.