The 3 day cycles, which include planning, co-teaching, and reflection, are designed to meet teachers where they are and provide additional resources to enhance lessons and deepen learning.

We will continue the cycles next year, so more teachers will have the opportunity to participate in this model. Our Innovation Coach is available anytime you would like her to visit and help you plan innovative lessons for your class. Sign up for a time HERE.

Take a look at this short video HERE to catch a glimpse of the awesome opportunities happening in our classrooms this year.

Why it matters: Learning how to take better photos will strengthen students' observational skills and help them use pictures to tell stories.

Tips for taking photos

• Don't zoom in or out on the object, use your body to move closer or further away from the object.
• Once you take the photo, use the camera tools to make adjustments to your photo.

Integration Ideas

• ELA: Capture photos of different emotions. Work in pairs, using your classmates as models.
• MATH: Set up a scene that depicts a real life math problem using groups of objects or people. Take a photo of it and write a number sentence to go with the photo.
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Take pictures of objects that represent your culture or celebration. Explain how it is used and why it is important.
• SCIENCE: Study the characteristics of plants, insects, or animals by taking a series of close-up photos. Try to get as close as possible while keeping the photos in focus to reveal tiny details.
• ENCORE: Think of an everyday routine. Take a picture of each step to make a photo sequence.

Why it matters: Using the camera and editing techniques allows students to improve portraits to reveal the mood, interests, and personality of their subjects. Taking portraits can help students make personal connections with their subjects.

Tips for taking photos

• Don't zoom in or out on the object, use your body to move closer or further away from the object.
• Once you take the photo, use the camera tools to make adjustments to your photo.

Integration Ideas

• ELA: Create poetry prompts by making a portrait photo. Add expression that shows emotions. Use Markup to write a poem on the portrait that reflects the portrait.
• MATH: Demonstrate symmetry in math through portrait photography. Take selfies and crop the photo at the middle point to combine the left and right images.
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Demonstrate the impact of portraits in campaigns. Take portraits that capture the mood and motto to create a campaign poster.
• SCIENCE: Document the passage of genetic traits through generations with portrait photography. Take a group portrait that shows similar traits in relatives.
• ENCORE: Work with students on how to take portraits and help them see different perspectives based on lighting.

Why it matters: Allows students to capture, analyze, and share moments in time that might otherwise be missed. Applying motion effects to photos can enhance a story by adding dimension of time to still images.

Tips for taking photos

• Don't zoom in or out on the object, use your body to move closer or further away from the object.
• Once you take the photo, use the camera tools to make adjustments to your photo.

Integration Ideas

• ELA: Analyze a scene in a novel using action photography. Capture the action by using Live Photos to act out a scene. Add the photos to an album to recreate the story.
• MATH: Use Burst mode to determine the parabola of a basketball being thrown into a hoop. Use Markup to determine the path.
• SOCIAL STUDIES: Bring historic paintings to life with action photos. Act out a history scene found in a painting. Add movement and capture with Live Photos.
• SCIENCE: Capture freeze-frame action shots from a science experiment with Burst mode on. As variables are introduced, capture additional photos to compare the results.
• ENCORE: Review the different aspects of their camera and when you could use each setting: Live Photos, Slo-mo, Burst, Panoramic, ect.

According to an article published by Statista Research Department on January 28, 2022, Twitter's largest audience (38.5%) is composed of users between 25 and 34 years old. The second largest group (21%) was between 35 and 49 years of age.

As educators, this research tells us that Twitter is an avenue that we can use to build community engagement and spread the good things happening in LCS. Be sure to follow @LCSJackets and tag us in your posts! #JacketPride