Lake Pointe Elementary Showcase
May 15, 2015
Lake Pointe Elementary
Friday, May 15, 2015, 08:00 AM
Lake Pointe Elementary School, Sonoma Drive, Austin, TX, United States
LPE's greatest projects by grade level
Pre-K
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is the foundation year for learning letters and sounds as well as for reading and writing. We begin our journey in September with the focus on letters. We learn to recognize the written form, the sound the letter makes and then how to write each letter. Also, during this time we are practicing blending sounds to create words. After lots of practice with letter recognition and word building, we move into reading and writing words and sentences. The students are excited to learn to write which comes at a perfect time because in Kindergarten a foundation for writing is taught. Kindergarten focuses on capitalization at the beginning of a sentence, punctuation at the end of a sentence, plus the correct spelling of high-frequency words and phonetic spelling.
In the projects hung on display, you can see all of the concepts about letters, sounds and writing that we have learned since the beginning of the year. The students chose a letter and wrote about a Kindergarten lesson or topic that began with that letter. They utilized all of the skills they have learned this year in order to complete this project. The students have come so far since the first day of school in August!
ABCs and sounds
Earth Day Promise
Earth Day in April is a wonderful time for Kindergarten students to bring together many skills they have been working on all year. In math they have learned about three-dimensional shapes including spheres. In science they have learned about matter and ways to describe its physical properties including size, mass, shape, color and texture. Students understand that all organisms have basic needs and recognize the interdependence of organisms in the natural world. They have studied the physical characteristics of our planet including landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources. In Kindergarten the students used critical thinking for scientific problem solving when we talked about how we can take care of the Earth and why we should take care of the Earth. They made wonderful connections between how pollution in the air and water will affect them, and how using up or wasting natural resources will affect them. The students created two-dimensional models of the Earth by coloring land and water with markers on a coffee filter and then spraying it with water to blend the ink. Then with play dough they created three-dimensional models of the Earth. Due to the classes’ interest in volcanoes we extended our learning to understand about the layers of the Earth in order to comprehend where magma comes from and how it becomes lava. Then the students wrote beautiful promises to the Earth. Using all of their writing, spelling, and editing skills, they accomplished a polished piece of writing.
Oviparous Animals
Oviparous is a zoological term that refers to animals that produce and lay eggs that hatch outside of the body. Our class learned that all birds, most fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, arachnids, and two primitive mammals (the platypus and echidnas) are oviparous. During the study of life science students recognize the interdependence of organisms in the natural world. They investigate living and non- living organisms in terms of their basic needs, life cycles and physical characteristics. Students learn that offspring resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environment. After learning about animals all year from the start of our farm unit to chicks in the spring our class had lots of fun creating their own oviparous animal. They simply cut and glued construction paper to create their masterpieces.
Bluebonnets
1st Grade
Animal Research Posters
2nd Grade
Community Projects
In Social Studies this year, Second Graders studied community landmarks and good citizens. The students recreated the cities of Austin and Bee Cave using different landmarks including bridges, parks, statues, and buildings. They also created replications of people who show good citizenship such as teachers, parents, grandparents, athletes, and government officials. This was a fun way to learn about the community we live in!
Biography Projects
Second Graders spent several weeks reading biographies. They explored the impact these individuals had on society and the world around them. They then chose the person they found most interesting to share with their classmates. These are their projects.
Build an Insect
3rd Grade
Culture Dolls
Solar System
Math Story Problems on Elapsed Time
4th grade
Electrical houses
Living Museum
5th grade
Wonder!
Wonder
By R.J. Palacio
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. (inside jacket, Wonder)
The fifth grade students, as a group, delved into this great novel this year. As a result, there were many discussions on human differences, how we treat one another, and how we can appreciate the uniqueness of each individual. In addition to these philosophical discussions, there were many opportunities to study the author’s craft through point of view, foreshadowing, and character motivation.
The students chose their favorite character from the story and, using Tagxedo, made a picture of that character by entering describing attributes.
Creating the Earth with Kinder and 5th grade
Student Slides over the Earth
Sculpture Project
Finding volume of one rectangular prism
volume = ______ cubed cm
Faces of the Rectangular Prism
The Sculpture taking shape
5th Grade Regional Science Fair
Watch the Animoto video below from this event.
Discovery Students
Homemade Paper
Quilling
Quilling is an art form that can be traced to the 15th century. French and Italian nuns used quilling designs to decorate religious objects. They embellished these objects with gilded paper to simulate iron, which was costly.
Quilling later became confined to the upper classes in Europe. It was a way to spend time leisurely and was not too taxing.
Today, there are quillers around the globe and even at LPE.
Kente Paper Rug
Kente comes from the word kenten, which means basket.
Legend has it that the kente was first made by two friends after watching a spider make a web. The two friends later copied the spider's weaving into a beautiful rug.
Discovery third grade students used paper to recreate the kente rug.
Newspaper Art
Music
5th Grade Impressionism
School-Wide Opera Collaboration
Second Grade studying science of acoustics
Music in Patterns of Three
LTISD Elementary Honor Choir
ART
1st Grade
2nd Grade
Lea Anderson inspired “imitation organics” collaborative piece (three total large circles).
http://www.shinebritezamorano.com/2013/09/off-to-hot-start.html
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
PE
Congratulations to all of the Track & Field Winners!
Rick the Science Guy
5th grade Student presentation
Our fifth graders would like to share why they love Rick the Science Guy coming to our school to work with each fifth grade class in the science lab.
Storyteller from Showcase Day
Living Museum comes to Kindergarten
Minstrels come to LPE
LPE STAFF
Mrs. Pam Thorp
Mrs. Brenna Howell
Ms. Heidi Gudelman
LPE Principal
Mrs. Jan Stanger
Mrs. Laura Elder
Counselor
http://youtu.be/7Z_y-HFdm7YMs. Caitlin Hooker
Mrs. Rose Decaro
Attendance
5th grade TEACHERS
Mrs. Janet Bales
Mrs. Pam Bishop
Mrs. Mary Carnes
Mrs. Mary Anne Malicki
4th Grade Teachers
Ms. Kristina Gisin
Ms. Gaye Fedesna
Mrs. Erin Modde
Mrs. Amy Sanderson
3rd Grade Teachers
Mrs. Heather Boyer
Ms. Cindy Figueiredo
Ms. Rhonda Gil
Ms. Michelle Thiel
2nd Grade Teachers
Ms. Bonnie MacNeil
Mrs. Amy Shoemake
Mrs. Chrissy Skelton
Ms. Ashley VanMatre
1st Grade Teachers
Mrs. Carolyn Crouchet
Mrs. Anna Dawson
Mrs. Meredith Glasser
Ms. Jill Hanna
Kindergarten Teachers
Ms. Karen Hansen
Ms. Mary Nascimbeni
Ms. Laara Nava
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cnW1yTttjOA#
Ms. Camille Price
PreK Teachers
Specials Teachers
Mrs. Suzanne Turner- pe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YX5EpG__wU
Ms. Alissa Heinen- art
Mrs. Kay Trowbridge- art/music
Mrs. Mari Brunson- music
Mrs. Patsy Mendel
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