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• 00:18 Week 5 in the music classroom!

  This week 5th grade students played the drumset for the first time! We played the backbeat with 3 people, 2 people, and sometimes by ourselves! We made connections between our complementary rhythm projects and the complementary rhythms produced in the backbeat. You can see 4th grade students composing with fruit pictures as they explore 16th note rhythms. You can also see some K students exploring high and low and short and long sounds with manipulatives!

  Uploaded Oct 08, 2019 by Cate Schmittle
• 00:08 We are crushing our BME!!!

  We are working hard to show our understanding of the important components of the beginning middle and end of a story

  Uploaded Sep 07, 2022
• 00:35 What are Decatur students up to in the music room?

  This week you can see pictures of 5th graders improvising on the djembe, 6th graders creating arrangements, and 6th graders working on technology projects!

  Uploaded Sep 27, 2019 by Cate Schmittle
• 1:22 Newsies Choreography by Fourth Graders! Featured

  Fourth Graders have been studying the musical "Newsies" to learn how to use their voice to stand up for what's right. Recently, we have turned our attention to the number "Seize the Day" and the students created their own choreography. Check out these two students who decided to create their project together (remotely). Nice work!!

  Uploaded Jun 04, 2020 by Chelsea Branch
• 00:28 Our 8th Grade Buddies!

  These past couple weeks we have been writing our buddies and we finally got to meet them!!!

  Uploaded Oct 29, 2022
• 2:56 Week 28: March 28-April 1, 2022 "Decatur Spirit Week"

  This week's slideshow highlights: 6th graders reviewing for their Earth's Resources SEPUP Unit final exam by playing classroom Jeopardy; I am so proud of our 7th grade class-there are a couple of pics showing them working together to sort food and hygiene items that they and their families donated for this year's annual Student Council Food Drive; 8th graders exploring electromagnetism by testing out their own electromagnets; a 6th grade student and I in a pic of "Reverse Day" as part of Decatur Spirit Week where teachers dressed like students and students like teachers; and last but not least, there are several pics showing our JHS students having so much FUN participating in several friendly competitive events as part of our "March Madness" community-builder! Thank you for checking in this week!

  Uploaded Apr 02, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:18 3rd Grade Science Reading Part II
  Uploaded Oct 22, 2021 by LeiAnna Carrasco
• 1:06 6th Grade Composition

  6th grade students spent the 3rd marking period creating compositions. They began with improvisation, used a notation software, and then taught it to peers for a live performance. Here is one example of a student final performance.

  Uploaded Mar 29, 2019 by Cate Schmittle
• 00:48 First Chapter Fridays with 5th Grade

  Students listened to me read two chapters aloud from Amal Unbound while they doodled images that came to their mind. This allowed students to process and analyze the text in a different way than our usual annotations.

  Uploaded Mar 13, 2020 by Katherine Cooper
• 00:05 Kinetic and Potential Energy Lab Video-4th

  Students used pipe insulation to create rollercoasters to help them better understand kinetic and potential energy.

  Uploaded Mar 09, 2020 by Ryan Cherry