PRIDE, Kindness, & Music

With just a few days left of the term students are wrapping up their final projects, which will be posted next week. Students of remote learning are finishing up their comics so I will share them next week. Grade 5 hybrid students are exploring Scratch and will share current projects next week as well. Grade 6 hybrid students will continue to explore Root Sim as well. Until then here are some highlights from this week.

Fifth grade Hybrid students started to explore Scratch while they animated a word, PRIDE. PRIDE is what we strive for at GDRMS: Positivity, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Empathy! To see their work, watch the video below.

Sixth grade Hybrid students are coding Root Sim, a web-based simulator they used to create musical compositions. They had options in choosing their musical piece as well as coding level. The most popular song for most students, particularly those new to "reading" music was, well I suppose I shan't tell you as that would spoil the surprise. There were also quite a few students with prior musical knowledge who really stepped it up a notch. I'm impressed with all their work. To hear their work watch the video below. See if you can, name that tune! You could also give Root a try yourself using the guide and student codes below the video. 

When asked if this project was worth doing with future sixth graders, students said:

• yes, because its fun
• yes because it is easy and fun
• mhm YEAH
• yes it will teach them music notes and how root works
• i like the light show
• yes because it is fun
• I think they would because you can learn a lot about music and coding
• yes because it is very fun 
• They might like it because root is fun but the music making is awful
• I think this would be very enthralling for other students because it is so fun making music and doing coding too!
• yes, cuz we learn music is good
• i liked it and yes you should do it with more people
• it was fun to hear the final product
• I think it is worth doing for future 6th graders
• i liked and you should do it with other classes
• It was fun And I think other kids will like this project
• It Was Pretty Goooooooood
• music I say do it another time!!!!
• This was a fun project, although, it did take longer than it should have.
• It has music and coding combined together which I think more people would like
• I liked that I could choose any song that I wanted. I think it is worth it to do this with the other classes

Today is World Kindness Day! To celebrate, classes that had completed prior works had a chance to review some coding concepts in Scratch. For some this was a review, others learned new blocks that they had not used before.  Take a peek at the video below to see how they like to show kindness. 

We have just a few days left of the term. You will be missed. I hope you remember all that you have learned and more importantly use what you have learned to help you with future endeavors!