Second Grade Research Projects

Second graders used technology to present their research projects at Live Oak Elementary.  The above is an example of a Photostory.  Other students presented Paper Slides using the document camera or PowerPoints created on the netbook computers.

Students Use Their Computer Skills in the Literacy Lab!

Live Oak students are putting their computer skills to good use in the Literacy Lab!

Science is fun with STEMScopes!

The students in Mrs. Mullins' fifth grade class use the netbooks to learn science concepts using their STEMScopes accounts.  Rice University created the STEMScopes site to help students learn the sciecne TEKS.

Live Oak Students Use Moodle to Test Their Knowledge

Live Oak students are testing their knowledge of Bluebonnet books by taking quizzes in Moodle.  The quizzes were designed by the librarian, Mrs. Harvey-Slager. 

Fourth and Fifth Graders Learn Science with STEMscopes

Fourth and Fifth Grade students at Live Oak are learning science with STEMscopes. Using STEMscopes provides hands-on activities and lessons to teach science objectives, and make learning fun!

Fifth Grade is Going Places with Moodle

Fifth Graders at Live Oak Elementary are really going places!  They used Moodle to go on a virtual vacation to a capital city.  Using Moodle, they learned the US state capitals, planned a trip to the capital city of their choice, created a budget in Excel, found attractions to see when there, made journal entries, and shared what they learned with their classmates.

TAG Students create surveys using Google Docs

Live Oak TAG students are using Google documents to create survey forms about their Spring research topic.  They will be asking their fellow students about their knowledge and opinions about their topic.  Once they have their survey results, they will export the data to Excel and create charts and graphs to include with their final product.

Who am I?

Live Oak Elementary students have been learning their way around the library databases by researching famous Americans.  Students can also access the databases at home!  For a list of the available resources, go here.

Work Hard, Play Hard!

The Live Oak library hosted a special Valentine's Day party for students in grades 3-5 who read at least ten Bluebonnet books and passed the quizzes.  Mrs. Harvey-Slager and Mrs. Pierre brought in video games and refreshments for the students to enjoy.  The students had a blast!  All of that hard work really paid off!

It's Moodle Time at Live Oak!

Students in grades 2 - 5 are using Moodle, the district's virtual learning environment, to take Bluebonnet quizzes in the library.  The librarian, Mrs. Harvey-Slager, entered quizzes on all twenty Bluebonnet books into the Moodle system.  After students read a book, they test their knowledge by taking a Moodle quiz.  Moodle makes learning fun!