Press Release
June 8th, 2010Last month BJ Greco, our district’s publicist came to our classroom for a visit. She really enjoyed spending time with our class and wrote an awesome press release about us. Check it out:
for immediate release:
A New Generation of Movie Moguls Surface at WOS
For their "Non-Fiction" unit of study, students in Mrs. Jennifer Jacobs 1st grade class at the William O. Schaefer school just finished publishing a piece of writing. As part of the unit, they worked on the skills and nonfiction strategies used by writers when they are trying to teach their readers about a topic in which they have expertise. Research tools included the internet, things from home and the school/classroom library. Students also learned the differences in approach to reading fiction and non-fiction.
After completing both their fiction and non-fiction units, Ms. Jacobs decided the posters generally done as a culminating project for the writing units needed some updates. Since much work was now being done with computer programs, cameras and movie making software, she thought the students might enjoy an attempt at making non-fiction movies instead of posters.
Groups were assigned, and the children are using The Super 3 to plan, coordinate and make informative movies about their chosen topics. They are currently using Photo Story 3, the digital cameras and computers independently to put their movies together. The entire project is being managed and run by the children ( with a bit of assistance from Ms. Jacobs). The end result will be a single movie, composed of each group’s short movie, ending with snippets of the children reading and recording of their non-fiction writing pieces during the process.
Groups were assigned, and the children are using The Super 3 to plan, coordinate and make informative movies about their chosen topics. They are currently using Photo Story 3, the digital cameras and computers independently to put their movies together. The entire project is being managed and run by the children ( with a bit of assistance from Ms. Jacobs). The end result will be a single movie, composed of each group’s short movie, ending with snippets of the children reading and recording of their non-fiction writing pieces during the process.
story and photos by BJ Greco
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1. Importing the pictures
2. a bit of help from Mrs. Jacobs
3. the interview process
4. preparing the script
5. did we meet our goals we set for today?
BJ Greco
Public Information Specialist
SOCSD
(845) 680 1804
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away – Anon
Importing Pictures Support from Mrs. Jacobs
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Interviewing Classmates Reflection
I am so proud of you boys and girls. Keep up the great work! 
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