An exciting trip to Fire Station 8 with my Kindergarten class culminates a fire prevention thematic unit.

Grade K - Mesita Fire Station Fun

These bilingual kindergarten children recite and sing good wishes to their madres.

Grade K - Mi Mama

Bilingual students perform various short skits in English.  Masks were made by each student to represent the character or animal portrayed.

Grade 1 - Moving into English

Three 2nd grade students read their favorite Mothers Day poems.

Grade 2 - Tippin Mothers Day

Four 3rd grade students recite and sing the various times table and number combinations.

Grade 3 - Tippin Times Table

This humorous play by John Jacobson is about elderly people who are reminiscing their past Christmases.  They sing songs to remind them about the true meaning of Christmas.

Grade 4 - A December to Remember

The 73-piece orchestra performs their Spring Concert under the direction of Richard Garven.  Featured selections are Over the Rainbow, Phantom of the Opera, Star Wars Theme, and Las Mananitas.  A campus slide show can be viewed while listening.

Grade 4-5 - Kohlberg Orchestra Concert

The book Cloudy With A Chance for Meatballs is a culmination to a story read in class.   The play was written and performed by students in the Cooley 5th grade GT class as they interviewed a character from the book. The interviews take different perspectives (normal, fantasy and crazy) of what happened in the story.

Grade 5 - Cooley Library Drama

This video segment demonstrates two students presenting their Social Studies Historical Figure Project at Fannin Elementary.

Grade 5 - Fannin History Projects

Grade 5C students at Polk Elementary created a memory book from several locations around the school.  Most have been at Polk since kindergarten and want to share their memories with you.

Grade 5 - My Memory Book

Elementary Story Telling illustrates how video and audio tools are used to tell a digital story.

The newscast was written by 5th grade Connections students illustrating how a bill is passed.  PowerPoint presentations and choreography were created, directed, and written by the class.  Students recorded the newscast using the Sony DVcam camcorder, and edited using Microsoft Movie Maker.

Grade 5 - Polk School Live

The first part of this lesson is a review of the prefixes meaning NOT.  The second part of this lesson is teaching the meanings of the prefixes RE, PRE, and BI.

Grade 5 - Teaching Prefixes

Listen to the hilarious story of The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl read aloud.  Illustrations by Quentin Blake.

Grade 5 - The Enormous Crocodile

A 5th grade student at Kohlberg Elementary reads her award-winning essay about the plight of Chinese immigrants working on the transcontinental railroad.  The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution awarded Megan Harris this honor with the help of her teacher.

Grade 5 - Transcontinental Railroad

Enjoy a collection of art portfolios created by high school students.

Grade 11 - A Window to Art

Color

Four Coronado High School students showcase art they created for their portfolios.

Grade 12 - A Palette of Color

As one of Texas' premier public secondary schools, this video explores some of the unique challenges that face Franklin High School in El Paso, Texas.  The video was a contest entry for Barack Obama's First Annual Commencement Challenge due to the school's academic successes.

Grade 12 - Franklin High School

Parents of children at Polk Elementary present their views on the Dual Language program.

Dual Language Program

Several low and no cost ways exist for conserving water.  Help save the environment while you save money.

Ecology On a Budget

Does the US-Mexico border fence: bar access, mark property, convey ideas, or politicize? You decide.

Fenced In? Walled Out?

Elementary Storytelling

The phases of the moon are described with interesting facts plus a basic lunar diagram.

Moon Cycle

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