I know it is the end of the school year when I'm posting the videos created by my third grade students about European explorers. The first year I facilitated this project, students created their movies utilizing clay animation. Last year, the students exercised their 'acting chops'. This year, students created puppet shows. Puppets and sets were painted in art with Mrs. Rowe while planning the storyboard, filming the puppet show, and editing the movies in iMovie took place in the computer lab. Script writing took place in the individual classrooms.
The puppet shows were really adorable but filming presented some interesting challenges. Learning how to keep hands and heads out of the frames along with figuring out how to position the puppets so that they were always facing forward was hard. I think making larger puppets might help solve some of these issues. I'll also have to figure out a different way to make the sets so that the puppets are closer to the scenes and a bit more sturdy. The tri-folds boards weren't as stable as I had hoped.
Mrs. Hensler's Class
Hernan Cortes by Carson, Jay, and Shaherzad
Lewis & Clark by Kirsten, Samuel, and Ella
Marco Polo by Brenna, Shannon, Lucas
Leif Erikson by Ava, Alexander, and Zachary
Ferdinand Magellan by Hailey, Lily, Luke
Mr. Wolfrath's Class
Vasco da Gama by Anthony, Russ, and Channing
Hernan Cortes by Sebastian, Aidan, and Mac
Francisco Pizarro by Connor, Nico, and Ryker
Christopher Columbus by Lauren, Sofia, Dylan, and Abby
Lief Erikson by Clara, Julia, Olivia, and Zaynab
Ms. LaDuke's Class
Francisco Pizarro by Louise, Ivy, and Abby
Juan Ponce de Leon by Nkechi, Ella, and Maggie
Christopher Columbus by Jett, Leddon, and Zach
Marco Polo by Faith, Leah, and Julia B.
Ferdinand Magellan by Sarah, Jonah, Haydn
