Animoto project for class

June 3, 2014

My Animoto project for class had to do with our school motto: C.A.R.E.S.  It’s a motto adapted from the Responsive Classroom model, as we are a Responsive school.  The “C” stands for Cooperation.  The “A” is for Advocacy.  The “R” stands for Respect.  The “E” is for Empathy.  The “S” stands for Self-Control.  CARES is a big deal in our school.  Each day, I move a stick or two from the whole class jar into the CARES Award jar and those students know they will be recognized over the announcements on Friday for showing cooperation, advocacy, respect, empathy, or self-control.  Even when they’ve known since Monday afternoon that they’re getting a CARES award, they are still sitting on the edges of their seats with baited breath when announcements come over the loud speaker on Friday morning.  After the announcements, the principal and school librarian come to each classroom with awards in hand and a camera.  Those students get their names announced in front of the class again and the principal states what aspect of CARES they’re being recognized for.  Afterword, those students go into the hall to get a group picture taken.  That picture gets posted on our CARES board in the hall and is up for several weeks with other pictures of past recipients.  It’s quite a victory for those students! So, I created my Animoto for my new second grade class to view the first or second day of school in the fall.  It shows a definition of each aspect and what each aspect “looks like”, student-wise.