Last week both grades spent a good amount of time practicing their craft and, in the videos below, you can clearly see that the Fourth and Third up our game with each successive episode of the show. Students become more confident in their abilities, and the behind the scenes crew works hard to make sure those are camera look flawless and smooth!

In our first broadcast, just below, students work on handing the baton back and forth with live, on-air switching between scenes, and simple speaking form. They also work to hit their marks polish their timing.

​Here we go!

Students didn’t have time to relax, though, and crews were rotated to ensure that every student got a chance at every piece of the puzzle. In the next video, each and every student has been moved to another job that they now have less time to prepare for. Students need to perfect their craft through preparing their routines, repeating what they may have seen before, and making things up on the fly to deal with new issues!

Here with go with day two!

But there was no time to waste, because the Third and Fourth Grades were going to do it all again the next day! All students were, once again, rotated in their roles and then snapped to it! Hosts developed the schedule and wrote their scripts! Researchers worked with hosts to come up with birthdays, historical events and other important facts! The breaking news crew roamed the school to see what had happened and what would happen! The weather crew worked to make predictions for the next day! And, last but not least, the interview crew gathered people from around the school to feature!

Let’s see how they did…

After our Thursday broadcast, we finally took a moment to catch our breath. But, we weren’t relaxing, because it was…

Students evaluated themselves on a scale of 1 – 4 (Needs Improvement, Approaching Standards, Meets Standards and Exceeds Standards) over several different categories (Content, Speech, Performance, etcetera).

In this way, students are able to reflect on their own abilities, as well as those of their peers, and work to improve and give critical advice to others.

Watch below, and be dazzled! 

Now, imagine how great their shows will be next week!

Monday – Wednesday are Olympic Spirit week! On Monday, students should dress in their favorite color from the Olympic rings! On Tuesday, students should dress as their favorite Olympic athlete! And finally, on Wednesday, students will dress in the style of the country their class is cheering for!

Student-led conferences will be held on Thursday, February 22nd. If you have not signed up already, please be sure to reserve a time for your students. Due to these conferences, there will be no school on Thursday!

And, Friday, February 23rd, will be an in-service day… no school again!