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Lego Mania!

My students need one digital camera, one set of Lego Duplo Zoo animals, and a set of Lego letters to create an animated information movie.

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I teach 2nd grade in a very small inner city school in California, where 91% of the students participate in the free lunch program and 48% are English as a Second Language learners. Since the school is small, so is the budget that the school gets. It has been a challenge to introduce digital technology to my class because of our limited resources. Our school shares one digital camera with 300 students. Students use a digital camera, storyboard, Lego letters and Lego zoo animals to develop their own Lego animal animation short story based on one nonfiction story they have read. First the students are grouped into 4 students. Next the students will read various nonfiction (in this case animals) stories. Then they will determine which short nonfiction story they would like to retell by using their Lego animals. Next they will use a Storyboard to map out the contents and direction of the project. Using the storyboard to show what will happen on each page of the story. After the students are done with the storyboard, it's followed with discussions within the group and the other groups for any suggestions they may have to improve their story. Then they will work with the teacher for her suggestions. Next each group decides what background(s) they would draw for their Lego animals. They use the digital camera to take pictures of their Lego animals using stop motions in retelling their short animal story. Using a software called “Frames 4” they will develop their informative animation short story. Here the children will add title and text if needed. Also, add voice over and music to their animation movie. The teacher and the students use the Animation and Technology Rubrics to score their project and the other groups projects. They save their project on Quick Time as a movie. They also make a hardcopy of their project as a keepsake. At the End of the Year's "Open House" they will present their "Lego Animal Animation" to their peers and to their parents. I hope to close the achievement gap, raise self-esteem and teach media technology to all my students. I truly believe even the most reluctant reader and writer would get excited about creating something they can call their own. This project would build their confidence as writers, improve their reading fluency and read in a manner approximating natural speech. We need one camera, one set of Lego Duplo Zoo animals and 1 set of Lego Letters. Please consider donating money for a Lego Letters set, one Lego Duplo Zoo animals and one digital camera. Your donation would make it possible for the students to find more ownership of this project because they created it. I can assure you that the investment you make, all the students in my class will be active participants in using this technology to develop their oral language and reading skills.

Mrs. Lee Elysian Heights Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO DUPLO ZOO ANIMALS • ABC School Supply, Inc. $99.95 1 $99.95
PANASONIC COMPANY 005 DMC-FS7S E1 9312433 • Best Buy $159.99 1 $159.99
LEGO LETTERS SET • ABC School Supply, Inc. $69.99 1 $69.99

Materials cost

$329.93

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.99

Sales tax

 $23.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$400.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.98

Total project goal

$488.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $488.78

2 Donors

-$488.78

Donations toward project cost

-$400.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.98

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