TAOTS Class of '27 Productions Presents...

1. OUR GOAL: A Creative MOVIE looking back at the Year in 5th Grade - a Time Capsule of the Year - Showing growth, reflecting on TAOTS over the years - Ending with a fun movie that celebrates graduation!

1.1. **7 Monthly Productions** to Document the Year at TAOTS Oct-April

1.1.1. News broadcast: events at TAOTS, holidays; hosts of the News Shows "TAOTS News", On the scene reporters. Interviews

1.1.1.1. inquiry projects

1.1.1.2. enrichment clusters

1.1.1.3. concerts

1.1.1.4. what students are talking about

1.1.1.4.1. clusters are coming up...

1.1.1.4.2. stuffies

1.1.1.4.3. social club

1.1.1.4.4. lunch stories

1.1.1.4.5. cooking show

1.1.2. Interviews

1.1.2.1. Mr. Andrew

1.1.2.2. Ms. Tisdale on being principal "Tisdale Takeover"

1.1.3. October

1.1.3.1. Themes: Haunted movie; Fantasy...

1.1.3.2. Events:

1.1.3.2.1. Spelling Bee

1.1.3.2.2. Halloween

1.1.3.2.3. Literacy Lap

1.1.3.3. Curriulum:

1.1.3.3.1. Fantasy Stories in ELA

1.1.3.4. **Poem:** The Poem that will not end.

1.1.3.5. HMH Module 2: Many ways to tell story

1.1.3.6. What students are talking about:

1.1.3.7. News:

1.1.4. November

1.1.4.1. Balloons over Broadway: Creating their own balloons...

1.1.5. December

1.1.5.1. Door Decorating Contest -- Dubin hosts a song from the concert. Heroes of holiday season: Santa, Elves... Gifts

1.1.5.2. Snow, Gingerbread, Winter wonderland...

1.1.5.3. Dubin song recording for the concert

1.1.6. January

1.1.7. February

1.1.8. March

1.1.9. April

1.1.9.1. Interview Ms. Belfon

1.1.9.1.1. because with since K

1.1.9.1.2. talk about her memories form k-5

1.1.10. May-June: Whole Class Grad Video Productions

1.1.11. EXAMPLES: Music Videos, News & Events, Interviews, Showcase of Class Projects...

1.1.12. 239 Ideas:

1.1.12.1. Rainbow of memories through all of the seasons.

1.1.12.1.1. different small pictures that are frozen, then you see it come to life and someone tells of a memory...

1.1.12.1.2. Memory skit: 1st recess, slid across the turf...

1.1.12.2. Photos of friends, talent shows, trips, interviews in groups and solos...

1.1.12.3. Whatever month you like, or throughout the year...

1.1.12.4. Door Decoration Video

1.1.12.4.1. Show all the doors

1.1.12.4.2. Interview how they did it...

1.1.12.4.3. Student Gov grading the doors...

1.1.12.4.4. Process

1.1.12.5. Film the musical theater show (spring)

1.1.12.6. winter music concert

1.1.12.7. field trips

1.1.12.8. clusters

1.1.12.9. lunch clubs

1.1.12.9.1. art

1.1.12.9.2. science club

1.1.12.10. halloween

1.1.12.11. 5th grade marathon/Carnivale and Parade...

1.1.12.12. Leading up to graduation -- design the rooms and art sections and fun things to do...

1.1.12.13. Senior Trip -- what happens (TBD)

1.1.12.14. Pajama Day

1.1.12.15. Make a Document that collects

1.1.13. 235 ideas

1.1.13.1. Beginning of the year

1.1.13.1.1. New node

1.1.13.2. Marathon

1.1.13.3. Afterschools (running, coding, band, chess, STEAMS, Gov, Talent show, debate club... SOAP Box)

1.1.13.4. Curriculum Night

1.1.13.5. Things we are famous/known for...

1.1.13.5.1. BMWs

1.1.13.5.2. "I'll Wait", "You're wasting your time, not mine!"

1.1.13.5.3. Jokes and Quotes of the month

1.1.13.6. Service Project - Cleaning up the park in spring... (Bland)

1.1.13.7. Musical Theater -- making plays backstage

1.1.13.8. Winter Concert

1.1.13.9. Basketball afterschool and tournaments...

1.1.13.10. END OF YEAR: Mushroom House in a Mario Course

1.1.13.11. Whoever has a phone... can do a PSA about phones and AI

1.1.13.12. Explaining things you've learned thorugh the year -- SHOWING students wandering in the hallway...

1.1.13.13. Morning dance parties

1.1.13.14. Senior Trip...

1.1.13.15. OLD memories (i.e. 3rd grade) -- pretending to be their teachers from the past...

1.1.13.16. ESL students showing their progress and development

1.1.13.17. Original Song

1.1.13.18. Cafeteria: food is SO bad -- why can't the food...

1.1.13.19. Salon show

1.2. May-June Graduation Short Film

1.2.1. Rhys will take parts of everything we filmed and mix it together into a 10 minute movie.

1.3. Theme Logo Design

1.4. T-Shirt Designs!

1.5. Yearbook Designs!

1.5.1. Suggestion: Zine-style collage for each student that grows over the year

2. 7 Different Film Teams Per Class

2.1. TBD - how teams are formed. Should be less than 5 kids each time.

3. 7 Monthly Poetry Lines/Visuals

3.1. TBD with teachers/admin

3.1.1. Teachers can choose themes for each month. i.e. All about us...

3.1.1.1. Self portraits

3.1.1.2. Original Photos following different styles introduced by Rhys

3.1.1.3. Original Drawings

3.1.1.4. 1 line of poetry from each kid following a style/graphic organizer where needed.

3.2. **"list poetry"** -- all classes look at a line from a famous poem with a distinct style. We talk about **use of a poetry element and language,** and each student writes 1 line of poetry. **Those that want to share, record theirs, or share a visual.**

3.3. Each class contributes ** 'poetic' visuals** (photos, drawings, collage)

3.3.1. Rhys will provide models

4. Schedule each month

4.1. **Rhys and teachers email about poetry themes and school events** to cover each month.

4.1.1. inspired students record their lines

4.1.2. Teacher takes a photo of all of the papers on the floor/wall and sends to Rhys

4.1.3. inspired students can make visuals instead of text poetry

4.2. ZOOM 15 mins??? **Whole class do-now ** poetry line/image ... (Rhys could guest for this)

4.3. ZOOM 30 mins - **Rhys and each class' video team of the month** meet to prep. (1 time)

4.4. **Rhys visits ** to film 1-2x a month connected to an event/classroom feature/school feature, and to facilitate the poetry recording.

4.5. TBD **Enrichment Cluster with Rhys' help** - 5th Grade Films??? Plan and produce a film as part of the series? Follow the Document This!/TAOTSTube model?