Teach Your Monster to Read is a free online game that will teach us the first stages of reading. Make sure you have your username and password, you'll need them to login!
PK_2.CT.2 Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
PK_2.TC.6 Technology Operations and Concepts
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
1st Grade Teach Your Monster to Read
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
2nd Grade Arcamdemic Skill Builders
It's time to challenge our classmates to some mulitplayer games on ArcademicSkillBuilders.com. Today's topics include: money, time, and addition.
3rd Grade Parts of a Computer
Your goal: Use technology and work with everyone in your group and create the basic parts of a computer (monitor, CPU, mouse or touchpad, & keyboard). Additional computer parts are optional.
Your tools for the task: Kerpoof's Super Doodle, ABCya Paint, black and white printer, color printer, crayons, pencils, tape, glue sticks, and scissors.
Your grade: Grade your team on the four point scale when your project is done.
Your tools for the task: Kerpoof's Super Doodle, ABCya Paint, black and white printer, color printer, crayons, pencils, tape, glue sticks, and scissors.
Your grade: Grade your team on the four point scale when your project is done.
Monday, February 24, 2014
4th Grade TypingClub.com
We've practiced keyboarding before with Dance Mat Typing. Today, we will use another free keyboarding site, TypingClub.com. We will focus on the "home row" keys today.
Kindergarten and the Keyboard
We are going to become familiar with the keyboard. First, visit the Keyboard Zoo to locate all the letters on the keyboard using only one index finger. Next, go to Key Seeker to use both your left and right index fingers.
Country Facts
Use the sites below to research for about the country assigned to you for March is Reading Month.
- www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world (all grades)
- www.countryreports.org/maps/World.htm (all grades)
- www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ (4th-5th grades)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
1st Grade Rhyming Words
1. Go to BBC's The Little Animals Activity Center and click on Digby Mole's Word Games. We are going to play End Sounds first and Rhymes second.
2. Meet the Gang at Orson's Farm, part of Professor Garfield's Transport to Reading.
3. Help Reggie find the Rhyme at Rhyming with Reggie the Rhino.
4. Choose your own rhyming game from SesameStreet.org.
PK_2.TC.6 Technology Operations and Concepts
PK_2.TC.7 Technology Operations and Concepts
2. Meet the Gang at Orson's Farm, part of Professor Garfield's Transport to Reading.
3. Help Reggie find the Rhyme at Rhyming with Reggie the Rhino.
4. Choose your own rhyming game from SesameStreet.org.
PK_2.TC.6 Technology Operations and Concepts
PK_2.TC.7 Technology Operations and Concepts
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
History of Portable Music
Many of us have iPods. What came before the iPod? What did your parents listen to music on? What did your grandparents listen to music on? Let's compare the portable music technology of the past to the present. How has technology changed the way that we find music and listen to music?
3_5.TC.2 Technology Operations and Concepts (describe ways technology has changed life at school and at home)
3_5.TC.2 Technology Operations and Concepts (describe ways technology has changed life at school and at home)
Labels:
2nd,
history,
music,
technology,
technology operations and concepts
Monday, February 17, 2014
Winter Olympics - Persuasive Fylers
Today we will choose an Olympic sport to research and then create a flyer trying to convince your audience why they should watch an event from your sport and support your opinion with facts and details.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1 (Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information)
3_5.RI.2 Research and Information Fluency (use digital tools to find, organize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information)
Labels:
3rd,
4th,
literacy,
olympics,
research and information fluency
Monday, February 10, 2014
2nd Grade BBC Bitesize Literacy
Can we use technology for entertainment and learning? Are you able to navigate your web browser to select the different activities? We are going to visit BBC Bitsize's Literacy activities today.
PK_2.TC.7 Technology Operations and Concepts (demonstrate the ability to navigate in virtual environments)
PK_2.TC.7 Technology Operations and Concepts (demonstrate the ability to navigate in virtual environments)
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Google Maps Art Project - Learning from Afar With Digital Tools
How can digital tools help us learn about a place we cannot visit? There are different digital tools. Whcih tools help you learn the most about the art museum we visited today?
More Facts about Georges Seurat:
- Art Library for Kids - Seurat
- Ducksters.com - Seurat Biography
3_5.RI.2 Research and Information Fluency (use digital tools to find, organize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information)
- How do I use Google Street View?
- How did Google capture the photos?
- How are the photos turned into Street View?
More Facts about Georges Seurat:
- Art Library for Kids - Seurat
- Ducksters.com - Seurat Biography
3_5.RI.2 Research and Information Fluency (use digital tools to find, organize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information)
Labels:
3rd,
4th,
art,
google maps,
research and information fluency,
venn diagram
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Cooking with Caillou
Online Dictionaries and Spelling Activities
Today, we will work with partners and use an online dictionary to find the correct spelling of words. Take turns using the Word Central dictionary to research words, then your partner can enter the words in your two spelling games (Big IQ Kids Spelling Bee & Must Pop Words)
3_5.RI.2 Research and Information Fluency (use digital tools to find, organize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information)
3_5.RI.2 Research and Information Fluency (use digital tools to find, organize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information)
Sunday, February 2, 2014
5th Grade Google Apps for Education
Today we roll out our student Google Apps accounts. We will accomplish the following today:
- Verify our accounts
- Learn some features of Google Apps
- Create a new Google Doc (Inspired by Scholastic Story Starters)
- Compare & contrast Google Drive to our school server