handprint calendars
Do you fellow teachers need an idea to create for gifts? These handprint calendars are awesome!!!
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
TERRIFIC TEACHER TUESDAY Thank You's!
Mason & Family from Miss Ward's Kindergarten class presented me with a bag of dark chocolate Raisinets and a gift card to Target. Dark chocolate Raisinets are one of my favorite types of candy! And well, who doesn't love Target?!?
Michal from 5th grade gave me a bag of dark chocolate Raisinets (YEA! More!!) and a Runner's World magazine. Awesomeness!
You guys make me smile big big... thanks for making my day special!
2nd 9 weeks upon us
And so begins the 2nd 9 weeks of school.. already?!? Wow, that flew by!
This round of specials will extend all the way until October 30th, due to early release for conferences next Mon., Tues., Wed.
Let's flip it and start with 6th grade:
6th: My 1st 9 weeks connections class moved on to different and new things. Congrats to 3 of my students for making over a 100% on their 9 weeks final grade in technology! They have received a voucher good for one chicken biscuit and drink next Friday for Chick Fil A biscuit day.
I have been given a great group of students with which to trudge through the ever expanding world of technology this 9 weeks. We have started with blogging on Kidblog. We are also hoping to explore Edmodo this 9 weeks. Permission forms went home yesterday.
5th: We are continuing with blog posts, changing avatars, posting pictures in our blog, etc. This will continue through until Oct. 29th, when we will move on photo editing with Picasa. 6th graders will also learn to use Picasa at this time.
4th: We are continuing, again, with blogs, with changing our avatars, adding photos to post, and the importance of Netiquette. We will also move on to explain the important of utilizing correct spelling and grammar in blog posts.
3rd: Third grade is doing a tiny bit of Internet Research this round and next round of specials, just to get our feet wet in going to a search engine and finding a reliable web site. The topic is U.S. Government and reflects what they have been learning in class. We work for half of the period, and then explore educational activities for the second half.
2nd: Second grade has been practicing their math skills in the wonderful world of FunBrain Math. So much more fun than flashcards and worksheets! I wish this had been around when I was their age!
1st: First grade gets to explore their science specials time and concept mapping, and then move on to Michael Michael Go Recycle. It is amazing how this game has spanned the grade levels!
K: Kindergarten starts out with a game testing their number sequence knowledge as well as mouse abilities on one of my favorite websites: funschool.kaboose.com. This game is called "Stacker" and is one of a handful of awesome games for the younger students.
ON ANOTHER NOTE:
We are in the process of receiving awesome, brand new headphones for the lab, courtesy of donors through donorschoose.org!!! I am so so excited that the headphones will be reliable and I hope much better than these that I purchased at the beginning of the year as a temporary measure. The headphones I have that are still in good condition will go to various teachers throughout the school who need headphones for their classrooms.
That's all I have for now! Thanks for reading and as always, for supporting Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy!!!
This round of specials will extend all the way until October 30th, due to early release for conferences next Mon., Tues., Wed.
Let's flip it and start with 6th grade:
6th: My 1st 9 weeks connections class moved on to different and new things. Congrats to 3 of my students for making over a 100% on their 9 weeks final grade in technology! They have received a voucher good for one chicken biscuit and drink next Friday for Chick Fil A biscuit day.
I have been given a great group of students with which to trudge through the ever expanding world of technology this 9 weeks. We have started with blogging on Kidblog. We are also hoping to explore Edmodo this 9 weeks. Permission forms went home yesterday.
5th: We are continuing with blog posts, changing avatars, posting pictures in our blog, etc. This will continue through until Oct. 29th, when we will move on photo editing with Picasa. 6th graders will also learn to use Picasa at this time.
4th: We are continuing, again, with blogs, with changing our avatars, adding photos to post, and the importance of Netiquette. We will also move on to explain the important of utilizing correct spelling and grammar in blog posts.
3rd: Third grade is doing a tiny bit of Internet Research this round and next round of specials, just to get our feet wet in going to a search engine and finding a reliable web site. The topic is U.S. Government and reflects what they have been learning in class. We work for half of the period, and then explore educational activities for the second half.
2nd: Second grade has been practicing their math skills in the wonderful world of FunBrain Math. So much more fun than flashcards and worksheets! I wish this had been around when I was their age!
1st: First grade gets to explore their science specials time and concept mapping, and then move on to Michael Michael Go Recycle. It is amazing how this game has spanned the grade levels!
K: Kindergarten starts out with a game testing their number sequence knowledge as well as mouse abilities on one of my favorite websites: funschool.kaboose.com. This game is called "Stacker" and is one of a handful of awesome games for the younger students.
ON ANOTHER NOTE:
We are in the process of receiving awesome, brand new headphones for the lab, courtesy of donors through donorschoose.org!!! I am so so excited that the headphones will be reliable and I hope much better than these that I purchased at the beginning of the year as a temporary measure. The headphones I have that are still in good condition will go to various teachers throughout the school who need headphones for their classrooms.
That's all I have for now! Thanks for reading and as always, for supporting Kennesaw Charter Science and Math Academy!!!
Monday, October 15, 2012
Volunteers! Important! Morning Car Pool!
Please read the note below from Principal Frey concerning morning car pool:
Could you please put the word out that we need
another volunteer at the first left turn entrance. Our volunteer was
not out there this morning (it’s the first time he’s missed). Parents
were pulling into both lanes, holding up traffic, then merging into
cars who’ve been following carpool procedures.
Things have been running very smoothly until this
morning. So I guess it really will take a person standing there to
ensure that people do the right thing.
What a shame.
Will you put the word out on “volunteer
opportunities” for an adult or two to help with this each morning, to
make sure parents who insist on parking in the this area to walk their
child in, know they are there to stay until carpool is over. No one
exits that area until carpool ends. It is dangerous it’s not fair to
other parents, and I cannot believe we are still struggling with this
rule.
Thank you
Mrs. Frey
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Tux Paint Spotlight
Very impressive and I had to share!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER! technology time
Kindergarten: This week, our kindergarten students have their own "K" folder on the desktop. We are logging into the computer and then double clicking this folder to get to many fun activities.
First Grade: The first grade students are experiencing some fun brain puzzles on knowledge adventure's website. Here are links to three of them:
Monkey Banana, Tower Blocks, and Memory. Another one that a student discovered is Count the Cubes, which is awesome for spatial sense.
Second Grade: I decided that the third grade lesson from last week was so successful, I wanted to try it with second grade. We are creating a brainstorm map on bubbl.us on everything they have learned so far in Science Specials class, and then once recycling is discussed, we move on to playing Michael Michael Go Recycle. They LOVE this game, and I hope the idea of picking up litter (and of course not being a litterbug in the first place) is wearing off!
Third Grade: This week I decided to give the third grade students some experience with Microsoft Word, specifically font style, color, and sizes, by typing words from their current social studies and science units. I am also encouraging them to practice typing with more than 1 or 2 fingers... no hunt and peck! :)
Fourth Grade: We are moving on to commenting on blogs, and discussing "netiquette" and the proper way to comment. We are also discussing not putting personal information on the Internet and why that is important. Most fourth grade students have really enjoyed blogging and have taken it to the next level with many blog posts at home.
Fifth grade: We are FINALLY finishing up with presenting our Power Point presentations, and we will be moving on to blogging.
Sixth Grade: We are finishing up with a week on blogging, and will be moving on to photo editing next week followed by inserting those photos into Windows Movie Maker.
First Grade: The first grade students are experiencing some fun brain puzzles on knowledge adventure's website. Here are links to three of them:
Monkey Banana, Tower Blocks, and Memory. Another one that a student discovered is Count the Cubes, which is awesome for spatial sense.
Second Grade: I decided that the third grade lesson from last week was so successful, I wanted to try it with second grade. We are creating a brainstorm map on bubbl.us on everything they have learned so far in Science Specials class, and then once recycling is discussed, we move on to playing Michael Michael Go Recycle. They LOVE this game, and I hope the idea of picking up litter (and of course not being a litterbug in the first place) is wearing off!
Third Grade: This week I decided to give the third grade students some experience with Microsoft Word, specifically font style, color, and sizes, by typing words from their current social studies and science units. I am also encouraging them to practice typing with more than 1 or 2 fingers... no hunt and peck! :)
Fourth Grade: We are moving on to commenting on blogs, and discussing "netiquette" and the proper way to comment. We are also discussing not putting personal information on the Internet and why that is important. Most fourth grade students have really enjoyed blogging and have taken it to the next level with many blog posts at home.
Fifth grade: We are FINALLY finishing up with presenting our Power Point presentations, and we will be moving on to blogging.
Sixth Grade: We are finishing up with a week on blogging, and will be moving on to photo editing next week followed by inserting those photos into Windows Movie Maker.
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