Third graders have been working hard on their power point presentations. They chose three of their favorite things to create a presentation about. They then added slides and text to the presentations, changed backgrounds, searched for pictures via Google Images, and inserted those pictures into their slideshows. Some students were able to move on to using transitions and animations.
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Fourth graders are finishing up with their longer Power Point presentations, and I have been busy each class period circulating to grade the presentations. The students have done an awesome job on these!
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Fifth grade classes completed a two to three week process of discussing and writing about what it means to do one's Personal Best. We are now adding our new band students to our Edmodo groups.
Next week: Begin researching podcasting in preparation for creating our own podcasts.
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Sixth graders have been hard at work researching their chosen topic. They have completed their writing, submitted it via Edmodo assignments, and have been searching for videos and pictures to include on their web page. Monday we begin assembling our Weebly site. Once complete, we will officially invite all in the blogosphere to check out the finished product!
Friday, March 1, 2013
Talking About Money, American Symbols, and Fractions
K-2
Kindergarten: The students are reinforcing their American Symbols lessons in class during technology specials this week.
Kindergarten: The students are reinforcing their American Symbols lessons in class during technology specials this week.
American symbols from Patty Blanchard
The students then head to computers to practice their knowledge on an awesome BrainPop Jr. game about American Symbols. They have the option to "Play Again" or "Learn More" and so many students are enjoying the videos after about George Washington and other historical figures.
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First Grade:
First grade math includes various aspects of counting money. I remember from my many days as a first grade teacher that this was a difficult skill to teach, and there never seemed to be enough time in the day to remediate those students that didn't understand the concept. ABCYA. COM is a great educational game site for kids, and I have been checking out the ones on counting money. So, the students are clicking on a desktop link at their computer that brings them to this site. This is a website I created to be able to have several links for students on a page, as well as videos, etc. The three game links that are on the page have various levels of money-counting tests. The favorite part of the class has been the groovy counting money tune in the video.
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Second Grade:
Second grade has a similar website link to navigate to. However, the second graders have to type in the web address to get to the link, and these games all have to do with fractions.
The web address has been shortened via Tinyurl.com to: http://www.tinyurl.com/ababv7b for easier typing. The students are typing in this web address and heading to games on fractions, the math skill that they are learning presently. Here is the fractions song that accompanies this lesson:
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Part 2 of this blog post = 3,4,5 and 6th grades
The students then head to computers to practice their knowledge on an awesome BrainPop Jr. game about American Symbols. They have the option to "Play Again" or "Learn More" and so many students are enjoying the videos after about George Washington and other historical figures.
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First Grade:
First grade math includes various aspects of counting money. I remember from my many days as a first grade teacher that this was a difficult skill to teach, and there never seemed to be enough time in the day to remediate those students that didn't understand the concept. ABCYA. COM is a great educational game site for kids, and I have been checking out the ones on counting money. So, the students are clicking on a desktop link at their computer that brings them to this site. This is a website I created to be able to have several links for students on a page, as well as videos, etc. The three game links that are on the page have various levels of money-counting tests. The favorite part of the class has been the groovy counting money tune in the video.
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Second Grade:
Second grade has a similar website link to navigate to. However, the second graders have to type in the web address to get to the link, and these games all have to do with fractions.
The web address has been shortened via Tinyurl.com to: http://www.tinyurl.com/ababv7b for easier typing. The students are typing in this web address and heading to games on fractions, the math skill that they are learning presently. Here is the fractions song that accompanies this lesson:
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Part 2 of this blog post = 3,4,5 and 6th grades
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