Finally, it is cold outside! January’s challenge is to create a snowflake and a diamante poem. Diamante – pronounced dee-uh-MAHN-tay – is an unrhymed seven-line poem. The beginning and ending lines are the shortest, while the lines in the middle are longer, giving diamante poems a diamond shape. “Diamante” is the Italian word for diamond,… Read More Winter 2016 Challenge
Challenge: Sign UP with codecademy! Continue learning how to code with codecademy! Code and share your very own holiday card — Codeacademy will show you how! Send me the card when you have completed the task! Have Fun. Happy holidays and happy coding!
Many second grade students will be using Thinglink to share what they discovered during their nonfiction reading unit. Thinglink allows student work to come alive! Students will use images labeled for reuse as the background for their Thinglink and add interactive icons to reveal the nonfiction information learned. Once their Thinglink is complete, the experts,… Read More Nonfiction Thinglink
This photograph, taken by Lewis Hine, of Addie Card, age 12, inspired author Elizabeth Winthrop to write the book titled, Counting on Grace. Counting on Grace is about 12 year old Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a “doffers” on their mothers’ looms in the mill. Grace’s mother… Read More Every Picture Tells a Story
Inigma is a basic app that can make wonderful things happen. When you scan a QR code, you can link to a website, a video, a story, even a book recommendation without having to type in the URL! Using QR Codes, Mrs. Goldstein’s classes will convince us why we should read their favorite books! When you visit the… Read More QR CODE Book Recommendations
Day One: Just like a community has rules and laws so does the digital world. Using the internet is a privilege. It is important that you learn how to live in the digital world of internet websites, copy-righted images, and virtual friends. Log onto Brain Pop and watch the video titled “Digital Etiquette.” username: woschaefer password:brianpop Choose one video from… Read More Online Citizenship
For Students: The internet provides great educational and entertainment opportunities for students. It is important that students know how to stay safe. SID is a superhero who protects children on the internet! He likes to fly around and teach children how to stay safe. He also loves to sing… watch the video below and then… Read More Digital Citizenship
In order to get the word out about a product, there are millions of informational television, radio, magazine and newspaper messages! We learn about the many goods and services because of their messages! The books at the Library are the goods and allowing students to borrow the book is a service. There are approximately 28,000… Read More Book Care