Learning.org Interactives Site

Learning.org is a wonderful site full of interactive games to support our curriculum.  Students love them and learn a lot from the various activities.  Check out this site. Pin It

WatchKnowLearn.org

One of my new favorite sites is WatchKnowLearn.org.  This site is a collection of different educational videos to support the curriculum.  I have used this site many times to gather sites to use as I flip my classroom.  Most videos can be embedded into a wiki, blog or other sites. Pin It

Scientific Method

This week we learned about the scientific method and did a short experiment to show each step. We put a gummy life saver in a cup of water. We made a hypothesis, conducted the experiment, recorded our observations and drew our conclusions.

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Qrafter Pro...QR Codes Anyone?

This year I made a goal of integrating QR codes more into my classroom. I found this wonderful QR app for my iPad called Qrafter Pro. Qrafter has a free version and a pay version. I download the paid version for $2.99. I love this app. I can make QR codes and print them. I can also read QR codes as well. I used this program to make my beginning of the year bulletin board. Each student has their own messages they can read using a QR reader.

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Open House Parent Gift

This year I decided to give the parents an apple. On the leaf I wrote:
An apple for the teacher...
It's really nothing new.
Except when you remember,
Parents are teachers too!

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Beginning of year treat bags

This year I had the time to make treat bags for the beginning of the year. I tried to use a technology theme to go with our eMINTs classroom. I put a Mounds bar for mounds of information found on the internet, Smarties for being a smartie about internet safety, a Whooper for our wiki has a whooper of information, Jolly Rancher for voicethreading is a jolly fun way to make books and Three Musketeers for being a three musketeer with cooperative learning.

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NetSmartzKids Videos

NetSmartzKids is a site that have wonderful internet safety videos for students. My students love the songs on the videos. I use these at the beginning of the year to teach internet safety to my students. Pin It

Multiple Intelligence Test

The Birmingham Grid for Learning Multiple Intelligence test is a wonderful tool I like to use at the beginning of the year. Each student takes the test.  The results are then shown in a circle graph.  I always find this test to be very insightful into the needs of each student.  Pin It