January was a busy month as we jumped back into school after the new year. Our kindergarteners started off spending some time working on sight words. First, they practiced identifying words by listening to a recording and matching it with the correct word. The next week it was their turn to read the words and circle any words they did not know. We have been working on reading and writing color words recently. We worked on six colors to begin with and will continue learning more about colors during February.
Ms. Tetens's first-grade class got a head start on one of their Open House projects. After reading the book Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner. The students used the app Tayasui Sketches School to draw what they thought their snowman would do at night. Later, the students their descriptions in Seesaw. QR codes were displayed in the hallway during Open House for the parents to use to listen to their student's story.
Our second graders created a brand new project. The classroom teachers read the book The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald and worked with the students to write about what each student thought the best part of them was and wrote a paragraph about it. The students then worked in pairs to help each other take pictures. The students learned how to crop their photos and apply filters to turn their photo black and white. These photos were imported into Seesaw where the students were able to record their voices reading their paragraphs.
Finally, our third graders had just completed a book report where they created cereal boxes for their book. After completing the book report, the students created commercials to sell their cereal. The students came into the tech office to film their commercial in front of the green screen. The students were then given instructions on how to find their background image. Once all the students had completed the initial filming and finding their backgrounds, they learned how to combine the two using iMovie. Their final videos were then uploaded in Seesaw to share with the families.
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A few of our classes has some time to create some Thanksgiving projects. Both first grade classes listened to the story, Balloons Over Broadway about how the balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade came to be. They used a new app, Tayasui Sketches School, to draw their own balloon. The students then uploaded their drawings to Seesaw where they could record why their balloon should be in the parade.
The third graders created acrostic poems using PicCollage EDU. They searched for images to spell out the word Thankful and then completed their poems. The students were also able to choose a background and images to complete their project.
I hope that everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving. We all have so much to be thankful for.
All of our kindergarten through third grade students are 1:1 with iPads. The iPads are updated to iOS 16.7 with the latest security update. We were able to get them all passed out and the students logged into Seesaw before i-Ready testing began.
Our kindergarten through third grade students have begun their first i-Ready diagnostic test for the year. Since our first, second, and third grade teachers and students are familiar with using Seesaw and XtraMath they have already begun using these tools in class and many have been encouraged to use them at home. Our kindergartners have learned how to log into Seesaw and took a selfie. Over the next few weeks, we will explore more of the tools. If you ever have any questions, please reach out to me at [email protected]. |
AuthorMs. Sowa is the technology coach for Pre-School through Third Grade Archives
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