Vocabulary and Spelling City: Lovin’ It One Year Later!

It’s been a year since I began using SpellingCity. I have to say that my students and I really enjoy using it. Not only that, but SpellingCity keeps finding new ways to keep my students engaged with added features, all beneficial to the classroom.

These are the features I loved a year ago, and thankfully, still exist today:READ MORE…

I’m a Poet, And I Know It! Celebrating National Poetry Month!

I love National Poetry Month! I used to write poetry, maybe I will again some day.  But in the meantime, I like to give my kids a chance to grow to love writing poetry as much as I do.

There was a time, pre-standardized testing, when we would gather up all our original poetry, pair it with two really funny pieces of poetry, and have Poetry Day. We would invite the parents, and each child would share  one of their poems. We would read the two poems we chose as a group, one in the beginning, one at the end. Afterwards, we would have snacks and juice, provided by the parents. Aaaah, good times. READ MORE…

 

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GoAnimate4Schools GIVEAWAY!!!!!! Animated Digital Storytelling!

How would you like to be the lucky winner of a one year subscription to GoAnimate for Schools?
If you are not sure what GoAnimate is, and/or what it can do, check out the video created by one of my students!

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Math WorkSheets Land:A Different Kind of Worksheet!

This morning I noticed I was being followed, (on Twitter), by Julia Leonard of MathWorksheetsLand.

I cringed. I am not a fan of worksheets. I especially detest Math worksheets with 20 or more problems written in nice, neat descending rows, daring you to complete them all. Of course, if you know what you are doing, piece of cake. If you don’t, it’s a jumble of meaningless numbers. My motto is, if you can’t do one, you can’t do 20!READ MORE…

You Catch More Flies with Honey! Lesson ReLearned!

 

It’s funny because I wrote this post in March 2012, and ended the title with the words, “lesson learned”.

I guess I forgot the lesson for a bit. READ MORE…

Padlet(Wallwisher) – Innovative Collaboration!

Happened to visit Padlet today, then saw it mentioned on the blog, Technology Tailgate. So, that was a sign to me that I should write a post about it.  READ MORE…

Paper,Pencil,Crayons, Learning, and Fun Projects Without a Computer!

Cause and Effect Game board

This was not my idea.

It was one of the ideas suggested for the “Green” group in the Harcourt Storytown series. I think it is a marvelous way to extend thinking! I gave it as a home assignment, but I also gave them a chance to work on it at home.READ MORE…

 

The “Charlie Brown” Syndrome:Cure with Video Supplements!

 

 

In “Charlie Brown” cartoons, the teacher was non-existent. All you heard was “Wah, wah,wah.  I believe that’s what our students hear at times. Sometimes you just need to hear it from someone else. Sometimes you just have to see it. I have three  sources I use as my go-to’s.READ MORE…

Mystery Skype!:Connecting Our Classrooms One Skype at a Time!

 

My students and I had our first Mystery Skype with Ms.Young’s, (@flourishingkids), class from the state of ____________________. I can’t tell you, that’s the mystery.

The Mystery Skype project is when each class tries to determine where the other class is located. The benefits of this activity are endless, global connections, geography, integrating tech, communicating effectively, the list is endless!READ MORE…

I Symbaloo, Do You?

I always heard people talk about it, but I never really bothered to check it out.

Our presenter at a tech workshop, John Kuglin, introduced it to me, and I LOVE it!

Here’s one I started. Still have a lot more sites to add to it!READ MORE.

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