Watch this video:
Free Technology for Teachers: Mathmaticious - Fun Math Video
What have you learned in math this year? What have you enjoyed the most? What do you think you need more work on? What math projects did you enjoy? What did you learn from them?
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Inventors Hall of Fame
New PBL Activity:
The director of SciWorks has asked you as a curator to help with a project. The Winston-Salem Convention Bureau has announced the Inventors Guild will be holding their annual meeting in the city this year. The Bureau would like to set up a display celebrating 20th century inventions and inventors. The Bureau has contracted with SciWorks to create the display.
The director of SciWorks has asked you as a curator to help with a project. The Winston-Salem Convention Bureau has announced the Inventors Guild will be holding their annual meeting in the city this year. The Bureau would like to set up a display celebrating 20th century inventions and inventors. The Bureau has contracted with SciWorks to create the display.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Skype Conversation
We just had our first Skype conversation with the class in Georgia. They could see and hear us fine, and although we could see them, we couldn't hear them . . . ugh! We still enjoyed our visit and saw some interesting books that we want to read! They were nice enough to tell us the authors of some of the book when we asked!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
New PBL Activity!
The Aquarium:
Your class will be getting a 30 gallon aquarium. The class will have $25.00 to spend on fish. You will plan which fish to buy. Use the Choosing Fish for Your Aquarium brochure to help you select the fish. The brochure tells you things you must know about the size of the fish, how much they cost, and their special needs. Choose as many different fish as you can. Write a letter explaining the fish you chose.
Your class will be getting a 30 gallon aquarium. The class will have $25.00 to spend on fish. You will plan which fish to buy. Use the Choosing Fish for Your Aquarium brochure to help you select the fish. The brochure tells you things you must know about the size of the fish, how much they cost, and their special needs. Choose as many different fish as you can. Write a letter explaining the fish you chose.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Giant Book Covers
Sunday, May 3, 2009
From the Mixed-Up Files . . . .
Use this area to write summaries, answer questions, and do activities from the novel study page Share your great ideas and read the great ideas of others to get more inspired!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
First Video Call
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Identifying Similarities and Differences
Grids and Proportion
We have been doing various activities dealing with proportion. Tell me about what we have done and what you have learned.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Replay by Sharon Creech
The 3rd grade girls are reading Replay by Sharon Creech. They can use this area to post their predictions and summaries as comments.
Tangerine
The 4th grade girls are going to read Tangerine by Edward Bloor. My students in the past have really enjoyed this book. Post comments to this post making predictions and writing summaries about what you have read.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Math Game!!!
Here is a math game site to build your math fluency, help you meet goals, and just have fun!
Don't forget your UserID and passwords for this site!
http://www.firstinmath.com/
Don't forget your UserID and passwords for this site!
http://www.firstinmath.com/
Monday, April 6, 2009
VoiceThread on WriteOn Project
http://voicethread.com/share/421609/
Please go to this voicethread and leave comments about working on this project.
Please go to this voicethread and leave comments about working on this project.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Collaborative Story
The story we started on the wiki was brought to a close today! Everybody did such a good job! Here is the link to that story:
http://writeonwsfcs.pbwiki.com/The-Story
http://writeonwsfcs.pbwiki.com/The-Story
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
New Book!!! New Book!!
We are starting to read Tall Tails: Wingin' It with the Wright Brothers by Dona Smith. Students are completing various activities before, during, and after reading. Some of the activites they are doing are ones they thought of while others come from a list of 10 activities to do with novels. The activities students are choosing from is listed under the first comment.
Students, you can share your thoughts and ideas about the book here for us all to see! :)
Students, you can share your thoughts and ideas about the book here for us all to see! :)
Monday, March 23, 2009
Questions for Authors . . .
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Author Presentation Challenge
Several years ago, I created a PowerPoint presentation about an author. I enjoy reading books by this author, so I did some research and found out more information about her.
I challenge you to choose an author and create a presentation about him or her. Think about all the books we have read and all the technology tools we have learned about. See if you can combine any of those things to create something wonderful!
If you accept this challenge, I will too!
I challenge you to choose an author and create a presentation about him or her. Think about all the books we have read and all the technology tools we have learned about. See if you can combine any of those things to create something wonderful!
If you accept this challenge, I will too!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Identify Similarities and Differences
- Do you need to read a fictional story in a different way than you read a piece of nonfiction?
- What is the author’s goal when writing a fictional story?
- What is a reader’s goal when reading a fictional story?
- What is the author’s goal when writing a piece of nonfiction?
- What is the reader’s goal when reading a piece of nonfiction?
- Why do you think this?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Retelling Because of Winn-Dixie
Students used watercolors to create pictures to represent scenes from certain chapter. We scanned and uploaded those to voicethread for the students to add narration.
http://voicethread.com/#q.b401461.i0.k0
My students saw a box of math manipulatives under the bookcase. They decided to use those wooden shapes to create characters and objects from the story Because of Winn-Dixie. They used these things to retell portions of the story. We are at a magnet school for the visual and performing arts, so I guess this project qualifies :) Their retellings were filmed with a Flip Video camera.
http://voicethread.com/#q.b401461.i0.k0
My students saw a box of math manipulatives under the bookcase. They decided to use those wooden shapes to create characters and objects from the story Because of Winn-Dixie. They used these things to retell portions of the story. We are at a magnet school for the visual and performing arts, so I guess this project qualifies :) Their retellings were filmed with a Flip Video camera.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Author: Sharon Creech
As a class, we have have chosen the author Sharon Creech to focus on right now. I have several of her books in my class library for you to check out to read. When you read one, please post a summary of that book (make sure you mention the title of the book you read). You can also write about why you think she wrote certain stories or how you think she got the ideas for what she wrote. You can read things about her and find lists of the books that she has written at her website: http://www.sharoncreech.com/
Have fun reading this great author! She is one of my favorites!
Here is a wiki page with author information, a book plan, and book reviews all by us!
Have fun reading this great author! She is one of my favorites!
Here is a wiki page with author information, a book plan, and book reviews all by us!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
T is for Tarheel
The 4th grade girls are going on an adventure through NC and its history as well as other interesting little tidbits about our great state as they read T is for Tarheel.
Activity Packet
Activity Packet
Flag Picture from http://www.clker.com/clipart-9158.html
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Lily Brown's Paintings
Lily Brown's Paintings is one of the picture books nominated for the 2009 NC Children's Book Awards. Several classes at Diggs Elementary are reading the nominated books. Mrs. Uhrig has a blog for us to type on about these books. After reading this book, our class decided to create our own worlds. We drew pictures and painted them with watercolors.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Because of Winn-Dixie
You girls are in for a treat becuase you are going to begin reading Because of Winn-Dixie, which is one of my favorite book! Before you start reading (and at various points while reading this book), please go to the Enrichment Wiki and answer questions and/or do certain activities.
Because of Winn-Dixie page
Online Activities
Literature Circle Job Sheets
Webquest
Now that the girls are almost finished with the story, they are using block to build things from the book. Pictures will follow shortly . . .
Because of Winn-Dixie page
Online Activities
Literature Circle Job Sheets
Webquest
Now that the girls are almost finished with the story, they are using block to build things from the book. Pictures will follow shortly . . .
Sunday, February 22, 2009
NC Picture Book Award Nominees 2008
http://ncpicturebooks2008.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Uhrig created a blog for us read and review all the nominees for the North Carolina Picture Book Awards for 2008. We will be working together with Mrs. Uhrig and Ms. Feinman on this project.
Mrs. Uhrig created a blog for us read and review all the nominees for the North Carolina Picture Book Awards for 2008. We will be working together with Mrs. Uhrig and Ms. Feinman on this project.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
MagicPen
We have a good time learning about shapes, logic, cause/effect, and motion while working with the MagicPen site on the ActivBoard in math class. Videos done with Flip Video Camera.
http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/
http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/
Mr. Pilson needs our help again!
From Mr. Pilson's Blog:
Would you like to be on a CD? We have a chance to get published! Please submit a bully free poem. Your work could be sung by students across the state of North Carolina.
http://makingmarvelousmusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/bully-free-community.html
Would you like to be on a CD? We have a chance to get published! Please submit a bully free poem. Your work could be sung by students across the state of North Carolina.
http://makingmarvelousmusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/bully-free-community.html
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Book Projects
I posted links to various projects using voicethread in the sidebar. On the Book Project link, there are pictures and scans of some book projects uploaded to voicethread for you to add comments. Please share with us why you chose to create this and what the pieces mean.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Word of the Day
I just added a new link to Useful Links in the sidebar: Word of the Day! I challenge you to check out the Word of the Day when you look at the blog . . . see if you can use that word that day! Be sure to tell us about what great job you do with this challenge!
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Sign of the Beaver
What do you think about the book so far? What are the best parts? What do you think will happen next? Is there anything else you want to tell me about this book?
More Activities:
CyberGuide
More Information
WebQuest
Monday, February 16, 2009
War With Grandpa
WOW!! The third grade girls finished Wish Giver in 3 days!!! Now they are on to their next book . . . War With Grandpa
So girls, here is a place for you to tell me about what you are reading now and what you think so far . . . you can make predictions too !
Questions and Activities
So girls, here is a place for you to tell me about what you are reading now and what you think so far . . . you can make predictions too !
Questions and Activities
Friday, February 13, 2009
Rotation, Reflection, and Translation
You are the author/illustrator of a new math book. It is your job to use designs, models, and/or computer graphics to illustrate and explain reflections, rotations, and translations of figures. Your part for the new math book is due in one week!
http://tinyurl.com/de8uwb
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Books! Books! Books!
Both groups just finished (or will soon finish) reading Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life! We really enjoyed this book. The 3rd grade girls have just started reading The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain and the 4th grade girls will soon begin reading Sign of the Beaver. The students are working with the teacher to create their own reading schedule and projects to go along with the books! I can't wait to see what we come up with!
Math, Math, Math!!!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Using Flip Video . . .
Here we used the Flip Video to record us working on our voicethread projects! :)
Friday, February 6, 2009
Update on Jeremy Fink!
What have you found out about Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life so far? What has been your favorite part? What do you predict will happen next?
Book Projects
Book Projects
Monday, February 2, 2009
WSFCS WriteOn Project
We are working with several other classes in the school system to create a collaborative story on a wiki.
Our group is writing the beginning of the the story!
Our group is writing the beginning of the the story!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Voicethread Projects
We have been learning to use this technology tool (voicethread.com) to demonstrate the things we are learning or working on in class.
Click to see Lydia's Math Vocabulary Project
Click to see Lydia's Math Vocabulary Project
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
New Project: Who am I?
The Governor just announced that an African-American section will be added to the Museum of History. The Governor is requesting that 20 African-Americans be represented. 4 of them must be athletes, 5 of them must be women, 5 must be entertainers, 1 has to be an educator, 2 must be doctors, and 1 must be a politician. You are in charge of deciding who to include and developing an autobiographical sketch for the museum.
What do we know?
What do we need to know?
What is the plan?
You can work on this project on the enrichment wiki
What do we know?
What do we need to know?
What is the plan?
You can work on this project on the enrichment wiki
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Flip Video!
Our Flip Video Camera came from DonorsChoose yesterday!! Yay!! I can't wait to see what we create!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Area and Perimeter
Before the holidays, students worked on projects about area and perimeter, or at least that was the original assignment. The projects seemed to have grown to cover and review lots of math topics we have discussed so far this year. The projects turned out even better that my original idea! :)
Beonca and Lauren's Project:
LaSonya and Lydia's Project
Beonca and Lauren's Project:
LaSonya and Lydia's Project
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Yay!!!!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
New Project Assignment!
I have a new project for us to work on. Click on the Edwards Enrichment Wiki link. You can also find this link under the Useful Links heading on this page. I can't wait for all of us to work on our research, organization, and technology skills on this project! :)
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