30hands to create Library Media intros

Third graders get to showcase their knowledge about their school library and add a splash of creativity to create their library intro videos.  Students will use the 30hands app to create the videos, adding pictures they take and by adding their voice! Can't wait to see what happens!

Symbaloo

Busy setting up a Symbaloo to use with my younger students.  Having a page of web links in one place, with identifying characteristic, is a fast and easy way to direct the kids to the sites you want them using.  I love this for our Library Media time!

Jellybean Scoop

This nonfiction tool is available as an
app and website.

The second graders really enjoyed the stories!  They didn't even mind taking the comprehension quiz afterwards!

#GRAAmy fun

Our first grade students are participating in the Global Read Aloud 2015. We are reading Amy Krouse Rosenthal's books and loving them.  I think she writes such clever stories and students get something more out of them each time they hear them.  

Our latest read Exclamation Mark led to some great conversation about what we are good at.  After reading and discussing Exclamation Mark, students made their mark by telling us what they are good at...with an exclamation mark for punctuation! We created class books to share.  Check them out on our library website @ http://pwlib.weebly.com/grade-1.html.

Students also practiced our photography skills with the iPads. I used Youblisher to create the online flipbook.  

Here are a couple of my favorites:

Random Acts of Kindness

I love when friends help friends.  It is always great to see a young student taking charge and making sure their classmate is getting the help they might need.  

During our keyboarding practice today, one third grader took the time to help a classmate get their computer started and on the right webpage.  In first grade, I had many volunteers to help show classmates how best to photograph their creations for their class book!  Random acts of kindness are truly amazing to witness.

Just Right Books....Compare & Contrast

We read "Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians" and discussed selecting just-right books (5-finger rule) and we did a compare &a contrast exercise with venn diagrams.  We used Padlet to display our diagram on the big screen.  Fun and educational!

New chairs!

 From Demco!