4th Graders Create a Blog Commenting Video!
A couple of weeks ago, a few of Mr. d’Auteuil’s students finished their computer lab assignments and wanted to know what they could do. I suggested that they form small groups and come up with a video...
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QR Codes in Music
I wish you could have seen the excitement of our music teacher, Judy Holloway, when she discoverd the power of QR Codes! As a preface, some members of our co-curricular team dressed as the “Quick...
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Screencasting on the iPads
Last week our technology director discussed planning a workshop for our teachers to cover how to “keep the learning going” in the case of school closure due to winter weather or illnesses of students...
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Gifts of the Heart: Creating an eBook with Second Graders
I so enjoy sharing what our teachers do with technology and, although I’m a bit late in posting this, it’s too good NOT to share! Before the winter holidays, Mrs. Cooper, one of our second grade...
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En Mi Mochila
I absolutely love what our K-2 Spanish teacher did with her second graders! Sra. Ross had her students write about what they might find in their backpacks.What a fun way to practice Spanish vocabulary...
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How Does that Mouse Work?
Not so many years ago we spent time teaching young children how to work a computer mouse. But then computer-savvy children arrived knowing exactly how a it worked. Enter the era of tablets! Touch...
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Animal Camouflage: an ePub book by Second Graders
One of our second grade teachers, Mrs. Shapard, wanted her students to research an animal to develop an understanding of what camouflage, prey, protection, and habitat means. She wanted the students to...
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Pi Day: Free Math Apps
Once again, to celebrate Pi Day this Thursday, March 14, McGraw-Hill is offering several apps free of charge for iOS devices and at a reduced price in the Google Play store.
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Creative Computing with Scratch
Scratch 2.0 is now out and it looks to be a very good upgrade. One of my goals this summer was to become more familiar with Scratch so that I could more effectively share it with my 4th graders. So, I...
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Socrative Student Response Systems
What can be better than the ability to turn any device connected to the internet into a student response system? Maybe the fact that it’s free, easy to use, and it grades for you?? Socrative does that....
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A Quick Peek at International Dot Day Celebrations
I LOVE International Dot Day. Based on the book, The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds, students around the world celebrate “creativity, courage, and collaboration” on September 15th (ish). Our students have...
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ABC Weather with Second Graders
photo by K. Arrington Mrs. Shapard’s second graders have been learning all about weather. When she mentioned that to me, I suggested taking what the students had learned to create an ABC Weather Book....
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Celebrating Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss week at our school is a HUGE undertaking! Our librarians design some wonderful activities that certainly excite our students! But, it doesn’t stop with the library – Dr. Seuss is celebrated...
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International Dot Day Celebrations!
I love International Dot Day! September 15ish is the day to celebrate Peter H. Reynold’s wonderful book, The Dot. In the book, Vashti is asked to draw a picture in art class but can’t think of anything...
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Movin’ On to Middle School
As our fourth graders inched toward the end of their Lower School years. I asked them to reflect on two items: Think back over the many activities you’ve participated in over your years in Lower...
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Welcome to the Web: A Webquest for Learning How to Navigate the Internet
“Welcome to the Web” is a webquest designed by Mark Warner to teach students about the internet. Here is the description from the Teaching Ideas website: The resources are split into seven sections:...
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Sharing Our Heritage
Each fall our second graders create a Heritage project to share with grandparents and other relatives. They bring in photos of family members, sometimes from several generations back! Over the years...
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We Can Code!
Code.org was introduced to our first graders last week. As kindergarteners, most of the children had used Kodable (and we’ll be using that again as well). We started with the “unplugged” Happy Maps and...
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Grandparents’ Day Arrives!
And the second graders finally have the chance to share their Heritage projects! (If you want to read more about the children creating a touching look at their family history, click here.) We had a...
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