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Feb
2

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Seesaw Student Blogs

Category: Math, Technology, Word Study Tags: , , , , , 1 Comment

This year I was introduced to a new blogging platform for students called Seesaw.  In the previous years I was using the same edublog platform that I currently use which required a laptop or desktop computer and more technical skills.  Now, with their iPads in hand, students can post a picture, video, annotate a photo, create a link, or write a note in just a few minutes.

I introduced seesaw to students at the end of November and now that they have a gained some confidence, skills and have a variety of posts, I’d like to invite you to join in.  Below I’ve broke down the two ways you can access their posts, and included some advice on how to leave them a comment.

Seesaw — Class Blog

The Seesaw Class Blog is a variety of posts from all students in the class.  Not every student is required to post everything to the class blog.  Up until now, students have been asked to post specific items as part of the initial challenge to attain the blogging essential skills.  In the future, students will have more opportunities to post items of their choice.  This includes all subject areas.

Individual Student Blogs–by invite

When you register (sign up instructions are coming home today) this gives you access to all of your child’s posts.

You can download the app below.

Google Play Store

iTunes

How to Leave a Comment

Please feel free to leave them a comment-I know they would love to have feedback!  A good comment has a positive tone, adds value to the original post, and promotes dialogue.  You might ask them a question, or answer a question that was posed in their original blog post.

Here are some of the posters that we have displayed in our room that discuss digital citizenship, commenting, and criteria for posting “WOW! Work”!

Let me know if you have any questions or need support setting this up at home!

 

 

Sep
22

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Word Work

Category: Word Study Tags: , , , 2 Comments

img_1523This is our first week doing word study.  Daily activities and procedures are being practiced and will quickly become routine.  Students will start bringing their folders home every Thursday to prepare for the test. I recommend they choose one activity from the list below to do at home tonight. In their folders you will notice some blank, lined paper.  This is the style of paper I will use on the test.  It comes from the Handwriting Without Tears program that we use.  I’ve found that the double lines really help students with proper sizing of letters.  You will notice an example of how to use the lines in their folder today.

Choose one of the following activities

  • Visit Spelling City or get the free app — (The app works best!)
    • No login required.  Search for teacher and enter Lisa Barnhart to access the weekly lists.  They did this at school today on their iPad.
  • Do a speed sort

  • Do a blind buddy writing sort.

Happy Sorting!

Sep
24

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Word Study

Category: Word Study Tags: , 1 Comment

This is our third week doing word study in the classroom.  Routines and procedures are in place and students will start bringing their folders home every Thursday to study for the test. They may choose one activity to do at home to prepare for the test.

  • Visit Spelling City or get the free app
    • No login required.  Search for teacher and enter Lisa Barnhart to access the weekly lists.
  • Do a speed sort

  • Do a blind buddy writing sort.

Nov
14

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Punctuation Saves Lives!

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© 2014 ChickGeek. All rights reserved.

© 2014 ChickGeek. All rights reserved.

We spent a couple weeks talking about the importance of commas.  It reminded me of this sign that a middle school teacher at my last school had on her door all year.  I walked by it every single day on my way to the cafeteria and chuckled.

Here are the steps we took to get to the the final product–Powtoons commercials!

When Comma Came to Town

 

 

  1. We read this book about a place called And.
  2. We learned that commas can help separate ideas and clear up the meaning of a sentence.
  3. We used this graphic organizer to plan a short video that teaches two rules about commas.  Video Graphic Organizer
  4. We set off to the lab to create our own videos.  
  5. We wrote reflections on the project.  Thinking about the things that were challenging and the things that worked.  We also thought about how we could use this tool in the future.  

Here they are, enjoy learning about commas!


By Mack Sawatzky


By Ian Hsiao


By Sean Patterson


By Laine Lohfink


By Sophie Harlan


By Martha Walker


By Samuel Sterling


By Julian Brantjes

Sep
10

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Speed Sort

Category: Word Study Tags: , Leave a Comment

Tonight students will bring their Word Study folders home.  They should teach someone how to do a “Speed Sort”.  You can also give them different ways to sort the words like ABC order, part of speech, number of syllables, etc.  Here’s a nice video tutorial.

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