Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Team 16 Update
Hello Team 16 and Families,
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great and relaxing vacation. We are off to a great start. We started Unit 5 in Math and learned how to extend multiplication facts. Students shared their strategies on how they solved the problems. We will be moving on to partial products of multi-digit multiplication and finally learning the traditional method for solving multi-digit multiplication.
In writing, we watched a video on TREE. Ask your child what TREE stands for and why TREE will help us in writing. Team 16 is started to write opinion/persuasion pieces. Their writing homework is a preview and a good way to start. This gives the students' a way to use vivid adjectives and be creative as they try to persuade people. Tomorrow, we will start writing an opinion piece and the children get to pick their own topics.
In reading, we are starting new reading groups. I ran out of time today to get everyone's group started. I will finish the groups tomorrow. I am trying smaller reading groups this time to see if students can really discuss the book and can meet frequently. We had run into some problems with larger groups as some kids didn't finish the work or they were absent. We will try this and see how well it works out. In addition, we are going to start shorter reading passages with questions for the students to answer to show understanding. We will practice going back into the passage and underlining important parts. I will also start sending some home for homework. This is great practice for the MCAS's.
Students also worked on updating their google site with work they are proud of. I will be showing this to you at conference time along with assessment data. I am going to send out a doodle link for conference sign-up this week. I apologize for the delay.
We have our last session of Just Like Me this Wednesday and Thursday.
If you feel like it, check out my new blog. I created a game-based site focused on STEM activities. It is a work in progress. I welcome feedback. Please click on the link below to check it out if you want:
Click Here to View Game-Based Educational Blog
Thank you!
Susan
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great and relaxing vacation. We are off to a great start. We started Unit 5 in Math and learned how to extend multiplication facts. Students shared their strategies on how they solved the problems. We will be moving on to partial products of multi-digit multiplication and finally learning the traditional method for solving multi-digit multiplication.
In writing, we watched a video on TREE. Ask your child what TREE stands for and why TREE will help us in writing. Team 16 is started to write opinion/persuasion pieces. Their writing homework is a preview and a good way to start. This gives the students' a way to use vivid adjectives and be creative as they try to persuade people. Tomorrow, we will start writing an opinion piece and the children get to pick their own topics.
In reading, we are starting new reading groups. I ran out of time today to get everyone's group started. I will finish the groups tomorrow. I am trying smaller reading groups this time to see if students can really discuss the book and can meet frequently. We had run into some problems with larger groups as some kids didn't finish the work or they were absent. We will try this and see how well it works out. In addition, we are going to start shorter reading passages with questions for the students to answer to show understanding. We will practice going back into the passage and underlining important parts. I will also start sending some home for homework. This is great practice for the MCAS's.
Students also worked on updating their google site with work they are proud of. I will be showing this to you at conference time along with assessment data. I am going to send out a doodle link for conference sign-up this week. I apologize for the delay.
We have our last session of Just Like Me this Wednesday and Thursday.
If you feel like it, check out my new blog. I created a game-based site focused on STEM activities. It is a work in progress. I welcome feedback. Please click on the link below to check it out if you want:
Click Here to View Game-Based Educational Blog
Thank you!
Susan
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Ultimate Math Invaders~ Free Download
Ultimate Math Invaders~ Free~ Get it Today! This program is worth $49.95. Click on the link below to learn more.
Click Here to Learn More About a FREE Download~ Math Software
Highlights:
Parents
- Help your kids by downloading Ultimate Maths Invaders for free today!
- Tell others about this amazing opportunity
Teachers and schools
- Download a free copy of Ultimate Maths Invaders for yourselves. Let other teachers know!
- Download and photocopy the Ultimate Maths Invaders Parent Information Leaflet and distribute it to the families in your school
- Include this amazing offer in your school newsletters
- Place a link on your school website
Too good to be true?
No! This offer is genuine! There are no catches!
- Just send anyone to www.edalive.com and they can download their fully functional copy of the multi-award winning Ultimate Maths Invaders for free!
- They’ll also receive automatic membership of the EdAlive Software Club and have access to the amazing discounts offered on other EdAlive titles.
About Ultimate Maths Invaders
Ultimate Maths Invaders teaches kids aged 5 – 15 all their tables and number facts while building mental maths ability. Ultimate Maths Invaders extends able mathematicians, deepening and broadening their abilities with advanced challenges in fractions, decimals, percentages, numeration, counting, squares, square roots, powers and directed numbers. More
Let me know if you try it!
Let me know if you try it!
PBS Design Squad Video~ Can a Bike Power a Blender
Can a Bike Power a Blender?
"Pedal power is used around the world to create electricity. Watch as Nate repurposes a bicycle into a blender- cycle. Smoothies anyone?"
Click Here to View PBS Design Squad Video
Check out the latest design squad challenges. Think about trying one!
Doodle 4 Google~ Design Contest
Click Here~All About Doodle 4 Google Contest
"Are you a young artist from California? Alabama? Or Massachusetts? Well, get doodling with the topic “My Best Day Ever…” for a chance to see your very own artwork on the Google homepage—and help represent your piece of the union.
Today marks the 30-day countdown to the March 22 submission deadline for the U.S. Doodle 4 Google competition. And in the spirit of friendly competition, we’re inviting you to rally fellow students and teachers in your state to take part in Doodle 4 Google’s 30-day Race to the Finish with an interactive map that shows the top submitting states. States are ranked in order of submissions relative to student population size.
Whether your state tops the submissions race or not, you still have the chance to become the individual state winner. The 50 state winners will win an all-expenses paid trip to New York City in May for the final awards ceremony, where we’ll reveal the winning doodle. The national winner will see his or her doodle on the Google homepage, win a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for his or her school. Download an entry form today to get doodling!
Fun fact for those of you who can’t get enough doodles: we run Doodle 4 Google competitions in many countries worldwide, year-round. Vote for your Irish favorites now—the winner will appear on www.google.ie on April 16.
As always, happy doodling!"
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