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The Fourth of July is months away, but second graders are feeling very patriotic as they study the important symbols of our nation. Miss O’Dell’s class has studied the patriotic symbols of the United States, and they have written not only facts about the symbols but also what feelings they have about the symbols. But how [...] For those of you attending Kathleen O’Connor’s professional development workshops for mathematics, you know how playing games in class can help students apply their knowledge of mathematical principals, so why not have them play video games? Like having a cell phone in school, the notion of video games in class widens eyes, raises eyebrows and starts [...] Looking for ways to update their survey project, sixth grade teachers Amanda Siebert, Susan Caruso, and Mary O’Reilly took to the internet and had students conduct their surveys online. Using the survey feature in Schoolwires, the teachers were able to post their students’ survey questions online. The survey results were distributed to the students, and [...] Reading fluency was never more fun for these boys in Elizabeth Rosenstein’s second grade classroom. They had the chance to record themselves reading the Bremen Town Musicians and to combine their voices with digital photos of scenes from the book. By using PowerPoint to put their digital story together, they were able to share their [...] Cyberspace: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the WAS second grade team. Their ongoing mission to explore new websites, seek out new online adventures, to boldly go where no teacher has gone before! Well, okay, so a few of you have gone to netTrekker before, but kudos to Andie, Cheryl, Kay, Leigh, and Sarah [...] With the WordMasters competition coming to third graders in December, Emily DePascale (you may remember her as Emily Devine before her marriage) at SBS has defined success by having her students create PowerPoint collages related to the WordMaster vocabulary (click photo for larger view). The children worked in small groups to create PowerPoint slides that featured [...] That clicking sound you hear coming from 3TM isn’t the latest tap dance step–it’s the sound of a successful SMART Senteo student response system in action. Okay, okay, so the Senteo “clickers” don’t really click (their buttons are soft and silent), but the hand-held devices, which look like TV remote controls, allow Michelle Monahan and Jennifer [...] You’ve done your mini-lesson, and your SMART Board center is great, but something is absent from your alliteration activities–PICTURE BOOKS! You KNOW the kids will really enjoy a picture book about alliteration, but HOW will you find it? Library Media Specialists Jen Cifrodella, Michael D’Aloia, and Maureen Stryker have compiled bibliographies of picture books that will [...] After a day of learning about SMART Notebook at the in-service workshop, Mike took a square stance and wrestled Notebook into submission to create interactive lessons for novel studies. Using reveals and the window shade feature, his students have the advantage as they review novels on their own, in small groups, or as a whole class. Spring has sprung at SBS, and among the daffodils and tulips you’ll find that blogs have been blooming as well! Dianne Conti, Vinnie Palladino, Leigh Paton, and Ryan Vogel have all signed on with Blogger to start blogging with their students. The blog entries are great to read, but what’s really impressive is how many students [...] |
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