Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving to All
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday break! Please remember to pack your child with snow pants, boots, jacket, hat and mittens every day. Also, send your child in with a pair of indoor shoes. Thank you!
Friday, November 22, 2013
No Newsletter or Friday Folder this week
There will be no newsletter or Friday Folder today. Instead, their folders and a newsletter will be going home on Tuesday.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Pilgrim Story Audio Book
Students worked together this week to decide how pilgrim life was different than life today. We watched various videos and read a few books to help us. With these notes, we created a class book comparing Pilgrim Life to life today. Take a look :-)
Friday, November 15, 2013
Kid Blogging: Behind The Scenes.
Students were typing their journal entries onto the new iPads that have been designated for the K-2nd graders.
Using KidBlog: Now With Parent Sign-In
Watch this video to find out how to set-up your parent access to your child's blog. Your personalized access code is coming home today with our newsletter.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Here We Go! Kid Blogging...
So...today we tried something completely new to me and my students...each student attempted to post to their own Blog! Eeeekkkk!
Let me back up a little bit. Last week, Vermont held a technology conference for teachers throughout the state and our district's tech integration specialist went. She came back with some great ideas for the classroom and kid blogging was one of them.
Through the site, Kidblog, I was able to create a classroom account. Inside this account, I was able to create an individual blog for each student. As far as the students are aware, these accounts are only accessible through school. (So if your child comes home wanting to log on, please let them know they can only post while at school.)
My hope is to use these blogs as electronic journal posts and to allow students to post weekly. However, this program is completely new to me. I am not promising anything of myself or of my students in how often or how well we will be using Kidblog at this time. We will take it as it comes and use it as well as we can with the time and materials we have available.
Sooo...feel free to take a look, add a comment to your kid's work, add comments to other students, and enjoy! Please email me with any questions you may have.
Let me back up a little bit. Last week, Vermont held a technology conference for teachers throughout the state and our district's tech integration specialist went. She came back with some great ideas for the classroom and kid blogging was one of them.
Through the site, Kidblog, I was able to create a classroom account. Inside this account, I was able to create an individual blog for each student. As far as the students are aware, these accounts are only accessible through school. (So if your child comes home wanting to log on, please let them know they can only post while at school.)
My hope is to use these blogs as electronic journal posts and to allow students to post weekly. However, this program is completely new to me. I am not promising anything of myself or of my students in how often or how well we will be using Kidblog at this time. We will take it as it comes and use it as well as we can with the time and materials we have available.
Sooo...feel free to take a look, add a comment to your kid's work, add comments to other students, and enjoy! Please email me with any questions you may have.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Classroom Request
If anyone buys eggs in the plastic foldable containers, please send them in with your child. We will be using them in math.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Book Fair Schedule
During Parent-Teacher conference week and the week following, DBS will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair in the Library. Here are the dates and times the Book Fair will be open:
Thursday 11/7 12:30 - 4 in the lobby
Friday 11/8 8-3 in the lobby
Tuesday 11/12 and Wednesday 11/13 7:30-8:15, 2:30-3:15 in the library
and
Friday 11/15 7:30-8:15 in the library and 6-8pm (movie night) in the lobby
*Next Thursday 11/14 is classroom visit day. We will be going to the Book Fair together. If you would like, you may send money in with your child to make a book purchase on that day. Your child is welcome to visit the Book Fair with you at a different time posted above as well.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Matter and So Much More
This week we began our science unit on Matter. We discussed what matter was, and the three different states of matter. To begin this unit, we joined classes and introduced the topic together. We then classified objects by solids, liquids and gases. The following day, we conducted a science experiment using ice balloons. We predicted what would happen to the ice once heat was applied. We had great science discussions around our predictions and compared those predictions to the results of our test. Feel free to ask your child to name a solid, liquid or gas around them. Most of us are starting to classify objects on our own.
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| Introducing Matter to the first grade students |
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| Making our predictions |
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| Using our senses to describe different properties of the ice balloons |
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