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Growing Apples: October 2016
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Sunday, October 23, 2016. Do you want to connect your students with the coders around the world? Don't worry, you don't have to be an expert to join the fun! I use the code.org curriculum. To teach basics of computer science. I love their curriculum since they have many great unplugged (no technology) lessons to introduce computer science vocabulary and concepts. The following activities can be used as a follow up for the unplugged lessons. A fabulous teac...
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Growing Apples: November 2015
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Sunday, November 15, 2015. Another year of great learning success during the Global Read Aloud! This was my third year of participating in Global Read Aloud. I would like to thank Pernille Ripp for her dedication to organize this global event. My students and I absolutely loved the experiences! It was great to see some new faces in our group as well. Here are some of highlights from our #GRA15 learning! Week 2 : Duck! And this is what Amy responded. Overwh...
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Growing Apples: Connect with Coding
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Sunday, October 23, 2016. Do you want to connect your students with the coders around the world? Don't worry, you don't have to be an expert to join the fun! I use the code.org curriculum. To teach basics of computer science. I love their curriculum since they have many great unplugged (no technology) lessons to introduce computer science vocabulary and concepts. The following activities can be used as a follow up for the unplugged lessons. A fabulous teac...
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Growing Apples: June 2016
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Thursday, June 30, 2016. Best App of the School Year Award. Easyblog is truly the easiest blogging tool. When I first tried it out last summer, I couldn't be happier to find an app that young students could use independently. Do your students blog? Are you looking for an easy and FREE. Way to share your students' work with their parents? Well, Easyblog is your solution! To visit their website. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Best App of the School Year Award.
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Growing Apples: Where is the Dragon? Coding Fun!
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Sunday, March 13, 2016. Where is the Dragon? We are in the middle of Twitter book club on "My Father's Dragon." It's great to see many children and teachers enjoying this book. Read about the book club HERE. One of the amazing teachers in my PLN, Michelle Flicek ( @. Where is the Dragon? Help Elmer find the Dragon! Here is how to create the grid and map of Wild Island. It is a 5x5 grid starting square. Each square is 7x7 inches. Thanks Jake Lee @. You can ...
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Growing Apples: Reading in Connected Classroom
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Friday, January 29, 2016. Reading in Connected Classroom. I have been passionate about connecting my students with the world beyond the classroom walls. We connect with other classes from other states and Canada frequently. This month I have added two more exciting connections to our literacy time. Reading Buddy via Google Hangout. Terry Stoufer ( @firstatbat. It is precious to see students working together even via Google Hangout:). I am so thankful to ha...
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Growing Apples: "My Father's Dragon" Book Club 2016
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Sunday, February 28, 2016. My Father's Dragon" Book Club 2016. Who is ready for the third annual "My Father's Dragon" book club? We started this book club two years ago (read the original blog post HERE. And continued last year. We had about 30 classes joining last year to share incredible learning from reading this book. Here are some examples of Tweets. 8212; Ms. E's Class (@MsEsClass) March 25, 2015. 8212; Lin Attaya (@AttayaTweets) March 25, 2015.
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Growing Apples: September 2016
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Technology Integration in FIrst Grade Classroom. Sunday, September 11, 2016. I'm very excited to start Twitter math talk (#mtgr1 = math talk grade 1) again this year! This is going to be my 4th year hosting this slow chat for grade one students. If you have participated before, welcome back! If you are new to #mtgr1, I'm looking forward to connecting my students with mathematicians around the world! Here is how #mtgr1 works:. Please retweet to share the question with your PLN. To see more details. Many s...
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imagine, inspire, innovate: March 2014
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Imagine, inspire, innovate. Follow our journey at Boyne City Public Schools as we implement iPads 1:1 K-12. It's sure to be an adventure! Wednesday, March 26, 2014. First Graders Love Animals. Http:/ www.carineresearch.com.au. Want to learn about animals? Then you should talk to Erin Mastin's first grade students who are researching them. They love animals and are very excited to learn about new ones. Their exuberance about animals overflows and they will gladly share what they know with you. From real a...
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