These Are A Few of My Favorite Things...(in my Oprah voice)

Wordless Wednesday Linking Party.....Field Trips!!!

I have decided to try a linking party over at fabulous4thgradefroggies and you should join...

Teacher Tipster

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Measuring Everywhere and Everything!!!

We just finished up our lessons on using non-standard units to measure items in our world. My students were so excited they even wanted to measure when we came back from our field trips. They used many different items to measure and discuss how the length of each object. Here are some pics.

Students learned how to join strings to find the length of the computer  cart.

They used 2 different forms of measurements to compare.

Their favorite was measuring the carpet with Dum-Dums.



We wrote a letter to the 1st grade classes so that they could know how to measure as well.

Technology Savvy...

We are still working hard on learning how to use a computer. This week we mastered how to use Paint. Our plan is to use this to develop our illustrations for our stories and other areas. We also have been practicing with clip art. I think they are much better at this than I am. By the time they reach 3rd grade they will be technology savvy!!!

Learning Through Vodcast

Hey fellow bloggers,

I have been working real hard on trying to use technology in my classroom. One interesting thing I have learned to use is called Vodcast. It is a video broadcast that you can use in many ways. One way I have used it, is to review skills. Below you will find a vodcast I created to review nouns.

Spring Break....

Does anyone's break look like mine?

We Published our Non-Fiction Books!!!

Hey blogger friends,

We have just finished reading, researching, typing, and locating pictures about animals. It took us a while to complete the project but we are proud of the outcome. Her are a few pictures of the topics and the inside of the book.

The kids really enjoyed reading their books to another class.

Some of my students turned their books into a video. Check this one out below!!!

Weeks full of informational text and resources

The past few week of school have been quite  extremely busy. We have been learning all about how to read non-fiction. My favorite all time resource to use during this unit is the Primary Comprehension Toolkit by Stephanie Harvey. This is an easy read and has a strategy to meet all students. My students loved the text that comes with the kit. This toolkit has helped my students truly develop a love for reading.

                                

Another good resource we used during our exploring non-fiction unit was the website pebblesgo.com. It is one of the best research web based programs I have ever seen. It has information on just about any topic. There are many other GREAT tools about this website. It reads the text to students. They have videos and pictures for students to see the topic in action. The BEST tool thus far is that it has no ads and all student friendly visuals. I wish I could say the same about my favorite search engine google.com.  Unfortunately it is not free and cost a pretty wealthy penny, however; if you are a teacher they will give you a free 2 week trial. And who doesn't love free? 

Check these 2 resources out!!! 

My Favorite Author

Born to Learn

Hey Guys!!

Hello my blogger family,

I am glad you came to visit. I am hoping that I can post often the events that happenn in my wonderful first grade classroom and school. I'm sure like my school, in your school or life , there is not a day where an event is not worth capturing. Like when the pricipal dresses up like the old lady who sawllowed a fly.

Or when you get a new student, named Jordan, that's a teddy bear in you class.

And definitely when the Grinch comes to visit. My students won't talking about this!!!

This blog will be dedicated to all the wonderful events that as a teacher makes you smile, reflect, and/or learn from. I hope you join me in this journey and enjoy the events as much as I do.