Links to Interactive Thanksgiving Lessons
A Short List of Thanksgiving Lesson Resources
The week before Thanksgiving is always a hectic time of year at my school. The students are given the entire next week off school so they are bouncing off the walls with excitement. This article provides multiple AWESOME resources that describe explain the story behind Thanksgiving. There are many different articles for all grade levels. The lessons could be implanted in many different settings to meet the needs of your class. You could introduce these lesson whole class, small group, centers, or group work. I will definitely be utilizing at least one of these to engage my students throughout the week before Thanksgiving.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Apps for Winter Reading | Edutopia
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Apps for Winter Reading | Edutopia
Having a class set of iPads is truly a wonderful asset for my classroom. I am constantly finding ways to utilize the iPads during math, science, and social studies instruction. However, I have been very interested in finding ways to encourage literacy skill building in a different way. This website has many great resources to use in my classroom. I am very interested to see what sort of impact iPads would have on students who are not fond of reading. I feel that by presenting literature in various ways would be beneficial to students. I highly suggest reading this short article and using their ideas within the classroom.
Apps for Winter Reading | Edutopia
Having a class set of iPads is truly a wonderful asset for my classroom. I am constantly finding ways to utilize the iPads during math, science, and social studies instruction. However, I have been very interested in finding ways to encourage literacy skill building in a different way. This website has many great resources to use in my classroom. I am very interested to see what sort of impact iPads would have on students who are not fond of reading. I feel that by presenting literature in various ways would be beneficial to students. I highly suggest reading this short article and using their ideas within the classroom.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
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"6 Things We Know for Sure with iPads in Schools" by Edutopia Staff
I found the article "6 Things We Know for Sure with iPads in Schools" to be an extremely interesting and helpful read. IPads are used daily within my second grade classroom and I was fascinated by the detailed steps they took to ensure teachers were familiar and comfortable using them. This is a huge problem within my school. Many teachers do not know how to use them or implement them during instruction. The process that teachers went through before using the iPads was awesome! I loved how in-depth the training was. I feel that this really prepares teachers to utilize available resources.
I was able to closely relate to "What iPads Bring to Our School" section. There were many different suggestions to help situations that I am facing within my own classroom. I also learned about new resources that students can use which provide immediate feedback. I feel the most beneficial aspect of the article were the reflection questions near the end. I am guilty of not reflecting on lessons like I should. I become to busy with my next task that I often forget. Reflection is such a huge part of ensuring meaningful instruction. These simple questions are a great way to quickly reflect on lessons.
I found the article "6 Things We Know for Sure with iPads in Schools" to be an extremely interesting and helpful read. IPads are used daily within my second grade classroom and I was fascinated by the detailed steps they took to ensure teachers were familiar and comfortable using them. This is a huge problem within my school. Many teachers do not know how to use them or implement them during instruction. The process that teachers went through before using the iPads was awesome! I loved how in-depth the training was. I feel that this really prepares teachers to utilize available resources.
I was able to closely relate to "What iPads Bring to Our School" section. There were many different suggestions to help situations that I am facing within my own classroom. I also learned about new resources that students can use which provide immediate feedback. I feel the most beneficial aspect of the article were the reflection questions near the end. I am guilty of not reflecting on lessons like I should. I become to busy with my next task that I often forget. Reflection is such a huge part of ensuring meaningful instruction. These simple questions are a great way to quickly reflect on lessons.
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