So PROUD!

This is what I walked into after lunch today (no prompting at all)! I love my kiddos! So proud of how hard they have been working! :)

Math Thinking Cap

I can't believe how quick the kids are with the iPads! They have truly embraced this technology! Today we had indoor recess and I had a lot of students create a picture using the app Brushes! Your finger acts like a paintbrush and the best part...it records the whole process! :) They had a lot of fun creating different paintings and sharing!

In Math we worked on the Thinking Caps! Today lesson was especially neat because it called for the kids to find out what the missing numbers were on the cards below (see picture). Except the kids couldn't move them in the book! 

So, I decided to create an Explain Everything project using the cards!  In my project the students could move the cards around to solve the problem! I had them work in partners and record their thinking process. Click on the movie below to see one in action! :) I loved watching them share and listen to them collaborate with each other, not only about the math problem, but how to work through the app they were using!

I am loving every second of this opportunity and I know the kids are as well! :) 

Connecting to your Internet, Explain Everything and more!

Hi Families,
 We had a wonderful day learning while using our iPads! The kids were exposed to a lot of new apps and caught on very quickly. I LOVED seeing what some of them created over the weekend! Some of the kids told me they couldn't connect to the Internet. If you click on the movie below I created a tutorial about how to do this. I also included what the kids need to do for homework! :)

(Note: I pulled this from my educational YouTube page. Once it is finished playing you will see about 4 different movies you can watch...I have not published these. They are a part of "Edu YouTube" as what I think is an advertisement. Please remember, you should always be monitoring your child when they are on the Internet.)

If you have questions please email me or leave a comment below! I love hearing what you have to say! :) Thanks again for taking this journey with us!

Mrs. Ring

iPads, iPads, iPads!!

What a day! The kids were surprised this morning by the delivery of our classroom set of ipads! I have never seen them so focused to get through all of our testing that we do on Fridays! My goal this weekend is to give you some quick overviews of the apps that are on the kids ipads! Although, you kids might be able to tell you more at this point! :)

I gave the kids time to "explore" today for about 30 minutes! I had kids all over the place: Creating music and songs in GarageBand, using Large Text to retell our story for this week, POW-comic strip, Whiteboard, Educreations and Explain Everything! Just so much for them to look at! We also took pictures of ourselves and made them our home screen...they LOVED this part! They learned how to "mirror" (make their screen show up the projector) and so much more.

I also made a quick little movie trailer as the kids were exploring! They were super excited to see this and I hope you like it! :)

Please check back for the next 3 weeks as I will be posting a lot of information in regards to what is going on in the classroom! Your child should be able to show you as well since they will have our website sitting on their ipad like an app! :)

***If you want your child to access to your internet access you will need to connect them to your server at home: 1) Settings 2) Wifi (2nd line down) 3) Choose a Network (find your wifi name) and enter your password

Thanks for all your support during this really exciting time!

Mrs. Ring

A Leprechaun Visit!!

WOW!!! We were in for a big surprise when we walked in on Monday! A Leprechaun came and visited our classroom! He changed some things in the room and left little gold coins for the kids!! So exciting!

I made a read around the room for the kids to complete. I placed 12 March words somewhere in the room and the kids had to walk around and search for all 12. When they found them they sat down and had to write sentences using the words! They l,over is activity!!

Our writing assignment for the week was to write a "how to" on how to catch a leprechaun!!! They are so cute! We are taking these through the writing process so I will post some examples soon!!!

Enjoy the pictures!!! Hope you are enjoying Spring Break!!

A whole lot of pictures and some updates!!!

Hi there! Boy have we been busy! In Math, we have been working on graphing so we decided that we would enter a world wide graphing lesson using Lucky Charms! See previous post for more on that! The kids had such a great time and it fit perfectly with our unit!

I have also included a couple pics from our Friday math centers! The kids have loved being able to explore the different math options! I must say I feel the same way! It gives me time to slow down and watch them learn in their own way!

St. Patrick's Day Results-Lucky Charms

Last week we participated with students all over the world in a Lucky Charms graphing activity! The kids sorted all the marshmallows in a whole box of Lucky Charms and then we graphed them. In Math, we have been working on bar graphs so this activity was just perfect!

Check out the map below to see all the participants! This is so awesome! They had so much fun looking at the world! It was almost surprising to them that there were other places out there. Super cute!

Click on the pictures to enlarge! :)

Here are our results:

Horseshoes: 11

Pots of Gold: 40

Four-Leaf Clovers: 36

Stars: 22

Moons: 22

Rainbows: 51

Hearts: 52

Balloons: 22

Misc: 228 (all the left over marshmallows that we didn't graph)

Now here are the results from all of the students that have participated! :) This was such great experience for the kids.