Our country has a new president-elect.
We had our very first RED day for lunch recess. The students in the class will now know how important lunch recess is to me! ;)
After I pass out missing work notes tomorrow, they will also know how important it is to me that each student takes personal responsibility for their assignments.
Our class has been working on the laptops. We have created claymation movies and power point presentations for book reports. We will continue to spend as much time on the laptops as we are able to.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
October 22
On Thursday, October 23 our class will screen the movies we created last week. We have invited Kelly Dumont, our district technology specialist, and Ms. Nordick, our principal to the screening. It will be fun and rewarding to share our work.
Next week we will begin our claymation movies. We LOVE being a part of the 21st Century Engaged Classroom!
Next week we will begin our claymation movies. We LOVE being a part of the 21st Century Engaged Classroom!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
September 29-October 3
Welcome back to school!
This week we learned a reading comprehension technique called Reciprocal Teaching. This allows the students to become the teachers. They read books about animals and learned to clarify, question, and summarize their reading. They also learned the Five Finger method for reading a textbook. Soon they will be so independent, they won't need me at all!
We have completed our first timings for the Presidential Physical Fitness Program. We will work on specific skills throughout the year to see if their is improvement in the student's scores by spring. Qualifying students will recieve the Presidential Award or the National Award for physical fitness.
We worked on graphing, problem solving, and algebra in math this week. We continue to work on a variety of multiplication charts. Fifth graders MUST know their times tables!
We have two new students. Kierra and Aubrey joined us on Monday. We want to welcome them to our class.
This week we learned a reading comprehension technique called Reciprocal Teaching. This allows the students to become the teachers. They read books about animals and learned to clarify, question, and summarize their reading. They also learned the Five Finger method for reading a textbook. Soon they will be so independent, they won't need me at all!
We have completed our first timings for the Presidential Physical Fitness Program. We will work on specific skills throughout the year to see if their is improvement in the student's scores by spring. Qualifying students will recieve the Presidential Award or the National Award for physical fitness.
We worked on graphing, problem solving, and algebra in math this week. We continue to work on a variety of multiplication charts. Fifth graders MUST know their times tables!
We have two new students. Kierra and Aubrey joined us on Monday. We want to welcome them to our class.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
We're Off-track!
I hope you are enjoying your off-track time. I am spending time with my granddaughters, my yard, and this computer! I have a lot to remember from the four day class I took while you were sleeping in and watching TV!
See you soon!
See you soon!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Learning to Blog
I am learning how to create a blog. This is an experiment for Engaged Classroom.
How am I doing?
How am I doing?
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