I just want to thank you to such an awesome group of parents. Without your help, the play and nursery rhymes show would not have been possible. I really appreciate all of your help and I am so proud of the kids and their hard work.
Have I posted about Seesaw yet? If not, I can't believe that I have waited this long! I think it's safe to say, Seesaw is my new favorite app.
After using Kidblog when I taught second grade, I am completely sold on the idea of blogging and creating digital portfolios. Even in primary grades. (If you're not sold, click here to read a wonderful article by Kathy Cassidy about blogging with little kids.) Traci Piltz, aka our tech intergration specialist or as my first graders know her as that lady that brings Mrs. Davey candy asked if she could come try it. In 10 minutes, I was sold. This app is terrific and EASY. Kids login using a built-in QR reader and a QR code that is generated for their class. They open to a screen with several options, including drawing, video, photograph and notes. Students can create projects right in the app and upload to their learning journal. They can take photos or upload previously created projects from their camera rolls, and they always have the option to record or add text. The teacher has control over who can comment and "like" student posts, as well as if classmates and parents can see the posts. I will eventually be adding parent access as the students build their portfolios, but until then I will let you in on a couple of the projects we did. Mrs. Piltz came to our classroom twice. The first time the students got to draw a bat and then write a bat fact. The second time we created a picture of ourselves dressed up for Halloween, using and app called felt board and then we wrote a sentence to go with our picture. We also used it to add our bat reports. This time the students took a picture of their writing and then recorded themselves reading what they wrote awesome! I will leave you with a couple of pics of our learning. Look for SeeSaw parent access coming home soon! Enjoy the slideshow of pics from our visit to the Pumpkin Patch. We had a blast! We have spent several weeks building a strong foundation for addition. Now, the children are working on moving addition facts to fluency and solving addition word problems. We have talked about some important addition strategies. Some of these include counting on and knowledge of tens or near tens.
Here are a few more great math apps you could add to the iPad at home to practice addition strategies and fact fluency: Adding and Subtracting to Ten, Math Bingo, Teach Me Math Facts, Quick Math, Butterfly Math, and TopIt. Also, I am sending home MobyMax login information during conference. Use this awesome resource to practice math. |
Katie DaveyThis is my tenth year teaching. I love first grade and I am excited for a fantastic year. Archives
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