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Don’t Let the Bear Drive the Model T!
May 8th
Inspired by the amazing Mo Willems’, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, this book takes a Michigan twist. Henry Ford asks the readers to watch his Model T and remember,
Don’t Let the Bear Drive the Model T!
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You won’t believe the crazy excuses this bear gives…
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Written and illustrated by Mrs. Moore’s 4th grade Techie Kids.
Happy Reading!
Tell us about a book you have written with your classmates.
What other book versions would be fun to create?
How-To: Tie Your Shoes
May 8th
Mrs. Moore went to an awesome education conference this past weekend called, EdCamp Detroit. It was full of amazing Michigan educators who love helping students learn! We had many great conversations and shared a whole bunch of cool ideas. When I told Mr. Medvinsky we were creating How-To videos, he shared a cool app with me called, SnapGuide. Guess what? I loved it and couldn’t wait to share it in class!
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We jumped right in and made our first guide. Take a look at what our 1st graders created. Each photo is captioned and there are even videos at the end.
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Have you used SnapGuide before?
How do you think you could use this tool?
Earth Day 2013
May 3rd
In celebration of Earth Day this past April 22nd, we made our third annual Paperless Earth Day books. You can see our past Earth Day books by clicking here (Earth Day 2011) and here (Earth Day 2012) . We used KidPix4 and TuxPaint to illustrate our ideas. Take a peek at some ways we take care of the Earth.
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These books are also embedded on our eBook page. You can click on this link or find eBooks in the menu bar above.
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Our classes also enjoyed playing Michael, Michael Go Recycle!
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…and reading an Earth Day book on Starfall.
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What did you think of our Paperless Books?
Can you share other ways that we can take care of the Earth?
How did your class celebrate Earth Day?
If You Give A Monkey A Pineapple…
May 22nd
If you give the Techie Kids inspiration, chances are they’ll create something amazing! That’s just what we’ve been doing. Inspired by Laura Numeroff’s If You Give A Mouse A Cookie series, we decided to create our own version.
This story is a collaboration between our Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third grade classes.
Here is our First Edition Publication of,
IF YOU GIVE A MONKEY A PINEAPPLE
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Have you ever written a book before?
If you were to create another book in this series, what would it be called?
Alphabet Practice
Feb 7th
Kindergarteners know how important it is to learn what their letters look like and the sounds they make. So, we thought we should practice our early reading skills in the lab too. Since we are Techie Kids, we thought we’d try to use technology to support our learning and have some fun along the way.
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Kindergarten ABC’s from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
When our 2nd graders heard about what the Kindergarteners were doing, they wanted to help. They spent their first time using a digital camera in class to go on a scavenger hunt to look for all the letters in the alphabet. It’s important to be able to recognize letters in uppercase, lowercase, and many different font styles.
To view the 2nd graders pictures, please click here,
ABC Scavenger Hunt.
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For some extra fun, try out the Techie Kids’ favorite early reading websites.
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Starfall
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PBS Kids Super Why!
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Alphabetimals
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The last website was shared by Richard Byrne and we are so glad since it fits perfectly with what we’ve been working on. You can also download free flash cards, coloring pages, and a poster featuring the Alphabetimals.
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What We’ve Been Up To
Jan 31st
We haven’t been on our blog as much as we’d like, but we have been very busy with other areas of technology. Here’s an update…
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The Techie Kids have all been hard at work learning about Microsoft Excel. We learned that this program can be very useful for helping us organize information. We loved finding out that Excel can solve Math problems for us if we know the formulas to enter. It was also very cool to see how easy it was to put graphs into our spreadsheets to show a picture of our data. The 1st and 2nd grade students worked together to create a spreadsheet that showed what transportation brought us to school. The 3rd graders gathered and organized data about their Favorite Pets or Favorite Zoo Animals. The 4th graders are still hard at work on their Favorite Ice Cream workbook. They have learned formulas for adding a range of numbers and for finding out what percentage of the total votes each flavor received. The 5th graders have created an All-Star Class gradebook. They have also learned how to write a formula that will add the values in select cells together. Additionally, they have practiced using the first set of values to find an average. Both groups are learning to select a range of data and create a coordinating graph. This allowed us to practice reading and interpreting charts too. We will share some examples soon.
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Explore Google Docs from home and try out their online spreadsheets. Compare this program to MS Excel and share what you think.
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Our 2 Kindergarten classes have been learning about their letters and sounds in a very special way. We are making our first video! It will be shared with you all very soon.
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If that weren’t enough, the 1st and 2nd graders also tried out some new skills through one of our favorite programs, Kid Pix 4. We talked about our Math terms, Slides and Flips. Each student used the outline of a mitten or a picture they drew themselves as the object to flip or slide. In order to make their original picture move, they learned about the very valuable technology steps, Edit/Copy-Edit/Paste. The children were amazed to learn they could make a copy of their work. Take a look at some of our projects.
Slides&Flips
View more presentations from Mrs. Moore.
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Have you ever made a spreadsheet? Tell us about it.
When is it valuable to know how to Copy and Paste?
A Special Delivery from Scotland!
Jun 3rd
We were so excited today because we received some very special mail. It was a large envelope from
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Mrs. Stewart and the P3S Superst☆rs!
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Inside we found a postcard reminder that the Superst☆rs use when they are writing to a Postcard Pal. Mrs. Stewart knew that we liked her idea so she decided to send one to us. We thought that was very kind! We will certainly put it to good use.
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But that wasn’t all we found in our envelope. We received a very special book created by the Superst☆rs. It is called Flat Stanley Visits Primary 3S.
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Many of our blog buddies from around the world have been learning and sharing so much through the Flat Stanley books.
Click HERE for some Flat Stanley fun!
We thought this idea was fabulous! This unique book shares maps about Scotland, which really helps us with our geography.
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It was so nice to see pictures of the Superst☆rs and Mrs. Stewart, too.
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We learned many facts about Arbroath with Flat Stanley as our guide. We think that Kerr’s Miniature Railway looks like fun!
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We can’t wait to learn more about our friends’ very special country!
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Thank you!
(Kindergarten Techie Kids)
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How has your class used Flat Stanley to help you learn?
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What did you learn from the Superst☆rs?
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What would you like to learn more about?
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