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Luna Interactive Projection Camera
May 7th
Our classes have been loving a new piece of technology in our lab.
Learning Resources has given us a Luna Interactive Projection Camera and we have found so many ways to put it to good use! Take a look…
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We’ve used our Luna for choral reading,
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Peeks in our World Atlas,
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Reading a single copy of a postcard,
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Keyboarding instruction,
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Up close looks at our cords,
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And our digital cameras.
It was so nice to share something small with the whole group at the same time. Instead of repeating the information 30 times with each student standing next to the camera, we can share close up directions of each camera’s features all at once.
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This device can also record video. Here’s a short recording made special for our Kindergarten Techie Kids.
Control, Alt, Delete from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
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We are so thankful!
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Learning Resources is allowing us to give away one of these cameras. Leave a comment on this post if you’d like a chance to win your own Luna Interactive Document Camera. Please leave an email that you’d like me to contact you at.
***Winner will be announced Monday, May 14, 2012.***
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The Plant Song
May 1st
Another one of our special projects over the past 2 months has been writing songs to familiar tunes. We were inspired by Mrs. McKenzie’s B4 Class when they posted songs to help them with their Daily 5 program. Check for Understanding, The Cross-Checking Song, and Back Up and Re-Read It. Click on each title to hear their songs.
Our goal is to put lessons we are learning in class to music. Many of us found out that music can help us remember important words or ideas. The second grade Techie Kids learned about the parts of plants and how they grow. We wrote the words that were most important and set them to music. We hope you enjoy listening and learning with us!
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Here are the lyrics we sang:
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Have you ever written a song?
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Can you share a song with us that has helped you remember something you learned in school?
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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Little Poets
Jun 7th
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The Kindergarteners have learned so much this year! It is wonderful to see how they’ve grown.
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Mrs. Gaedcke is one of the fantastic Kindergarten teachers in our building. Her class has been reading poetry all year. They also focused on writing poetry. The book, Kids’ Poems Teaching Kindergarteners to Love Writing Poetry by Regie Routman, served as a good resource. Mrs. Gaedcke shared Kindergarten writing examples from this text as an introduction for her students. Then the children tried out their poetry ideas on their own writing.
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Mrs. Gaedcke had a great idea to share her students’ writing with their families in a nice, published manner. So, each child selected their favorite poem from their portfolio to share with you. The class poems were turned into a Photo Story. Each student practiced reading their own poem aloud to develop their fluency. Then the children recorded their voices along with their writing so you can hear the poem straight from the authors themselves.
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Please leave a message to encourage our little poets and show them that their writing can reach many people.
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Little Poets
CLICK HERE to view Mrs. Gaedcke’s Class, Poetry Photo Story
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Little Poets from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
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What do you think about the Kindergarteners first published poems?
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Family Feud…Skype Style
Jun 6th
And the survey says…this is a great idea!
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Image provided by Roadsidepictures under Creative Commons license-
Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)
But then, Mr. Curran is full of great ideas. We jumped at the opportunity when he and his 4th grade class invited us to participate in this game. Both classes took a Google Form survey and gave their answer to several questions. These were used as the data for the Skype Feud. The hands-down favorite question for this fun, end-of-the-year activity was, “Name a good gift for a pirate.”
True to the style of the classic Family Feud game show, two students faced off in a race to ring the buzzer (bell) first and give the answer that received the highest number of responses. There were 8 fast paced rounds that began with points at face value then progressed into double and triple points.
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It was a close, exciting game that actually came down to the last question. The Techie Kids emerged victorious! We were just so grateful that we’ve been able to connect with so many wonderful classes this year.
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Skype Feud from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
Thank you Mr. Curran and students for being such gracious hosts!
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How could you use this idea in your class?
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What would be a good question for another Skype Feud with an academic focus?
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What game show would you like to try out on Skype?
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Clapping Games
May 18th
Our friends around the world are having fun with playground songs and clapping games. Naturally, the Techie Kids wanted to join in. Here are some of our clapping games.
Concentration
Concentration from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
Boom, Snap, Clap!
Boom, Snap, Clap! from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
McDonald’s
McDonald’s from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
Please be sure to visit our blog buddies and see what playground songs they have shared!
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Mr. Eldridge, Hawes Primary School, England
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Hawes Newshounds, England
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Hawes Primary Class 3, England
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Mrs Kistler and the 49’ers USA
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Mr. Salsich’s Class, USA
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Mrs. McKenzie, Open the Door to B4, NZ
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Mrs. Hembree’s Bell Bulldog Readers, USA
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Mrs. Lynch and Room 102, Canada
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Which clapping game was your favorite?
Can you share a different playground song with us?
Skyping with Mrs. Watson and the 2/3′s!
May 1st
This week, we were able to Skype with our friends in British Columbia, Canada. It is always great to talk with Mrs. Watson and the 2/3’s! Our classes decided to try something different this visit. We thought it might be fun to read together.
If you’re going to read together, why not share a poem from You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You.
This fantastic book allowed the 2/3′s to practice one side of the text and the Techie Kids to practice the other side.
Our text was colored purple and
the 2/3′s text was colored pink.
When the blue text appeared in the middle, we read together!
Listen to see what our poem, The Two Mice, sounded like.
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You from Kelly Moore on Vimeo.
After reading, we learned some super-cool facts about each other.
The 2/3′s have 46 children in their entire school compared to our 400!
There are 17 students in their class compared to the 27 Techie Kids participating in this session.
Our school day is longer by 1 hour and 15 minutes.
We thought it was very cool that some students were able to go home for lunch or have hot lunches delivered to them.
We are very interested in how their class can play in a temperate rainforest.
Everyone thought it would be fun to have a little friend like Chippy the Chipmunk!
Here are some pictures that were taken by our second grade Techie Kids.
We can’t wait to learn more with our buddies!
What was the most interesting thing you learned?
What connections did you make?
How to Comment
Oct 17th
Posted by Mrs. Moore in Techie Kids
73 comments
The Techie Kids have just begun to learn about commenting. A few of them jumped right in and left comments on their own from home. I think that is fantastic! Since we only see each other for 50 minutes each week, I am so proud of our new bloggers who were willing to try new things even if that meant making mistakes. We know that making mistakes are just a part of learning. Since we want to share the best information we can in a small time frame, I thought we could go straight to some blogging experts to see what they recommend for leaving a quality comment.
*****Check out some of the videos made by our blog buddies. After you watch them, go ahead, give it a try!
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How to Compose a Quality Comment
By Mrs. Yollis’ Third Grade
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How to Comment
By Mr. Salsich
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How to Comment
By Mrs. Morris
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What do you think was the most important advice to remember when leaving a quality comment?
Can you share any new strategies you learned?