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Making Quality Blog Comments-PQP
It is that time of year again where my kids in 3rd and 5th grade are starting to make comments on their classmates’ blogs. Inevitably what happens, when kids are left to their own to comment on blogs,...
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Communication and Collaboration
One of the ES technology standards (NETSs) here at SAS is Communication and Collaboration. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance,...
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One of Those "Little" Lessons
Third grade has just finished their unit on researching and non-fiction writing. This project always culminates wiht the Grade 3 wax museum where students dress up as their famous person and answer...
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Checking for Reading Fluency
Reading Fluency is a big part of the reading workshop model. However it is hard for kids to hear what they actually sound like when they read. Lately my 5LS class has been using Garageband to help...
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This I believe
5th Grade is working has been working writing some personal essays. Instead of the normal Print and Publish, 5DZ decided to publish their essays in the format of the NPR radio program “This I...
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TGIF Tech Returns April 1st
TGIF All, I can’t speak for all of you, but my week has flown by. Best of all, we get back from one vacation and turn around and have another. Teaching is a fine profession indeed. I thought I would...
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TGIF Tech April 10th
I thought I would take a different tack this week and focus on tech items that are happening here in the ES or resources I have come across that have been shared by other teachers on campus. Other than...
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TGIF Tech April 15th
TGIF everyone Digital/Media Literacy: I am about to kick off a Digital/Media Literacy Lesson with 5th grade so I thought I would include links to the resources we will be using. Hopefully you can get...
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Shanghai Goes Wild
The Shanghai Goes Wild project is well underway with many classes starting to finish their drawings and starting to draw their partners drawings. This is always an exciting time for me with this...
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TGIF Tech-April 29th
In case you have just come off a deserted island or emerged from a cave that did not have wifi, you might have heard about the Royal Wedding so I thought I would start with a couple ways to keep...
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