Rockin' it With Maps 101! When Ms Henderson brought her class to the library, I bragged about the great DCSD resource, Maps101! She could not wait to use her understanding of the new program with her class on the spot to show them the information they needed to learn as part of the 5th grade social studies standards! Way to go! As you can see, the students were completely enchanted with the map lesson. Ms Limoncelli dropped in and was completely impressed with Ms Henderson's ability to think on the spot and show initiative in coming up to co-teach the lesson! Thanks for dropping by for this enjoyable activity!! Trying out Readers Theatre Activity! In Ms Hogan's class, I decided to try out a reader's theatre script to see if the students enjoyed this type of learning. Students do not need to memorize lines. They do not even need costumes. The scripts are "mini plays" and can even be created by students based on information they know from a book or story. This is a fun way to improve fluency, creativity, and information recall! A good time was had by all, as you can see from this picture!! World Book Online Early World of Learn ing The World Book Early World of Learning is a great Pk-2 learning resource. It supports the common core standards by elaborating on non fiction elements that appear in fictional stories and provides many non fiction units of study. It also provides many reading comprehension activities. In this activity, the student is putting the story cards in the proper sequence. A number of the lower grade classes got to experience this wonderful program this week. Early World of Learning is available to you 24/7. Just go to Media Center Landing Page, scroll down to the Symbaloo webmix the http://hawthornees.dekalb.k12.ga.us/MediaCenter.aspx and click on the Early World of Learning in the second column. The user name and pw is located on the library door, in the office, and on handouts distributed on curriculum night! Here are a few screenshots from this great program! World Book Kids Here are a few screenshots from this great program!
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The Hawthorne library was so lucky to get a surprise visit from Ms Holbrook and Ms Robinson's awesome class! The students were studying various types of matter. They used the library to locate, identify and classify various objects. This was a really fun and interactive mini project and the kiddos had a blast. Thanks for stopping and visiting me today! Internet Safety with faux pas the techno cat |
Make your own story! Do you like the "Choose your Adventure stories? You can make one with Inklewriter!! "Write as you playThe inklewriter lets you write as you play, branching the story with choices, and then linking those branches back together again. It keeps track of which paths you’ve finished, and which still need to be written. There’s no set-up, no programming, no drawing diagrams – so there’s nothing between you and the empty page. Oh, and it’s free to use. And once written, you can share your stories with whomever you like." Source: http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/ Start your story now! See Minecraft Story Sample Below: |
SAMPLE INKLEWRITER MINECRAFT STORY
Today we had several classes come to the library for a technology block and the kiddos were introduced to Botlogic http://botlogic.us/play. It looks like an easy game but it gets more and more challenging and students have to solve problems to get the Bot home. This maze teaches students computational logic leading eventually to computer programming. Check out today's pictures below!!
Ms cooper/Birnbaum's class with Ms walker jumping into the fun!
Ms Pope and Ms Letour's 3RD GRADE CLASS Class whipping botlogic!
MS CHANDONIA'S 2ND GRADE CLASS IN BOTLOGIC ACTION!!
MS HAHN'S 5TH GRADE CLASS LEARNS SCRATCH PROGRAMMING!
Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/ is a complex visual programming language. It's great to know Scratch because it comes in handy when working in robotics and other electronic creations. There is a bit of a learning curve but Ms Hahn's class had a great first day as they took a bite out of a piece of the program. Eric J, and Amaya P. agreed to each take a group and be the "Scratch Trainers." They did a great job teaching everyone how to get Scratch up and running. Thank you so much for your help guys!
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Sue Levine is a Teacher-Librarian in Atlanta, GA.