Week 5 Teaching with Technology

HOORAY! It is the last week of this coarse.  I have loved everything that I have learned. I love technology! This week I realized just how much I love exploring the resources and videos that are available on Edutopia. During our readings and assignments this week we had to watch several videos from this website and I find them very useful.  I need to remember to log on more often to see what is new.
http://www.edutopia.org/

Videos like this one inspire me to be a better teacher.

Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed!

M is for Monster

Here is the website that I purchased the monster craft from:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Madness-Craft-and-Writing-Templates

Here is our "Week at a Glance"

Kinder is unbeLEAFable!

Happy Fall y'all!!  I am really looking forward to a new season.  We have plenty of activities coming up this week with the kick off of fall, family, and Johnny Appelseed's birthday on September 26th.

Here are some activities that we will be doing.

http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2011/09/apples-happy-fall-yall.html

Week 4 Teaching with Technology

Hi everyone! Happy Sunday.  I am completing week four in my masters program today.  It has been another long week but I learned so much.  I was at Region 1 and Region 2 this week.  I had lots of training and missing 3 days of school.  I was so glad to be back on Friday.
This week I learned so much about the process of developing a digital/technology rich district.  My district is doing this exact thing and I really did not realize the background behind the scenes protocol and structures that it takes to create a sustainable environment.  In this weeks readings I learned just how much it takes to create a sustainable environment.
It just so happened that our district just sent out this flyer to its teachers and I felt that it went perfect with this weeks readings.

Freedom Week-Constitution Day

Today was a great day for RED, WHITE, and BLUE in honor of Constitution Day and kicking off our "FREEDOM WEEK".  This is a requirement in Texas to teach all children about our constitution, US Symbols and to celebrate Freedom!





Here are some resources that you might be able to use:
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/freedom/
http://ok.gov/sde/sites/ok.gov.sde/files/SSCelebrateFreedomWeek.pdf
http://www.region10.org/SocialStudies/Freedom.html
http://www.saisd.net/admin/curric/sstudies/tom/celebrate_freedom.html

We read We the Kids today: Is a great book to introduce the vocabulary to the kindergarten kids.

http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/content/weber_reads/founders/elementary.pdf