tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23339134787492969052024-03-04T21:05:55.733-08:00Wacky in One/TwoA fun and funny teacher blog about life with 1 to 1 iPads, and other random happenings in a 1st/2nd split class!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-19765873820481085782014-09-30T19:01:00.000-07:002014-09-30T19:01:00.529-07:00Why I TeachLately there is a lot in the news about how tough it is to be a teacher, and how veterans are telling others that "It's not worth it to become a teacher". Union drama... school board issues....common core...DIBELS... standardized testing... evaluations...salary ! It is a lot, and it is STRESSFUL, this year more than ever I am stressed . The 1st/2nd split is AWESOME beyond compare for my kiddos, but it is crazy stressful for me. In spite of all that I don't think I would ever give it up, or encourage a young aspiring teacher to do the same because IT IS WORTH IT! Last week one of my littles learned to cross his mid-line... he can count by fives while bringing his knees up and touching them with his opposite hand!! We've been working on that all year, and my whole class was sooooo excited for him! On Sunday I spent three hours sitting in a Russian church service because I was invited by one of my kiddos who was singing and reciting poetry in honor of Russian Thanksgiving (her part was thirty minutes max...and all in Russian). I left with a tummy full of yummy Russian food, a plate full of Russian dessert (to share with the other teachers), and a heart full of love because she was so excited that I came that she could barley contain herself. She came to me straight from Russian immersion last October, and is one of my super seven second graders . Her growth this past year is all I need for all the stress, and drama to be worth it. This is a narrative she wrote this week. I did a cut and paste straight from her Google folder so you can see how amazing she is. It's not perfect, but here is why IT IS WORTH IT...<br />
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-71960207828168390652014-09-25T21:14:00.001-07:002014-09-25T21:14:57.529-07:00Saying Chiao to the ChairsThis year I decided to throw caution to the wind and do something <strike>out of the box </strike> <strike>crazy</strike> innovative, okay so it's a little bit crazy! I got rid of ALL the chars in my classroom. I know it's shocking, but I felt like it was best for all of us.<br />
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The idea started brewing last summer when my principal mentioned that when he taught first grade he lowered all the desks as far as they wold go and everybody sat on the floor. I couldn't see that working for me but it really got me thinking! When I really thought about how my kids really like to position themselves to work chairs made no sense at all, so I seriously started to consider my options.Then I saw another blog post (which I have since lost and can't find again darn it) where a teacher had tons of tables at different heights. I knew I would never be able to get enough tables so I decided to create table like groupings that we call pods by turning the desks around and adjusting them to matching heights.<br />
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First we have the most typical pod we call it the stool pod or the Ikea pod since the stools came from Ikea.<br />
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We have tubs for our iPads, book bags and head phones on the counter.<br />
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So I bribed my friend's handy husband to make these for me with free baby sitting. One night per stool!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">1. No I do not assign seats. They choose freely </span><span style="font-size: small;">throughout the day and even move multiple times during a lesson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. Yes they chat but they would do that even in assigned seats. If it gets bad they have to make another choice, or get a folder thing we call an office.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">5.Yes! It is working like a dream! Behavior is better and there is a very healthy feel to the room in a sort of physical way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">6. Yes, they LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it (as does every other kids who comes into my room) I'm always hearing "I wish I was in your class!!"</span></div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-12721565382847474472014-08-29T22:25:00.001-07:002014-08-29T22:25:40.579-07:00A New Year, a New Name, and a Really New Class... Sort ofHello bloggy people :) I know it's been a long time, but I decided to just let summer be summer and for me that did not include blogging. I love it, but I needed a break! Now that I am back, and in full swing with my <strike>monsters </strike> sweet students! I'm back to blogging. Many of you are probably wondering why I have changed the name of my "fabulous" blog! Well, it just didn't fit anymore because I am now teaching a ONE/TWO split. Yes, in this crazy common core world I agreed to teach a one/two split! I now have thirteen first graders, and seven second graders. The super seven as I call them are kiddos I had last year, and the my fabulous firsties came from all of the kinder classes! They are meshing really well as a family, and we are finding our way along this path that is new to all of us, teacher, coach, and principal included! Sometimes I think I'm crazy, and at others I think it was the best idea ever. When in reality it's probably a little of both! In spite of that fact we are all a little crazy... or wacky if you will. I hope you enjoy our journey through this year! I know we will do great things! See you soon, and stay tuned to find out why I said caio to chairs...Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-30966916159919207642014-06-02T17:58:00.000-07:002014-06-02T17:58:59.529-07:00Every Day AppsSomeone asked me today to give them a quick list of apps we use a lot so I decided to do a quick post about the apps we use almost every day! Normally I really only post about free apps. Sadly while most of the apps in this post are free the websites attached to them are subscription based. However, some are reasonably priced for individual teachers, and totally worth it! So here without further ado are our every day apps...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/raz-kids/id474207297?mt=8" target="_blank">Raz-Kids</a> app is free in the app store</td></tr>
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The <a href="http://www.raz-kids.com/" target="_blank">Raz -Kids program </a>is part of the reading A-Z family. With this program you can assign tons of just right books to your students. Whole levels of books that are fun to read, and right at their level. They can read, listen, and take quizzes about what they have read, and the program tracks all of their progress online for you to review. This data is great when you're planning instruction. I paid around ninety dollars for a year of this program and I haven't regretted it for one second. I can create and track accounts for up to 30 students I have students that range from DRA 3 to DRA 28 and this is a great independent reading program that meets the needs of all my students easily. There are also lots of Spanish books available. We use this for read to self, and listen to reading during our literacy block.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Find it in the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spellingcity/id538407602?mt=8" target="_blank">app store</a></td></tr>
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I also paid for a Premium subscription to <a href="https://www.spellingcity.com/Log-yourself-in.html" target="_blank">Spelling City</a>. The free version is okay but I wanted to be able to do more. I paid around fifty dollars for up to twenty five students. With the premium membership I am able to easily manage four differentiated spelling lists. During the literacy block students practice their spelling words with lots of fun games. On Fridays they take their tests online, and it records their scores for me. I can also print out the results with just a few clicks and send them home for parents. I would NEVER be able to manage multiple lists without this program. Plus the kids love it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lexia in the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lexia-reading/id555676901?mt=8" target="_blank">app store</a></td></tr>
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Our school was already using Lexia before we received the iPads, but now we can utilize it much more. We use it during literacy block as for word work. It has fun phonics practice games for kids at every level. It also generates lessons for me to use based on their performance, and tracks all their progress for me online. We use an older version that is more cost effective, but those starting out will have to purchase the <a href="http://lexialearning.com/" target="_blank">Core5</a> version. Individual/classroom licenses cannot be purchased as far as I know, but it would be a great resource for any school!<br />
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Myon is also a subscription paid for by my school, and I don't think it can be purchased by individuals. If I could put <a href="http://www.myon.com/" target="_blank">Myon</a> and Raz -Kids together I would have the perfect all purpose reading app, but can't. Myon is marketed as a independent reading system, but it doesn't work that way for us. There is simply not enough teacher control for me. With that in mind I use this for several different things. Listen to reading, guided reading, shared reading, reading in the content areas, and book clubs. The books in Myon are AMAZING,particularly the ones we use in the content areas we love them! The program just needs teachers to regulate it strictly! I LOVE this program, but my kids know how I expect it to be used. If they didn't it would be a free for all!<br />
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This app may cost five bucks, but it will pay for itself by saving on copy costs. We do all of our math worksheets here. I place their assignments in a Google Drive folder, and they upload and complete them here. They write with styluses just like they would with pencil and paper. Then they put it in their personal folder for me to grade. I have big plans for this app next year it is capable of so much that and I've only touched on it a little tiny bit!<br />
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Google drive is my best friend! It saves me from e-mail overload, makes printing fast and easy, and puts all my kids work at my fingertips. Each student has a folder that I own (they have editing privileges) to store their work in. We put worksheets from Notability here, and all of their final copies for writing are here. They use their Google Drives to share Popplets and Pic collages too! I would lose my mind without this app!<br />
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Good news <a href="https://www.schoology.com/home.php" target="_blank">Schoology</a> is free! It's sort of like Facebook for schools. My kiddos LOVE that it looks like Facebook! We use it for discussions about our reading, and constructed response questions based on our shared reading texts. You can also create assessments that students can take here! My kids also like to say hello to each other (and me) during our time apart. I love to read their little posts. They say things like "Hi girl" and "You are my BFF". Not academic, but still cute, and still writing!<br />
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Wow! I never realized how much we do each day. I just LOVE being 1:1!! Please note that most of these apps can be used in any 1:1 or bring your own device environment NOT just iPads! It's a beautiful thing!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-19726609927064858272014-05-26T21:36:00.000-07:002014-05-29T21:06:31.840-07:00Reflecting Back on Our First Year 1:1Wow! I cannot believe how far we've come in just a few short months! It seems like yesterday we were still anticipating the iPad roll out, and now they are all checked in and ready for their summer update. I could not be prouder of my class, they are proof positive that any class no matter how young can be successful with 1:1 devices. At the time they received the iPads about 95% of them had never touched a tablet, and now they can do any task I ask of them. These kids come from fairly extreme poverty in most cases. They have not had the exposure to technology that most kids their age have had until this year so we had to start with the basics. Even getting the iPads out of the case was a challenge. Downloading apps took about fifteen minutes per app, and interacting with Google docs was excruciating! Now I think they have better technology skills than most kids their age in the high income schools. They also tend to out skill most adults they encounter. Here are just a <b><u>few</u></b> of the things they have achieved...<br />
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Download apps in seconds<br />
Read and take comprehension quizzes online<br />
Research topics and take notes from online resources<br />
Type, edit, and revise final copies in Google docs<br />
Take screen shots<br />
Share photos in Google docs<br />
Create and share Popplets<br />
Create and share PicCollages<br />
Take spelling tests online<br />
Download, complete, and upload worksheets in Notability<br />
Use the iPads responsibly (this is a good thing because they can also get out of guided access with no code)<br />
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As you can see, my kiddos rocked the iPads this year, but we had some help! With that in mind we send a huge thank you to Rose and Gina, our district iPad goddesses, Mr.Chop Chop our teacher librarian, and last but not least Super Scott our tech guy! We couldn't have done it without you!!!<br />
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It only took me a few pages to know that this book will be in my tool box for a long time! It has awesome tips for teachers and parents that really work! One of the best parts is that you don't have to read it cover to cover if you don't have time. You can just leaf through and pick out a few tips that you can use right away ( but make sure you read the whole thing later it's worth it)! It's one of those books that really gets your wheels turning. As I read little thoughts about how I could use these tips in my classroom filled my head, and believe me I needed the tips because I'm a girl, and my boys are BOYS... as in ALL boy! Goodness they keep me on my toes! I really appreciated the insight from a man about how their little brains work because I sometimes have a hard time figuring out what on earth is going on in there! I came up with lots of great ideas as I read, but I picked a few of Mike's tips to get us started!<br />
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1. Start a boys book club (I know I'm a girl but my boys let me join anyway)<br />
2. Use e-books (we read Myon books on our iPads)<br />
3. Use audio books(again Myon on our iPads)<br />
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Tuesdays and Thursdays are now book club days!We started out by picking our book. As Mike suggests I didn't give them a lot of limits. I only requested that the book not be too scary, or too high reading level wise. They could not believe that I was going to let them pick any book they wanted! They had all kinds of ideas about what kind of books they wanted to search for. Super heroes... monsters...zombies etc. They finally settled on<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/Backyard%20Bug%20Battle:%20A%20Buzz%20Beaker%20Brainstorm" target="_blank">Backyard Bug Battle: A Buzz Beaker Brainstorm</a> if you have boys they will LOVE it! It's a graphic novel with bugs, poison, and lots of other gross stuff!<br />
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The really cool thing is that this is a multi-level group. Their reading levels range from DRA 3 to DRA 20. Some read, some only listen, and others do a little of both. The readers are allowed to listen after they read it once. There are cool sound effects (which boys love) so listening is a must. </div>
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I think they each read or listened to it about twenty times. Then today we sat down and discussed it. They were so excited that they were climbing out of their chairs :) and we had some fun discussions ( there was also a lot of buzz poke ... buzz poke while we were talking)! </div>
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We also picked a new book today, and they were just as excited to get started reading that one too!</div>
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to head over to Amazon and buy this awesome book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Boys-Read-Parents-Teachers/dp/0991535308/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399425902&sr=1-1&keywords=getting+boys+to+read" target="_blank">Getting Boys to Read: Quick Tips for Parents and Teachers</a> ! Your boys will thank you! I know mine did!</div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-7975827141422400182014-04-30T20:19:00.000-07:002014-04-30T20:24:13.469-07:00Number PiecesThis post has been in the works for awhile, but I finally decided to to get it done!<br />
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Now we are adding and subtracting two digit numbers and we need this app even more. Our resource wanted the kiddos building multiple tens sticks (up to nine per problem) with interlocking cubes.I agree there is a place for regular tangible manipulatives (and we have used them in the past) but this was not it. I don't know about you, but with my kiddos it's very hard to keep tools from turning into toys. Cubs get thrown, castles get built, and we all know what little boys make with them... GU*S! Ugg no thank you! I would much rather spend time working with kids on the skill at hand than managing the evil cubes! Plus I don't have enough cubes for every kid to build the number 94!!!<br />
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As part of our social studies standards we have to teach our kiddos their left from their right. I know I could find some boring worksheets where they have to circle the ball on the right or circle the tree on the left, but as we've already established I'm not a very worksheety teacher, and I get bored easily! With that in mind I found something more fun! I saw this idea somewhere, and borrowed it. For the past week I have been putting yummy smelling cotton candy Lip Smackers on the kids right hands. They smell them all the time, and know that the hand they're smelling is their right hand. Simple, easy, and fun (it also makes for a nice reward if needed). Gotta love muscle memory! </div>
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Now that we have a fairly firm grasp on left and right we get to play Left Center Right <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Play-LCR" target="_blank">LCR</a> ( this link gives details on how to play, but I'll give you the basics). I played this once at a party (adults play this as for money, but we use math counters) and thought it would be a fun way to practice left and right. Everyone sits in a circle, and each kiddo gets three math counters. </div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-37409328037111292232014-04-23T20:52:00.001-07:002014-04-23T20:54:05.422-07:00QRazy about TeacherTube For awhile I've been wanting to share links to recordings/videos of my students reading their writing with QR codes, but last year the school iBoss filter was blocking the ones I posted to YouTube. It was so frustrating, because I really wanted all the students (not just mine) to be able to access these videos easily. I tried Viemo... BLOCKED. I tried SchoolTube... it's a pain to sign up! Finally I found TeacherTube, and I love it. Sign up is simple and easy. The upload process is insanely fast, and the best part of all... it creates the QR code for you! All you have to do is cut and paste them. <br />
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Here is how we created our video/recordings (we used the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facetalker/id451871237?mt=8" target="_blank">FaceTalker</a> app).<br />
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First I took a picture of them holding up their writing while covering their faces (for safety). Then I removed the mouth from the picture (the mouth is designed to move, so I just remove it). Next they record their reading and I attach it to the picture. Once we get a good recording I e-mail it to myself, save it to my computer, and upload. Once it's uploaded I cut and paste the QR code, print it, and attach it to their final copy before I display it in the hallway!<br />
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The kids love it, and everyone else thinks it's pretty cool too! We hope you enjoy them! There aren't very many because most of them were writing in pairs.<br />
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Here is a link to my TeacherTube channel where you can check out all their awesome writing!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I have been seeing so much online from both sides of the technology
divide about what students "MUST" do. The voices are so loud! Almost
deafening at times and they aren't always very nice. Each side fears that that the other wants to take away what they hold most dear, and they both fling scientific
studies, data, and experts at each other, but to what end? I am very much a
tech geek (obviously) , and I fly my geek flag high. Whenever I go on vacation
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I was raised on a steady diet of nice hefty books, freshly sharpened
pencils, and boxes of sixty-four Crayola crayons (with the sharpener in the
back), but I also had computers in my school and in my classrooms starting in
kindergarten, and a computer at home starting in fourth grade. Granted the
floppy discs were bigger than my hand, but I digress. As you can see I grew up
moving fluidly between screens and paper. I want that same thing for my
students. Quite frankly I believe that students MUST have both if they are
going to be successful in life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If you've been reading this blog for a while you know that we are a 1:1 iPad school. Many times when people hear that they assume that we've thrown out all of the paper and pencil tradition and panic ensues. "They have to learn to write" naysayers shout in a panic, and my kiddos do. We plan, draft, revise, edit, and illustrate on paper. We take dictation in cute little notebooks, and scribble, scratch, and scrawl with colored pens in our writing center. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.18181800842285px; text-align: start;">Then we whip out our iPads and type out final copies faster than you can say "oops I ripped my paper while I was erasing". I can sit down with my kiddos and really go deep into editing and revising without the stress of them having to worry about copying it over again. Nothing gets in the way of others enjoying our writing, even when those fine motor skills are still developing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We also love to read, and we read everywhere…big books, Kindle
books, mini books, chapter books, poems on paper, poems on the screen, poems on
charts, Myon books, Razkids books, books to color, and books you hold. Every
one helps us to become better readers each and every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In math manipulatives hang out alongside fact
practice apps, and worksheets in Notability, and we practice that pencil
grip with our styluses. We buddy up to roll virtual dice, play games
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<span style="font-size: medium;">We get the best of both worlds, and everybody wins. Particularly my students! They will grow up being able to access information anywhere they choose, and they will be able to slide fluidly between technology and tradition. They won't have to choose!</span></div>
Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-86944154378915466192014-04-07T21:30:00.000-07:002014-04-07T21:34:10.366-07:00Ga ga for Google Docs... and driveOkay, I'll admit it! I was not always a fan of Google docs! At first I thought it was Word without the bells and whistles (it sort of is) but now I know that it's so much more... where to begin??? First off I have said goodbye to all my external drives, which I am very good at loosing, or leaving at home, or leaving at school. I do everything on in Google docs now. That way all my stuff is everywhere! I really do mean everywhere... school notebook, personal notebook, phone, and of course the iPad! No more of those ugg I left it at school or shoot that worksheet is on my laptop at home type moments.Everything from lesson plans to links for the kiddos it's all there!<br />
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I love it for me, but I love it even more for the kiddos. They LOVE to publish their final copies in Google docs. Yes they have to learn to actually write, and we do actually write during every other step in the writing process. For publishing I prefer to use Google drive, and here are the top five reasons...<br />
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1. Publishing is no longer like pulling teeth<br />
2. If they make a mistake that is appropriate to fix we can fix it fast and easy without starting over<br />
3. They can see their own errors easily<br />
4. Everyone can read it<br />
5.Typing is an essential life skill<br />
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They were so excited to finish up, and pick their favorite font for me to use when I printed them! Some of them completed three pieces! Normally one is like pulling teeth.<br />
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Printing is super easy too. They each have a folder in their Google drive with their name on it. I own the folder, but it's shared with them so they can open it up and start typing. They never have to send it to me or share it with me because it appears in MY drive in real time!</div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-8617616522065571192014-04-07T20:33:00.002-07:002014-06-16T13:15:21.041-07:00The Best iPad Management Hack Ever!!!Lately I have been hearing a lot of questions about how to monitor iPad use in the classroom. People have mentioned various programs that could work, but I don't have the time, bandwidth, or money to buy them. Guided access is great if your kiddos aren't techie (mine can get out of it without knowing the code, and they're only in first grade). It also takes a lot of time to get kiddos off and on because we use at least eight to ten apps/programs/websites every day. <br />
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Even I had problems with keeping everybody where they should be, and then a simple solution popped into my mind! It was a face palm sort of moment. Are you ready for it??? Have them sit on the opposite side of their desks (it won't work for everyone because of their classroom set up) it works wonders for us!! Now we call the back side the iPad side and the other side the writing side. When they sit on the iPad side I can see what is on ALL their screens from my small group table!<br />
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I have not had even one kid stray out of where they should be since we started doing this! The kids would say "easy peasy lemon squeezy"!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-57586529380466314882014-02-28T21:10:00.000-08:002014-02-28T21:10:52.337-08:00Making Friends With MyonSorry, I'm a bad blogger but between my grad school class, after school clubs, and actually teaching first grade I've been a little busy!<br />
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Then they downloaded the book and listened to it, and a few others about the same topic while they worked on an American flag hundreds chart during math!</div>
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2. Guided reading- I've also started using Myon during guided reading. It took forever to get a lot of books leveled for use with DRA2 (I'm still working on it) but it's great because my class had a real gift for losing guided books!!! They never loose these, and there are always enough copies!</div>
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3. Shared reading- I can project the books with Air Server, or Splashtop, and the kids can all have their own copy for read to self or listen to reading... enough said!</div>
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Thought for today... necessity is the mother of <strike>invention </strike> finding very odd and specific apps. Every Friday we mix it up a little during math when our amigos from the dual immersion class come and join us for math games. This week I found a really fun, and engaging math game at Teacher's Pay Teachers <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Color-by-Sum-Winter-Version-Common-Core-Based-814627" target="_blank">Color By Sum: Winter Version</a></div>
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To play this game each pair of students needs three dice, but I have a love hate relationship with dice because they... are loud, can be thrown at other people, roll away and need to be chased, tend to end up at the bottom of a tub or drawer where I can never find them when I need them, and throwing dice is a little boring! I also don't have enough for 19+10= 29 kiddos to use at once. So I decided to hunt up an app for rolling dice, and I found a great one <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dice-roll-free/id523504747?mt=8" target="_blank">Dice Roll Free</a>! We just love it, because you can roll from 1-6 dice at a time, it doesn't add the dice up for you, AND you have to shake the iPad to roll the dice! It's simple, fun, and just right for us!</div>
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(Just a side note... these two picked each other as partners. She speaks mostly Russian, he speaks mostly Spanish. LOVE it)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today was our first day back and the kiddos were so excited to have our little family back together. All the iPads came back in one piece(kudos to my kiddos and parents for taking such good care of them). Their little minds were ready for something new so we jumped right in to Schoology. Let me say that I LOVE SCHOOLOGY, and so do my kiddos. I had to force them to go to lunch and recess because they just wanted to stay and post in Schoology some more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It took us awhile to get the app downloaded and everyone logged in because it's a new log in combo, but I showed a couple people how, and before long everybody was logged in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My right hand girl "Miss. H" showed our new friend (first day with her iPad) how to download apps. She also got her all set up and logged into Schoology. What would I do without my Pipgeeks???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earlier this week I set up a group for us in Schoology and added all my kiddos. Then I posted a fun question on the main page for them to answer, and a reader's response question on our discussion board.The question was "Who do you like better, Jack or Annie? Tell why! (We have a slight obsession going with the Magic Tree House books)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They jumped right in to posting, and simply fell in love with it. I have never, never seen them this excited about <b style="text-decoration: underline;">ANY </b> kind of writing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Their writing here has such voice and expression. I was impressed! It's just a few words each, their spelling and punctuation are't perfect, but I can tell you this... it sounds just like them. They were less than happy when it was time to go to lunch, but luckily our awesome teacher librarian, (former blog name "Mr T") Mr. Chop chop (don't even ask) joined our group, and posted a new question for them, to answer later in the day!</span></div>
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In twenty years my kiddos won't remember their DIBELS scores, or what DRA level they read on in first grade, but they just might remember one frigidly cold and snowy day when they arrived at school to a find a fun breakfast of snowballs (powered sugar doughnut holes) hot chocolate, and tiny candy-canes!<br />
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-21231996449532069792013-12-07T21:42:00.000-08:002014-01-07T18:31:12.704-08:00Blogging our First Year with 1:1 iPads Week ThirteenWell week thirteen has come and gone, here is a look at what we've been up to...<br />
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My math resource wanted us drawing what they call quick images of various 2D shapes on whiteboards with dry erase markers. I don't have enough of either, and they're messy! What's a teacher to do!?!? Easy, whip out the iPads, and open doodle buddy (our white board app). Engaging, fun, not messy, and I didn't have to hunt up boards and markers!<br />
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As you can see we're learning about shapes, so I found several free tangram apps (our math calls them pattern blocks) to supplement what they do with the actual manipulatives in their workbooks.</div>
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-first-tangrams-wood-tangram/id356537665?mt=8" target="_blank">My First Tangrams Lite</a></div>
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These apps are all very different, and each offers a different level of play. I have some kids who are better at these than I am, and several of them have moved on to harder versions they found on their own. I love when they can take what I give them and run with it. These iPads provide that in an amazing way.</div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-63545959223996958752013-12-07T21:05:00.000-08:002013-12-07T21:05:23.921-08:00Elf on the Shelf Week OneSince this is my first Christmas in my OWN classroom I just had to get a class elf for my kiddos. They named him Elfie... yes creative I know, but that's what they picked! He arrived in a bag along with his book when we came back from Thanksgiving break. The kids were so excited, when he moved during lunch and ended up riding our class pet, Harry Hippo, like a horse.<br />
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That one kept the kids spinning, because from up there it really does look like he's watching everybody!<br />
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After that he hijacked some leftover snack, a pillow, and an iPad (left at school by mistake). He played candy crush all night long...<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Sometimes I feel like we get so caught up in data, and standards, and testing that we forget to make memories with our students. With that in mind I try to do fun things during the week before we go on any break. For Thanksgiving we reinacted A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving complete with a readers theater and fun feast. We started off the week by reading a fun e- book version of the story. Then I created a readers theater version with parts at various reading levels so all my kiddos could participate. We practiced each day during guided reading so we would be prepared for our big day. The kids also created invitations for various staff members inviting them to our "brunch theater". Friday morning we worked hard to create our feast. Everyone had a blast, and we made memories to last a lifetime!</span></div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-86404187548035992332013-12-01T19:22:00.002-08:002014-01-07T18:31:32.346-08:00Blogging our First Year with 1:1 iPads Weeks Eleven and Twelve<div>
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During week ten I also got smart during Daily 5! I pick one or two Pipgeeks each day to be tech support, and they handle all the iPad issues so I can teach guided reading uninterrupted.</div>
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Week eleven was tons of fun! We've been studying solids and liquids so the kids made picture collages of each.</div>
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We have really been working at mixing up work on the iPads with more traditional work. One day we did rainbow writing during Daily 5 with <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-buddy-paint-draw-scribble/id313232441" target="_blank">Doodle buddy</a>. <br />
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They also had to sort words they read or heard in their Raz-Kids books by syllables(we're still working on syllables forgive our mistakes) <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">and write them on a class chart.</span><br />
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-82541820240236317792013-11-08T21:50:00.000-08:002014-01-07T18:31:51.993-08:00Blogging our First Year with 1:1 iPads Week TenThis post could also be titled mix it up week. I mixed it up with parents and conferences, my brain is mixed up from exhaustion, and the kiddos mixed it up by combining more traditional work with work done on their iPads.<br />
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To start with we used counters in combination our <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashtopass-free-math-flash/id330482882?mt=8" target="_blank">Flash to Pass</a> app to solidify our knowledge of facts. They really liked using the counters along side their iPads!<br />
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We also took the publishing plunge and spent a lot of time turning the rough drafts of our personal narratives into typed final copies on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/primary-writer/id532878729?mt=8" target="_blank">Primary Writer</a>. About half have finished their final copies, and they were so excited and proud of their finished product. They look so grown up glancing between their iPads and writer's notebooks as they typed! We don't have an air printer or e-mail so they had to go through quite a process to get the job done...</div>
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It may not seem like a lot, but when you're six or seven this is HUGE!! Here are some of my sweeties hard at work.</div>
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Stay tuned next week for the finished products ... and a really cool bulletin board if I do say so myself! <br />
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Yes it's a giant iPad, their writing will be displayed like apps!</div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-77424061621508885902013-11-03T20:47:00.000-08:002014-01-07T18:32:15.706-08:00Blogging our First Year with 1:1 iPads Week NineThe big news this week is that we have finally conquered sharing in Google Docs!! I didn't think we could do it, but we did. My little first graders can share with me without e-mail. I taught my mini geek squad how to do it and set them loose to teach other people. <br />
Here they are in the act...<br />
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On Fridays we always have a few guests join us for math. Several of the dual immersion students come to play math games. In the past they have just played card games like 10s go fish, make 10, and garbage. Recently however I decided to add our favorite slide math games, and they love them just as much as we do!</div>
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Yes they are sitting under the counter, but I'm not a very sit at your desk type teacher. This may be why I love the iPads so much... they can go anywhere.</div>
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For those of you that are not from my district the iPads really do go anywhere, they even go home with the kids. Some people don't like it, but I'm not one of them. I love that they have this resource at home as well as at school. Because of this I have two homework calendars, one for those who have internet, and one for those who don't. I made the decision to do this because I want my kids to beyond the use of apps. Apps are great, but I want them to be able do more than the apps allow. They can all still spend time on their regular apps if they choose, but the use of apps that are, in reality connected to really amazing online programs like Lexia, Raz-kids, and Spelling City provide so much more. This was a big revelation for me, and I have found some really great websites to use for literacy. Now on to math...</div>
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Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10579667381064012331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2333913478749296905.post-20252456484345155782013-10-27T21:18:00.002-07:002014-01-07T18:34:18.930-08:00Blogging our First Year with 1:1 iPads Week EightThis has been the week of iPad randomness... no it really has. None of the stuff we did really connects at all to each other... not even a little.<br />
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First off I co-taught an iPad question and answer session with our teacher librarian "Mr.T" during one of our early release PD sessions. During this session the amazing "Mrs. N" lamented about the fact that she really wanted to have her kinder kiddos do Lexia, but getting them downloaded and set up was a huge difficult task. I jokingly commented that I could send three of my most techy kids over to get the job done. She said "Great how about four!?" Agggg what have I done I thought to myself... first graders as tech support!?!?! That's insane!! After that initial moment of panic I sat down and choose the magic four ( hint... if you want to know who had mad downloading skills it's the ones with the most random junk apps on their iPads). Then I took about two minutes to go over what they had do across the hall.<br />
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Here we are taking a practice run<br />
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Then I sent my little "Geek Squad" (thanks "Mr.T" for the name) out on their first job after they finished up their Daily 5 must do. It only took them about TEWNTY MINUTES to help all of "Mrs. N's" kiddos download the Lexia reading app... WOW! They headed back for another twenty minutes at the beginning of social studies (due to slow downloading issues) to get all the apps set up and ready for use (some of our teachers haven't figured out this step yet.... just kidding...maybe...)<br />
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Here they are hard at work<br />
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They did an amazing job! "Mrs. N" was super excited, and super impressed. Thanks to my personal Geek Squad her kids are all set for Lexia. <br />
(Please note we have an amazing teacher librarian and tech support guy ("Mr.T" and "Super S") who help with these things, but they are only two people... two very busy people).<br />
Here is the coolest part about this... they are so proud of themselves, and I just LOVE that because for the most part these are not my "high kids" so I love to see them shine like this. If anyone is interested they are available Friday mornings after they have finished their Daily 5 must do work. I may have to make a sign up sheet on Google docs... just kidding... maybe!<br />
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This week we also used Primary Writer as part of our must do for Daily Five. Our shared reading for the week was <u>There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves </u>and the must do task one day was to share an opinion to this question "Was it a good idea for the old lady to swallow all those things?". My kiddos are not your average whimsical kiddos, they are total realists. All but one of them thought it was a bad idea, and they also thought of all kinds of horrible things that could happen to her as a result. Here is "Miss.S" my new little Russian speaking friend. She has only had her iPad a week, <strong>AND </strong>this is her first English only environment!! She rocked this activity! If you don't speak 1st grade let me translate...<br />
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In other news ios7 has been declared compatible with mclass so I made the jump! It's not as bad as my little tech critics made it sound, I actually like it!</div>
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That's all folks! This is Ms. C and the Geek Squad signing off! Have a great week!</div>
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