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Monday, September 29, 2014

Hall Display to Last through the Year!


Boy oh boy has it been a busy beginning of the year!  Our school got ipads this year and every single second I am not teaching, I am working on that ipad to find amazing resources for my kiddos.  Overwhelmed?  That's an understatement!  And I love technology!  I just feel like I am starting over in a new grade or new school or something.  Ok, enough of my complaining.  I see the violins coming out.

Check this out!  My grade level was brainstorming ideas to put out in the hall for back to school.  In addition we were talking about putting up a background paper with the students name or something to keep up for the year where we can add their current papers.  With all kinds of nifty ideas throwing around this is what we decided.

1.  I used Whimsey Workshop clipart of a boy and girl and I erased part of their head so students could form their own.

   

  


2.  Then I added a cute frame and space to write an acrostic poem.  Students had to draw and color themselves and write an acrostic poem using their name.






3.  Then we took pictures of the kids and pasted them on a short piece of paper.  Students had to brainstorm numbers and words that represented them.

4.  We glued both pieces of work onto a long 12 X 18 piece of construction paper and laminated.


5.  Next we took four paperclips and put them a 1/4 inch above and inside each corner.  That way we can add current papers.  We taped the back to keep them in place.


6.  Last we put them up in the hall!



This is what it looks like when you add a new assignment:



When we take the assignment down and don't have a current paper to put in the hall, it will still look decorated!  Genius right?  I love looking at their drawings of themselves and comparing it to their actual photo.  I have some artists in here!  Toats Adorbs.  What does that mean?  That is my teenager's language for totally adorable!  What do you put in the hall at the beginning of the year?
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Friday, September 26, 2014

Using Notability App


NOTABILITY AND IPAD GIVEAWAY!!!!  Do you want to learn about Notability and enter to win an iPad mini?  This is for you!!!  My rockin Lesson Deli girls have teamed up to offer not only 16 incredible apps, but their expertise to go along with it!  Oh and let's not forget that since we are talking techie, we are raffling off an iPad mini so you can see what these apps can do for you and your classroom!  




Are you familiar with Notability?  If not, you need to check it out!
Notability is awesome to use in the classroom.  I teach 4th grade and this is our first year with 1:1 technology.  All my students have an iPad.  Reluctant at first, I decided just to dive into it and try things out.  We had a few bumps along the way but the app is amazing!  Students can take notes, record, upload pictures and documents, draw, write, make text boxes, highlight, etc etc.  I either email or place a document in my dropbox.  Student upload it into Notability.  Once it is in there, they can manipulate it.  I especially like that they can take notes and highlight text.  Our latest upload was a Native American chart.  Students create a text box in each box of the chart and write their notes.  Some liked writing instead.  They would zoom in to write so they could fit it all in the box.  Some change their screen to black and write with light color (I didn't even show them that tool!)  They are so excited about using the iPads that they explore on their own.



How did we manage the notes?  We created "DIVIDERS" for each subject.  Then we created "SUBJECTS" for each divider.  For example, under Social Studies, we have a subject for Native Americans.  They can create as many notes as we need and label each one.  It has been a fantastic tool for our first work.  I send them the .pdf and they can write answers directly on it.  Now I haven't felt completely comfortable in grading so if I am grading something, I may have them read and manipulate text on Notability but provide an answer sheet for their answers.  This chart you see above is going to be used for an open notes test on Native Americans.  It is saving us paper and engaging the students!  Now that you are excited to see what Notability to do for you and your class, enter our contest and win an iPad mini!  


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