I want to preface this blogpost by telling you that I am on the technology implementation team at Marquette. Students will be receiving one-to-one devices next year and our team is trying to make the transition as smooth and as meaningful as possible. Students will not be on chromebooks all day everyday but will be finding ways to enhance their learning through the use of technology. I am trying out a few ideas with the class this year, The purpose is to allow for practice at home, ways to enhance the learning that is occurring at school as well as reduce the use of paper. I will be introducing two different ideas Prodigygame (a math site) and Reading Glue ( an online reading log) Any questions, concerns and feedback are welcome!
New Math Website
Your child may have come home today all excited about a new website we are piloting in the Lilypad. It is called Prodigygame and it is very engaging as well as educational! A letter will be coming home tomorrow with all the important details and information for you. I have linked the site in a few different places. It will be here on the blog (on the righthand sidebar under "Helpful Websites" and I have a link in The Lilypad Classroom in the About section. Your child will know how to login through classroom.
Here is the link :
As I said, we are piloting the site to see if it helps with math fluency and practice. Students can play at home and will have a few times during the week to access it here at school, too. Any feedback you have for me would be appreciated.
Reading Glue
This is a site that will allow for students to record what they are reading at home on an electronic form. Students can set goals for their reading, record their reading minutes and their thinking about their reading all on this site. It will allow for the recording of minutes at home and at school. Students can log if they are Listening to Reading, Reading to Someone or Reading to Self. They can also record the genre of their reading (fantasy, informational, historical fiction, etc.)
The links below are a quick overview of the program.
I will not be starting the electronic logs until January but am excited to give them a go! If you would prefer to record reading minutes on paper, just let me know! The electronic log may not work for everyone or every family.
The HoChunk People
Students studied about the history of the HoChunk Nation here in the Madison area. Each group was assigned a topic to research (like how the HoChunk traveled, got food, lived) and then created a poster presenting their knowledge. When the poster were complete, groups taught their classmates. Here are a few examples of the posters.
A Few Items Before Winter Break
- Please make sure you are sending a change of shoes during winter as well as winter gear (boots, coats, hats, mittens, etc.)
- The last day of school is Wednesday, December 21. School resumes on Wednesday, January 4.
- We will have our MAPS Winter Reading Test on Thursday, December 14.
- The last day of rollerblading in Wednesday!
Thanks, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Kathy Mack
No comments:
Post a Comment