{ iPads in Kindergarten }



I am SO excited to announce that our school will have the funding to give each classroom 5 iPads this year! I have been able to raise the funds for 4 iPads through Donors Choose. So 4 + 5 = 9....right?! Continue to look for more posts about how I plan to organize, utilize, and thrive within my classroom using this amazing form of technology within #JCPS!

Welcome to Kindergarten 2015-2016

Here is our 2015-2016 supply list! Please bring your supplies to K Camp on August 6 at 10. These supplies will be community supplies and shared throughout the classroom. Only a couple more weeks until we meet each other!

Check out our classroom website reynolds123.weebly.com for more events!

Ocean Animal Research Reports!

Scan these QR Codes to read about Ocean animals! These reports were made using the Story Kit app, it is free in the iTunes store!

 Aydn's Report

   Laila's Report

  Natalia's Report

Fourth graders came to help us using their Learn Pads! 

  

iLove Apps-First Grade Apps

Over the school year we have been using our #donorschoose iPads everyday to engage, enrich, and intervene in all content areas. I will be updating a list of  the apps that First grade LOVES! Click each app name to download on App Store. 

Mickey's Magical Math World 

Be sure to email me (Klondike1st graders) if you would like the code to get this app for FREE!

Addimals

Math Fight

Magnetic ABC

Splash Math

Spell Pop

FREE sight word practice app!!

Spell Pop...

This app is FREE for a limited time! You can add our weekly spelling list, record your voice reading the words, then spell them out! Can't wait to use this in the classroom!! 

Money, Money, Money!

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With our last test happening this week, we will get to move onto some SECOND GRADE work! First we will be learning all about MONEY! 

Here are some sites and apps that you can get on at home for further practice! This is great to tie into Economics, which we are starting this week in Social Studies. 

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Songs:
Coin Rap

Online Games:

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/peterpigs/ 

http://www.e-learningforkids.org/math/lesson/money/

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/moneymetropolis/

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3483

http://www.hbschool.com/activity/counting_money/

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=569&engine=

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Free Money Apps:

My Piggy Bank, Count Money, Amazing Coin

Google Docs....FOR STUDENTS!

When I use Google Docs to plan lessons, make assessments, and share with other teachers; it never occurred to me that students could benefit from this great tool as well! 

  

When we start to learn more and more about our ocean animals we will begin to have Google Doc chats with Mrs. Wolff's class using the Google Doc app and our iPads! The app is FREE check it out! Check out Mrs. Wolff's website!  Students will be able to chat with other students (from a few rooms down) about what they are learning about! We will be able to use all of our writing goals when typing our responses! I am very excited to try this new idea out! I will post pictures once we start!

  

Check out these other great ideas that I have been reading about from Tales from Outside the Classroom

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Ocean Animal Research Projects!

Standards Set Reading and Writing--OCEAN UNIT

W 1.2 I can write an informative piece with an intro, facts, and closure about an ocean animal of my choice.

W 1.6 I can use digital tools to produce published writing

W 1.7 I can work with others to write research project about an ocean animal.

RL 1.5 I can explain differences between books that tell stories and books that give info. (non-fiction/fiction)

RI 1.2 I can identify the main idea and retell key details.

SL 1.3 I can ask and answer questions about a text.

SL 1.1 I can participate in collaborative conversations about ocean animal topics.

We will be starting our Ocean Animal Research Projects next week! It all starts with CLOSE reads, finding key details, and finding text features before we can start writing our reports!

Our standards we will be covering over the next couple weeks are in the blue box! We can do so much at this time of the year! I can't wait to see all of our hard work come together and read these reports!! 

Our anchor text will be Manfish, a true story of an underwater explorer (just like we will be). Go find it at your local library. We are going to be just like the famous Jacques Cousteau and head to the depths of the library and internet to find the best information to read about ocean animals! Please comment with any websites/apps that would be great to research with! Here are some links that we will be using:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/

http://www.goddidcreations.com/oceananimalfacts.php

http://easyscienceforkids.com/animals/under-the-sea-animals/

Beat the Summer Reading Slide!

As we know summer is coming, and many students are going to take this as a time to forget about school and have some much needed fun...BUT I want to spend the last few weeks with my students showing them the way BEAT that summer slide!
My first grade team and I have decided to create lesson plans, homework, and a library night to encourage reading throughout the summer, everyday. We plan on creating our own reading goals for at home, create a reading spot, make a reading box, create reading response journals, and ALOT more! I am pretty excited for all of this to come together! Oh! And our school is also going to be participating in BOOK WARS (more motivation!!) - our school has read the most books for 2 summers in a row! Bring it on Summer 2015!

Check back soon for lesson plans, homework schedule, and activities for Summer Reading and reflection! 

Here is what I am working on for end of the year reading reflection. It's a FREEBIE! So grab it and give me some feedback. :)  (I copied the 2 pages front and back to have it ready for the last weeks of school) ;)

Click here to go to my TPT store to grab the FREEBIE! 

Kentucky Derby Writing! {TPT OVERHAUL}

MANY videos and articles later, I have decided to give making TPT products another try! I have so much fun creating and making up ideas, but I get confused easily and feel overwhelmed! I am starting simple with this Kentucky Derby Writing that will have a few quick prints for some fun writing the week before DERBY weekend!! Let me know what you think in the comments below and I will be sure to add to my new product! I am open to any and ALL suggestions. :) Once I finish I will be making it a FLASH FREEBIE for 30 minutes later today! Check out my store for my old products as well! 

Use the Story Kit App to Publish Narratives!

We are starting a new adventure with Narratives! We started our Narratives when we began 1st grade and now we redoing them to show how much we have grown! We are adding feelings, moving or characters, and stretching out our small moments. I love using the lessons from Lucy Caulkins, she is amazing! Check out here books here.

First download the Story Kit app! If you are using an iPad, like we are, you have to download it for iPhones only. Click the app picture to get the app now!

It is super simple to use, students can add there pictures, text, and voice to their books that they create then email them to their teacher to then post on Twitter and print! My class LOVES creating on our iPads from Donors Choose.

Here are some examples of Narratives I created and my class created. (mine is a little more simple so we could read it and practice editing our work and adding to our work)

Miss Reynolds Narrative 

Mrs. Wolff's Narrative

Aydn's Narrative 

Laila's Narrative

Alazay's Narrative

Estrella's Narrative

Jarieyah's Narrative

Natalia's Narrative

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I am Dreaming of DreamBox!

Klondike now has a new Math program that we have been using called Dream Box! You can download the app here. Students can go to play.dreambox.com/login/btsg/7bux to find their teacher. Our password is the flower!