Using Google Classroom in Kindergarten
Google Classroom is a way to stay organized even in a kindergarten classroom! It is the best feature of GAfE!
Google Classroom is a way to stay organized even in a kindergarten classroom! It is the best feature of GAfE!
If you teach primary students, you know that sight words are a big area of focus for students learning to read. Learning to read sight words or *high frequency words is an important skill for our early readers. This method can be used with any list that your school requires or you prefer to use. I …
SeeSaw Learning Journal in the classroom. This app is an amazing way to communicate with parents and document work. The best part is, that students do most of the work!
It seems so simple, but why do you keep writing your meeting notes in a million different notebooks? I still have notebooks floating all over my classroom taking up space and I have no idea what is in ANY of them! So last year I started taking notes right in Google Docs and I LOVE …
So you are already using planbook.com (Don’t admit it if you aren’t, but quick go here). It certainly makes planning easier to access, you can link standards up more easily (and keep track of them), but it can still be time-consuming. I am sure you have things you do every year. I am always constantly …
So I know you already set up SeeSaw, but just in case you haven’t yet- check out my last SeeSaw post and then come back. Are you ready now? I want to walk you though some settings to make SeeSaw work just the way you want it to! First click on your name up in the …
YouTube is an amazing teaching tool. It is so easy to organize and even train to work for you! Get some great tips about starting to use YouTube in the classroom.
So that title sounds sassy, but I really think you need to see what a web-based planbook has to offer. I am all about making life easier for you! This post will help you get started with my favorite tool, Planbook.com. I am not getting paid to write any of this, so I promise it is all for real!
Back to school is upon us and you need information! Whether you are getting information from students or parents, Google Forms will make it easier than you ever imagined! I have a simple template and tutorial to get you started today!
So now you know: What a QR code is What you need to have in order to use them Four ways to make them quickly and easily Now you need to know: What to do with them! There are so many ways, but I didn’t want to get ahead of myself (or yourself) and just …
Do I sound official? I feel very cool and I can’t wait for my jacket (not joking and promise to add a picture when I have one). A Brief (Love) Story with Seesaw: In March 2015 I joined Twitter and was opened up to a world of educational tools and knowledge that I never before …
Centers in my classroom are so important. They allow my students to complete meaningful work while I can meet with small groups and tailor my teaching to meet their individual needs. Over the years I have tweaked and changed my centers to make them the (mostly) well-oiled machine I know and love today. One of … Continue reading
So I have heard about it and read about it for years: Student Choice. The positives are clear to everyone: Students like having choices and choice often leads to student engagement. The negatives are also clear: It’s a really hard road to get there. However, I am making a commitment to travel down that road and … Continue reading
I hope you didn’t just say “What is Seesaw?” If so, pop over here for some basics. Well, we are getting closer and closer to back to school and there are some new features you need to know about and my take on them (in case you were looking for ideas or opinions from me)! … Continue reading
I am certain by now that many people know the benefits of shared reading, especially with our youngest learners. I can reach so many skills during a shared reading lesson that are imperative as students are learning to read. My favorite material to use for shared reading is poetry (often presented as songs). Why do … Continue reading
I am so excited to say that I have my first guest blog on Rachel Lynette’s blog, Minds in Bloom! Please head on over and check out: Her blog is a great resource filled with so much knowledge for teaching in the elementary! Enjoy! Continue reading
Don’t look outside if you are in New York because then it makes it hard to believe that spring has already begun! Snow or not, we are springing into our latest unit and have so much fun! This year my colleagues and I are test-driving our newest Science/Social Studies unit and the students are loving … Continue reading
I built a fort and it made me think about learning. Here are my 4 take-always about learning. It may not be new, but always good to remember. Continue reading
…To add more awesome technology and teaching tips to this blog of mine! Let’s start small: January Goal: 2 blog posts Fingers crossed! In the meantime a shameless plug: Check out my sale (This is what I have been doing the past two months besides teaching and being a mom…): Continue reading
So my new favorite Planbook.com feature is adding links right into my plans. I am a lover of YouTube playlists and I still use those. I make a playlist for the topic and then choose specific videos from that list and add to plans right when I want to use them! If you are still … Continue reading
So I heard about something over the summer and then one of my teammates joined Twitter (Yay- everyone should!) and heard about it. She reminded me and long story short, I was on a mission to figure it out! The “something” was having using Google Forms to sign up for parent-teacher conferences. Well, I figured … Continue reading