Dinosaur Collaboration Book at Rothschild
2nd Grade students from Mrs. Maciaz's and Ms. Konkol's rooms at Rothschild worked on researching information, taking notes, typing their findings in a word processing document and then preparing their results in a book format about dinosaurs with the help of SMART Notebook. The book format was published in Flipsnack.com.
2nd Grade students from Mrs. Maciaz's and Ms. Konkol's rooms at Rothschild worked on researching information, taking notes, typing their findings in a word processing document and then preparing their results in a book format about dinosaurs with the help of SMART Notebook. The book format was published in Flipsnack.com.
Tomorrow’s Alphabet at Riverside
Check out Ms. Wegner’s 2nd grade class book based on the book Tomorrow’s Alphabet. This project required a lot of creativity as students used Tux Paint but could only illustrate using their mouse and not pre-made clip art or stamps! Click here to view the Flipsnack version!
Blabbering with Dinosaurs at Riverside
Mrs. Reimer’s 2nd graders did a great job using first person narrative to describe the dinosaur that they researched using a fun website called Blabberize. Click below to see a few examples of a student’s dinosaur and learn more about them:
New Year’s Wordles with Mrs. King
Can you think of words that represent what your New Year’s resolutions are? Mrs. King and Mrs. Dembowski at Riverside helped 2nd grade students take words that they brainstormed to create individual word collages using the free and easy to use site Wordle. The highlight of the activity was the excitement that could be heard in the computer lab as students showed their classmates their creations.What else can we do with Wordle? Here is a great link for more ideas! Top Ten Ways to use Wordle at School
Mrs. Reimer’s 2nd graders use Voicethread at Riverside
During the last few weeks in October I have been working with 2nd grade teacher Jenny Reimer and her students to create book talks using the podcasting site, Voicethread. Students were excited to work on this project and it shows! Just listen to their book talks to find out what their favorite book is right now and why at http://voicethread.com/share/2364603/
Check out Ms. Wegner’s 2nd grade class book based on the book Tomorrow’s Alphabet. This project required a lot of creativity as students used Tux Paint but could only illustrate using their mouse and not pre-made clip art or stamps! Click here to view the Flipsnack version!
Blabbering with Dinosaurs at Riverside
Mrs. Reimer’s 2nd graders did a great job using first person narrative to describe the dinosaur that they researched using a fun website called Blabberize. Click below to see a few examples of a student’s dinosaur and learn more about them:
- Diplodocus by Kennedy
- Kronosaurus by Gavin
- Iguanodon by Alec
New Year’s Wordles with Mrs. King
Can you think of words that represent what your New Year’s resolutions are? Mrs. King and Mrs. Dembowski at Riverside helped 2nd grade students take words that they brainstormed to create individual word collages using the free and easy to use site Wordle. The highlight of the activity was the excitement that could be heard in the computer lab as students showed their classmates their creations.What else can we do with Wordle? Here is a great link for more ideas! Top Ten Ways to use Wordle at School
Mrs. Reimer’s 2nd graders use Voicethread at Riverside
During the last few weeks in October I have been working with 2nd grade teacher Jenny Reimer and her students to create book talks using the podcasting site, Voicethread. Students were excited to work on this project and it shows! Just listen to their book talks to find out what their favorite book is right now and why at http://voicethread.com/share/2364603/
"How To" writing pieces using the app Explain Everything--Weston Elementary
Mrs. Baumann's and Ms Streveler's 2nd grade classes were working on "How to Writing". How To writing was introduced to students through co-teaching lessons and introducing the students to different pieces of the writing including text clues and explaining the steps. An example was shown on "How To" use the online catalog in the library which was followed up in the library by where to find the books. Students picked a topic of their choice and then needed to write down steps and draw pictures for each step. When students were set they took pictures of their drawings using the ipad and recorded their writing. We later sent those movies to a private You-Tube channel and converted them using quiet tube so we would only see the movie and not all the distractions and posted them to the teacher's websites.
Learn how to make eggs, go swimming, catch a fish and other things by listening to their "How To's."
Mrs. Baumann--"How To's"
Learn how to make eggs, go swimming, catch a fish and other things by listening to their "How To's."
Mrs. Baumann--"How To's"
Working with Similes and the StoryKit app--Weston Elementary
Mrs. Dassow's class was working on similes and was looking for a way to use the ipads. We found the StoryKit app and she did the rest. Students wrote their similes and drew a picture for each one. They took pictures on the ipad and imported them into StoryKit, recorded their voices and created their own books. I helped with sending them to the teacher and she linked them on her webpage for students to share with their families.
Listen to some of their Similes.
Mrs. Dassow--Similes
Listen to some of their Similes.
Mrs. Dassow--Similes
Using Online Resources for Research--PebbleGo--Weston Elementary
During the year second grade has done research on dinosaurs and biographies. For both projects we used the Online Database we subscribe to called PebbleGo. It is just right for first and second grade readers and is structured to find information easily. Lessons were done in the classroom and in the library on how to get to and get into PebbleGo from school or home. Each class did different things for their final project. Ms. Hoffmann's class typed their research out using their keyboarding skills and we created a book for them in a site called FlipSnack.
Click on the book to read their writing.
Click on the book to read their writing.
Mrs. Bauman’s Class Review Books
Click on this link to hear which books are Mrs. Bauman’s 2nd graders favorites and why – http://voicethread.com/share/4274655/
Click on this link to hear which books are Mrs. Bauman’s 2nd graders favorites and why – http://voicethread.com/share/4274655/
Mrs. King’s Class Uses Voicethread for Reader’s Theatre
Checkout our Voicethread recording of Reader’s Theatre! Students did a great job with their vocal expression – click herehttp://voicethread.com/share/4198895/ to this to these presentations!
Checkout our Voicethread recording of Reader’s Theatre! Students did a great job with their vocal expression – click herehttp://voicethread.com/share/4198895/ to this to these presentations!