This week, we introduced verbs. After talking about nouns, it is hard for students to label the action instead of the object. I made a PDF with pictures from Google Images. Each picture featured an action. We opened the PDF in Notability and labelled each picture with a text box. After helping a small group with the first 2 pictures, students were able to continue at their own pace identifying the action verb for each picture. Some students would revert to nouns and need reminders. Others would ask for help with spelling, but most worked independently. This piece was then emailed to parents and used as an assessment piece for grammar.
You can use Adobe Voice to allow students to show what they know about word families. Here is a sample of short i and o word families. Adding pictures and captions is easy and students can rerecord their voice if they make a mistake. Adobe Voice is a FREE app too! When completed, we emailed these creations to our parents. (remember to upload as a private link)
Follow this link to see what this project is like: http://voice.adobe.com/v/93UGPWwppde Students can choose their words, icons, backgrounds and music! Most of my students were able to create their 4 page word family project in 15-20 minutes with minimal assistance. This was a work station during our Literacy Block. This week, we started our Scott Foresman Journeys series. The first story is What is a Pal? With the simplistic text for our beginning readers, the story lacks depth. Is this because our students are not ready to learn more about relationships? Absolutely not! This is solely based on their reading ability at this stage in the year. We are supplementing the text with a padlet wall. I have put together several tasks for students to complete throughout the week. Some of the tasks are "skills" based and some are concept based. Many of the embedded videos discuss friendships, while some simply reiterate phonetic skills. I plan to create a wall each week and allow students to pace themselves during morning work and stations. I will be able to talk to students about misconceptions within their answers and make corrections whole group if necessary. The walls are a work in progress throughout the week and student responses will become jumbled as they submit them. I will clean up walls throughout the week and notify students when corrections are needed. You may check out this week's wall at www.padlet.com/dulin/whatisapal but please remember "work in progress"! If you would like to build a resource like this, you can copy and paste my tasks onto your own wall. I can not share this particular wall with you because we would have too many student responses on one wall. Any questions about padlet? Today we used Doodle Buddy for two different lessons. First, we used it in small groups in math. Using the stamp feature, we made several stamps. These are lots of fun because they come with noise! Then we used the draw feature to mark and count each object and write the total number. This will continue to be a good resource for my students in need of math intervention. They will be able to create a stamped page, take a screen shot, open Notability, and record themselves counting. (Notability now has a mic feature like Educreations) We also used this app during Literacy block. It was basically used as a white board alternative. I showed a picture card and students wrote the beginning letter. It was a great way to formatively assess their letter sound recognition. Another fun aspect of this app is the eraser. You simply gently shake the device and the stamp or writing disappears! It's a digital age etch-a-sketch!
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Dee Dulin1st grade teacher infusing STEM, PBL, and 1:1 mini-ipads Archives
February 2017
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