Digital Canvas: Paint the Story

Focus Friday brought a new group of Kindergarteners into the Library for some touchpad/mouse skills.  Learning to navigate a mouse on a laptop can be tricky for little ones and learning to "paint" was challenging but a great success!  We cannot wait to practice our mouse skills some more next week!

I really like this version because it is animated with images 

that the kids can "paint" on ABCya.

After the Video Story students visited ABCya Paint

to create their own scene from Jack and the Beanstalk!

What fun! Check out our creations! 

 

Block City and Moby Max in Kindergarten

Today Kindergarten....

 ...revisits the library to day to trade colored block cards from last week and build each other's pattern and then a city!

We are reading:

Block City by Robert Louisa Stevens
Read the Poem ...but we encourage you to buy the book!

Check out this blogger mom for a cool block mural idea!

If you do not have the book yet...the video below is a great replacement!

Also students will be visiting their Classroom Moby Max site 

set up by their rockstar teacher, Mrs. Jenkins!

I LOVE TO COLOR

Today Students Will....

• COMPARE
• COLOR
• CREATE

Do you remember the Sesame Street Episode about crayons?  Circa 1980?  It was a personal favorite! Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood visited a Crayola Factory in 1981 in the video below and then Crayola launched an updated video below.

1.   Read:    A Day With No Crayons by: Elizabeth Rusch

2.   View and Compare:  THEN and NOW.

Crayola Factory .....THEN

Crayola Factory....NOW

3.  CREATE a PATTERN:  Using these Free Duplo Pattern Template Coloring Sheets


4.  BUILD  their pattern, or a partners, using the blocks provided.

Dr. Seuss Goes Digital!

We are excited to prepare to celebrate 

Read Across America and Dr. Seuss Day 2016!
  

K-2 will explore http://www.seussville.com/   (requires flash - takes long to load but worth it if you can get it to load)

Random House Interactives

Brain Pop Jr. - Dr. Seuss

 

 3-5 will visit their Google Classroom Space to 

Pick a quote from quotesgram.com on the left.

What does this quote mean to you and how does it inspire you or others? 

Students will explain in a Google Doc or Slide created in Google Classroom and submit to their teacher.  

Unplugged Friday

What do you do when all of your computer carts are signed out?  You unplug and become Lego Engineers!  

First we learned about the history of  Lego with this video...

This is a GREAT video but at 10:10 MUTE IT...a character says "damn"....

totally confused why this would be in a kids video!!  

Thanks to a FREE printable from Lalymom's Blog each K-3 student got a Challenge Card.   The file even comes with blank cards to so inspiring engineers can create their own challenge for a classmate!

Build Something With A C.....these girls built a College!!!

Watch the magic when kids get to CREATE at school!  

When Kindergarten came in we skipped the long Lego History 

above and discussed the Power of Yet!  

Trying something new means you might not get it on the first try.  

This video was a great kick off for a new challenge!