Thanksgiving Word Clouds by First Graders

Hats off to the awesome First Grade Team of teachers for introducing their students to Google Classroom!  Using this digital interface, students were able to login to one place to receive and turn in  assignments.

Teachers "passed out" the link to ABCya's Word Cloud in an Assignment Post.  Students
1. OPENED the link
2. TYPED in Thanksgiving words
3. CREATED the word cloud by clicking the "play button"
4. SAVED their word cloud as a jpeg to the desktop
5. UPLOADED their jpeg file to their assigment in Google Classroom
6. Turned In their work

No Paper....All Digital....Yes they are First Graders....Yes they are 6 years old!!!

#digitalnatives  #learningin2015 #makeithappenTES

We Did It!!

Google Slideshows of student word clouds turned-in to teachers are in the works! 

Stay Tuned! Great Job 1st Grade!!

First Grade Goes Google!

It's so easy...even a 1st grader can do it!!

When the TES team of First Grade teachers go together on the Staff Development day earlier this month, they explored the Virginia SOLs for Computer Technology an began developing lessons which incorporated these skills important to our digital natives!  Students have to type a rather long username which is no small feat for first graders, but it will stick with them through their senior year at LCHS!  

The First Grade team of teachers are also utilizing Google Classroom as a way for students to complete assignements and submit created digital work.  Our first big project is creating a Thanksgiving Wordle coming up next week :) 

Way to #makeithappenTES first grade team!!

New Teacher Laptops Dazzle Instruction

LCPS Elementaty Teachers received new Dell 2-in-1 laptops during 

a teacher workday this past Monday.  Today is Wednesday and already teachers are dazzling their instruction with this touch-screen device! 

Kindergarten teacher Kathy Jenkins is using her Math Calendar Powerpoint presentations in contjunction with the Epson's Easy Interavtive Tools and stylus to allow this little cutie to teach his classmates about the number line!  

 The wireless touch screen laptop is bringing learners to the device for active participation.  Thank you LCPS for this fantastic addition to our instruciton!!  #21centurylearning @itrt4lcps @LCPSchools #makeithappenTES

Google Custom Search

Each year, second grade teacher, Judy Kittel,  researches appropriate websites for her students to for their their Native American research project.  For years she has keept a neat list of links on her classroom webpage and navigated students there for information  But NOW....kids can search these very sites through Google Custom Search!

Judy created her very own Google Search experience and shared it with her Second Grade Team.  Now each teacher can add the link to an assignment in Google Classroom or even embed the search box in a website! What a great way to model key words and interent searching in a controlled environment for success!  Way to  #makeithappenTES 2nd Grade!

Visit our Special Events Page on the LCPS Elementary website of student links to view this custom search or create your own custom search .

Going Paperless!

Ms. Carter - Making it Happen!

Ok, so we are not totally paperless but we are making steps in the 21st Century direction!

 Today we highlight our amazing secretary Ms. Lou Carter for taking the lead on breaking down the amout of paper we use by inviting parents to fill out a digital New Student Form when they join the TES family!  Once entered by the parent, this information is digitally communicated to a secure file viewable only by essential personnel rather than multiple copies made and placed in respective mailboxes. 

Way to #makeithappenTES!

Constitution Day 2015

 TES Second Graders....yes you read that correctly...second graders...participated in a Constitution Day activity assigned to them in Google Classroom by their dynamic teachers!! Way to go Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Kittel, Mrs. Bracken and Mrs. Seay!!

At 7 years old these kiddos...

1. Logged-in to their Student Google Accounts with quite long usernames

2. Joined Google Classroom

3. Viewed a presentation complete with the 7Step ExC-ELL Vocabulary strategy

4. Completed a digtial worksheet that they "turned in" all PAPERLESS!!

To view the lesson pleae visit Mrs. Downey's Learning Cafe 

#digital natives #twentyfirstcenturylearning #MakeItHappenTES

Student View of Google Classroom

 School House Rocks: Preamble video 

TES Google Classrooms

Way to go Mrs. Chaney:  Spotlight Media Specialist

for using Google Classroom!

  

For the first time this year students logged-in to their LCPS Student Google Accounts (*note email is turned OFF for elementary students) and accessed a PAPERLESS online classroom platform where an assignment was waiting for them from Mrs. Chaney.

  Students then used Google Docs and Google Drawing to create original bookmarks using a template "passed out" to each student by Mrs. Chaney through the Google Classroom she created for each class.  This is all in part to Mrs. Chaney adding 21st Century Learning to Flex Friday Resource Rotations.  We cannot wait to stop by the library and select a bookmark made by one of our own TES students!!

Want to learn more about Google Classroom?  Watch this video!