Adopting a class from a veteran teacher who owned tapes? Score a huge find of tapes at a yard sale? GRAB THEM UP. A lot of teachers have asked how they can use their old books on tape. Some have even suggested tossing them. Do not let the lack of a tape player or the hatred of the rewind button deter you! Please don't throw the tapes away! I have a solution. You can convert your tapes to CDs … [Read more...]
How to Make a Digital Scrapbook Slideshow
I know many of you are winding up your school years soon. I have a GREAT idea I want to share with you and hope you decide to try it out. Digital Scrapbook Slideshow Each year, I make my students a paper scrapbook AND a digital scrapbook! Each kid gets a copy of a DVD full of the memories from the entire school year to keep forever. And if I can do it... so can YOU! {And I make a tutorial to … [Read more...]
Techy Tuesday
NEW APP NEW APP NEW APP! Reading Eggs has made a new app that you are going to LOVE. It is called Eggy Nursery Rhymes. This game is assigned, meaning students enter their name and build on their pervious game and score. (Which I personally love.) It features 10 different nursery rhymes, each with 5 games. That is a total of 50 learning games. Here is what selection screen for the different … [Read more...]
Counting Together App
I have a tech situation I am trying to work through at school. First, let me say that my school and county are amazing and VERY supportive of teachers and technology! I am blessed in so many ways. So here is my situation. So far, I own and control all my Apple devices, meaning I can upload and update apps as I need them. I love it and I feel like my students are using these devices to their … [Read more...]
Monkey Word App
As a Kindergarten teacher... I find reading apps frustrating. My kids know their letters and sounds but are not great independent readers... yet. We are in between. Most of the apps I have seen cover basics, or assume your students already know how to read... BUT have found an app perfect word building and using words! From the makers of Monkey Preschool Lunchbox and Monkey Math … [Read more...]
Techy Tuesday
My school LOVES Reading Eggs, the computer site to assist students in buling reading skills. We can't afford it for our whole school, but I found a great new app from the makers of Reading Eggs to share! Say "Hi" to Eggy Alphabet! This cheap game is so much fun and well worth the cost. You can assign students to slots and allow them to play to learn both uppercase and lowercase letters. You … [Read more...]
Techy Tuesday
I have two fun apps to share with you today! Both of them were created by Little Bit Studios and are class favorites in my room! The first one is called Bugs and Buttons. It covers: • Counting • Fine motor skills (i.e. pinching) • Pathfinding • Patterns • Sorting • Tracking • and more... and more than that... it is FUN and very animated. {Yes, students NEED headsets to play this game … [Read more...]
Techy Tuesday
What apps do I love? I love a lot, but a sure fire HIT in any and every classroom is Letter School! Here is a good pic of what your students will actually be doing using this app! They tell you the letter and sound (or number) and then you have 3 turns to practice forming that letter. The first time you tap... and it makes you START FROM THE TOP! The second time you trace to form an … [Read more...]
Techy Tuesday with Reading Raven
My kids are loving this app, Reading Raven. There are two versions, Reading Raven 1 has lessons 1-5. Reading Raven 2 has lessons 6-10. I can't grab a great image to share, but the site has great videos to show you exactly how great this app is. Click on the logo above to find out more about this learning app. Reading Raven App Covers These Skills: I love how these skills build as the … [Read more...]
Techy Tuesday
I think most of my readers know I love iPads and iPods in the classroom. I am constantly trying new ways to make the management of them so easy. Well, in my attempt to "get" this Daily 5 stuff, I am running into problems with technology. I do not have a "good" listening station. I am trying to figure out how to make listening to reading work for my classroom and my students. (Do you feel my pain … [Read more...]
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