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Entries from November 13th, 2009

What can you do with a pumpkin?

November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Classroom, Content- Cross Discipline, Working with photographs

Enjoy this Photopeach created by third grade teacher Adrienne Visone!  Her students completed the “How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin Project. Can you count how many pumpkin stations they enjoyed? Everyone (myself included) had a magnificent time exploring language, science, art, and math skills- all with a pumpkin theme. (My favorite station was word making!)

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Just like being there!

November 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · animoto, Content- Cross Discipline

Classroom newsletters are an excellent way to keep parents informed.  So how would a monthly video newsletter work?  April Magistro is using animoto to summarize the month’s activities and share the experiences with her first grade parents. What do parents think?   ”Watching the video make us feel like part of your class.” and “Cannot wait [...]

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It’s a globe (or a map?)

November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Social Studies

What is going on in this photo?  Visit Mapping our World  (a site from Oxfam in Great Britain) and have your students transform a globe into a map (see the photo above). There are two other interactive lessons with projections and how our location shapes our view point.  I saw this site on a SMART Board [...]

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