Mrs. Slocum's Superstars!

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Digital Video Award

Today we were recognized by the Department of Education for our digital learning innovation. We received special acknowledgement from the Department of Education and $1,000 for our school. We will be purchasing Apple TVs for a couple of our classes to pilot and an iPad mini for our class. The room 11 goal is to take our class to 1:1 devices to use with our Apple TV. Below are the videos that helped win this award. Thank you to all the students who shared their amazing work!

Digital Learning - Episode 1: Introduction (running time 4:53)

Click here: http://youtu.be/wpa9fJ6y5Qs

Digital Learning - Episode 2: Drop Box, Animoto, BYOD (running time 4:07)

Click here: http://youtu.be/bhB_qn7tvXk

Digital Learning - Episode 3: Our Favorite Apps (running time 4:07)

Click here: http://youtu.be/he1EqkiCI-s

Digital Learning - Episode 4: Blogs (running time 3:35)

Click here: http://youtu.be/sOFcr0QFkGA

Digital Learning - Episode 5: Tools and Grants (running time 4:04)

Click here: http://youtu.be/Rhn2f2n6uDk

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Dr. Seuss Morning!

Since we will not be in school on March 1st, we will be recognizing Dr. Seuss's Read Across America Day on the Thursday morning. Your child can bring in his/her favorite Dr. Seuss book to read. http://www.seussville.com/

This Week's Homework - My Robot

Homework: Click here
Irregular Words: Click here
Spelling City: Click here

Friday, February 22, 2013

Reading Assessment

Students are now recording their own reading assessments using an iTouch and microphone. After practicing the story of the week, the students record themselves reading on Friday. This assessment will be shared with parents through email.

KLT - Keep Learning On Tracking

We are using a writing rubric to help the students understand the expectations for writing. Once the students have planned and published their writing, they are required to evaluate their own writing based on the criteria we discussed. It is a work in progress but they can do it! After the student's evaluate their writing, I then add my feedback. This technique helps the students stay focused on expectations of skills.