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A video of me reading a chapter from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to send out to students during E-Learning. I recorded this on my iPad, uploaded it to iMovie to edit, then uploaded it to my channel on SchoolTube.
SchoolTube is a student-friendly video sharing website. Teachers can create a channel underneath their school's "umbrella", and safely share these videos with students via a link.

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SchoolTube - Safe video sharing and management for K12

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A photo of my Apple Teacher Certification.
Being Apple Teacher certified means that I am trained to use Apple products and applications in beneficial and productive ways within classroom instruction.

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A photo showing the color code path for Ozobot's to follow.
Ozobot's are handheld robots that follow student-made coding. Code's can be draw in various colors for students to follow for coding lessons in the classroom.

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A teacher introduction using the app Powtoon.
Powtoon is an app/website that allows you to create cartoon video content to relay various information.

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A compilation of edits made to a classroom within the website/app Class Dojo.
Class Dojo is a website/app that helps you keep track of student behaviors. It also opens an easy pathway for spreading classroom news, as well as parent communication.

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An intro to a VR Expedition using a One Button Studio and iMovie as a presentation tool.
A One Button Studio is a sound- proof studio equipped with recording capability and a green screen.
iMovie is an video editing application that is mainly compatible with Apple products. Within iMovie you can add backgrounds (to cover green screen), add music, and cut/stitch video clips.

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A Google Doc stating examples that fulfill UDL guidelines as a presentation tool.
UDL guidelines are a tool used to implement The Universal Design For Learning, which is a "framework" that improves student learning by catering to all learning styles.
Google Docs is a website controlled by Google where you can create and share documents. Work on Google Docs is automatically saved every few seconds.

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A presentation over The Civil War on Google Slides as a presentation tool.
Google slides is a slide presentation creator (similar to PowerPoint) controlled by Google. Google Slides saves your work automatically every few seconds which makes it safer for "piece by piece" creations. You can also quickly share your presentations to others with the touch of a button, which makes this website excellent for collaboration.

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A presentation on Cyberbullying through the website Glogster as a presentation tool.
Glogster is a website where you can create your own interactive "posters" either from scratch or from templates.

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Cyberbullying Glog: text, images, music, video | Glogster EDU - Interactive multimedia posters

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See the Glog! Cyberbullying Glog: text, images, music, video | Glogster EDU - Interactive multimedia posters

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An educational blog created on the website Edublogs.
Edublogs is a website where you can create a personalized blog to share on whatever platform you please. You may pick from a multitude of templates to create your blog on.

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Hello, hello, hello!

We have a very exciting field trip coming up on Friday, November 2nd! We are headed to Trail of Tears national park at 10:00am and will be leaving at approximately 2:00pm. On this field trip we will first go to the visitor center where we will be given background information on the Trail of Tears by a trained employee, then we will be taking a teacher-lead historical tour on the trail itself on a 2-mile loop! We will also be eating lunch in between, so do not forget to pack a sack lunch to bring! I will be sending home a form with students as a reminder too.

We're so excited!

Hello, everybody!

Our class has a very exciting assignment coming home with them today-the "Interview A Relative" assignment! For this assignment, students will pick a family member who has insight on a historical time in their lives to interview. This historical insight could include a parent who can recall on 9/11 and how it reflected their own life and the world at the time, or a family member who was alive during WWII and remembers how it effected day to day life. There are so many different avenues a student can take depending on their family resources. Get creative!

Students will have two weeks to complete this assignment, and will be given a packet of questions where they can keep track of answers and timelines. The interview may be done over the phone, over email, or in person! The only requirement is that the family member must still be living. This assignment will later be turned into a project, and we can't wait to show you the end product!

Good luck and Happy Interviewing!

Hello, all!

Here are the school breakfast and lunch menus for October:

I will make a new post every month so my students and parents can have the menus handy!

Parents,

This month we will be starting our take-home reading logs. Reading at home is essential for extended learning and growing stronger brains, and we absolutely want that for our kiddos! All students will be sent home with a reading log in their folder to utilize each night. They will be required to read 50 minutes per week with whatever book they wish (must be at or above reading level, not below). A great way to break this down would be reading a simple 10 minutes every night!

I encourage parents to ask their child to read out loud to them for these 10 minutes. Be sure to compliment your kiddos on what they're doing well, and don't be afraid to correct any mistakes. This is how they learn! After each interval of reading, your child will write down the title of the book, the elapsed reading time, and the date in their reading log. All it needs is your signature! Student's will take this log back to school with them to show me on Monday mornings (they will have Monday-Sunday to complete their 50 minutes of reading).

Don't forget that they are reading to you, not vice versa!

Have a great rest of your day everybody!

Hello everybody!

This is a reminder that our annual class Halloween Extravaganza is two and a half weeks away, on Wednesday, October 31st! Our whole day will be filled spooky-themed lessons and the last two hours will be set aside for our extravaganza! At our extravaganza we will have supernatural snacks, ghostly games, and prizes for everyone!

Parents, I need your help! I would love to have at least six parent volunteers for our extravaganza to help with snacks and supervising games; I would need you from 1:00-3:00pm. Please let me know via email or phone if you would be willing to help out!

If any parents would also be willing to bring a few items (or send them with your child) to the extravaganza it would be greatly appreciated! I will list the items I still need below. Again, let me know by email or phone if you would be able to bring anything!

Here are the items I still need:

Paper Towels (3 rolls)

Mini Water Bottles (25)

Toilet Paper (15 rolls)

Cheddar Popcorn (3 bags, store-bought)

Oreos (3 packages, store-bought)

Original Cheez-it's (3 boxes, store-bought)

Miniature plastic spiders (25 spiders)

The kiddos (and myself) are SO excited. We hope you are too! Don't forget to contact me about volunteering or bringing items; my contact information is on the "Contact" tab on the top of the page.

Thank you everybody! Have a spooky week!

The Teach 100 blog I chose is called, "Class Tech Tips" by Monica Burns. The article I chose within the blog is called "Strategies to Promote Inquiry in Your Classroom"-I'll provide a link at the end for you to check out! This article was filled with inquiry strategies for teachers to use in their own classrooms; some of the strategies included were the use of app "Sketchnoting" to help students visualize their notes, using the "Wonderwall" sticky-note feature on the app "Nearpod" to foster student collaboration, and using the website "Spark Page" for students to keep track of the project progress!

In the article, Monica also talked about inspiring students through curiosity in the classroom and exploring student interests. She also included a few misconceptions about classroom inquiry; she said free-time is a huge misconception due to fears of it being messy or uncontrollable. The article was capped off with where teachers should begin with classroom inquiry. Her advice was to plan it out and then jump right in! I really enjoyed Monica's article and plan on taking these ideas back to my own classroom-a great blog and a great read!

Here is the link for those interested: Strategies to Promote Inquiry in Your Classroom

Welcome to our awesome classroom!

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". -Nelson Mandela

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We have a very exciting field trip coming up on Friday, November 2nd! We are headed to Trail of Tears national park at 10:00am and will be leaving at approximately 2:00pm.

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1. EduBlogs
2. Powtoon
3. Class Dojo
4. Discovery VR
5. Bloomz
6. Google Classroom
7. Kahoot!
8. Padlet
9. GoNoodle
10. YouTube

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This is a photo of the design process.
The design process is teaching/learning strategy that lays out the steps of the process of designing something. This is used to help student track their thinking/designing process.