Chandler Creek Elementary by Sue https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek Celebrating Diversity! en-us 2016-07-11 13:24:27 UTC 2025-11-14 17:32:59 UTC hello@padlet.com http://comps.gograph.com/cartoon-school-bus_gg58799110.jpg Our DLC Leaders: sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138708279 Anne Blackwell
Sarah Helgemo
Lynn Pennington
Jeff Upton
Jacqueline Williams]]> 2016-11-18 14:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138708279 Session 2: October 15, 2016 sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138710324
  • First, I met observed Jeff doing a math lesson - which was wonderful.  The technology he integrated enhanced the students' understanding of how to solve long division math problems.  It also gave them a resource to turn to if they needed to review the process. I observed lots of grouping and differentiation :).
  • I then met with Sarah and Anne and we begin setting up stations for one of Sarah's upcoming units on animal adaptations.  We brainstormed the different types of technology that could be integrated to enhance the student experience...Glogster, Prezi, Doink.  
  • Next met with Jeff and we also begin going through the station process for a 5th grade unit on Landforms and Water.  We determined the # of stations, discussed guiding questions and so on.  I will create one of the stations for him and send for him to modify.
  • Lastly I did two TPACK lessons - one in Lynn's class and one in Jacqueline's class.  The two SOS strategies I used was 4 corners and Silent Charades.
    • Four Corners Strategy was used as a summary to Lynn Pennington's class learning the positive and negative effects the Pilgrims and Indians had on each other. Students did an excellent job of justifying their positions for each question.
    ]]>     2016-11-18 14:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138710324     Session 3: November 3, 2016 sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138710959
  • Jackie and Anne were out due to a conference and field trip
  • Sarah:  I got help with her stations and work with students video taping their Doink on their animals.  Had such a great day helping and seeing her students at work on their stations - can't wait to see what is next!  
  • Jeff:  We met and discussed different ideas for his stations on Landforms, set up his class in DE, and set up boards in DE for the stations
  • Lynn:  We met and she showed me her videos and pics from her stations - what a fantastic job!  We discussed her next steps - can't wait to see what's next!  Lynn created 10 stations for her 3rd grade rock and mineral unit - I have shared her stations with other 3rd grade teachers in the district - she has such a positive experience using stations and and can't wait to do more

    • ]]>     2016-11-18 14:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138710959     sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138714766 2016-11-18 14:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/138714766 Oct. 15th: Silent Charades: Students were learning about forces in Jacqueline Williams class. To summarize what they learned they had to show push and pull using this SOS strategy. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145868630 Next time we would give them more examples of the ways they could act this out.  Many students did the same charade to demonstrate "push and pull]]> 2017-01-08 17:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145868630 Nov. 3rd: Lynn Pennington Stations - Lynn was so excited to get started on her stations that she created 10 stations for her unit on Rocks and Minerals and completed them on a day I was not there - she was one of the first teachers to attempt utilizing stations within her classroom - I have never seen someone so excited about stations and teaching - she her reflection board. Many other teachers used her example to get themselves started on their stations. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145869322 https://google.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/7C7C57C1-0408-4B64-9222-B575E2DD60D8

    ]]>     2017-01-08 18:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145869322     Sarah Helgemo - Stations on Animal Adaptions sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145869772 Using their chrome books or iPads students worked through a set of stations to report on an animals adaptations and habitats - the summary station had them create a report using an app "Doink" the video is an example of a student's report. The app allows the student to add in a back ground that would be the animal's habitat. ]]> 2017-01-08 18:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145869772 Doink App - link sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145870249
    http://www.doink.com]]>     2017-01-08 18:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/145870249     Jan. 17th - th Session. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147854385
  • Sarah Helgemo- students worked to complete famous historian reports by researching their person online, finding Google pics online, creating a timeline using web 2.0 tool - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/.  They also worked on keyboarding their report.
  • Jackie Williams:  Working on her first set of stations - SE Regions.  We started a board she will continue to develop to use with the students at our next session.
  • Lynn Pennington:  Learning Lab:  Lynn invited a teacher into observe her students Students will working on summarizing their learning from Revolutionary War by creating a Google Slide on the information they learned, Show casing important events using Google Tour, watching web quest and answering questions, lasting watching a video and listing out 2 truths and a lie.
  • Jeff Upton - Jeff and I discussed stations - he will create 6 stations his students will complete to learn the ecosystems - each station will be on one ecosystem.  He would like to have the students create an online ecosystem as an summarizing project - Jeff I am reaching out to my colleagues to see if they have any suggestions as well - Anne may have one for you too.

    • ]]>     2017-01-18 16:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147854385     Sarah Helgemo - 4th Grade - Famous Historian Reports sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147860163 Directions:]]> 2017-01-18 16:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147860163 Students Collaborating.... sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147862203 2017-01-18 16:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147862203 Student Using Web 2.0 Tool to Create Timeline of Historian's Life sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147862686 2017-01-18 16:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147862686 Jackie Williams: Working on first set of stations - Region of the US. She started with us later in the year and has been gone on one session due to a Field Trip - she will be doing stations at our next session. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147864013 2017-01-18 16:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147864013 Lynn Pennington & Anne Blackwell - 3rd Grade - First Learning Lab - I was surprised for Lynn to tell me she was inviting teachers in to watch her students work on Revolutionary War projects since we had not had our Day 4 DLC yet, but Lynn is so excited about what she is doing within the DLC program and wants to show everyone how much the students are benefiting! We also discussed adding in a collaboration task for the students sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147865757 2017-01-18 16:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147865757 Student's Working on location of events by using Google Tour - Anne Blackwell is fantastic at helping the teachers find Web. 2.0 tools for their students. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147868395 2017-01-18 16:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147868395 Jeff Upton: Jeff has been one of my challenges so far. He seems so onboard with all the new ideas but yet does not produce anything we discuss - he promised me stations on Ecosystems - I am confident he will. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147869392 2017-01-18 16:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147869392 Anne Blackwell - She is the Technology integration Coach and works with all teachers to help insert technology into their lessons. She is a great resource for the teachers. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147870085 Her Reflection board:]]> 2017-01-18 16:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/147870085 Feb. 2nd: 5th Session - Great day of student led learning and engaging lessons! sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151320616
  • Helgemo:  Students worked in group on stations to review the 3 branches of government.  One station had students creating a poster of the 3 branches, another students were using (http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/)  this is a great web 2.0 tool if you have not tried it - you should.  It also has timelines and much more.  The last station students used was Icivics - lots of great lessons on the government - another good site to check out.
  • Upton:  Students also worked in stations to show what they know about ecosystems.  Jeff used a strategy at each station for students to show their knowledge of ecosystems.  Using Silence is Golden strategy they then wrote a paragraph describing what they saw in the video, they also created memes and much more.Jeff also had several other teachers in to observe his class a learning lab.
  • Pennington:  Lynn also had a learning lab as her students worked on reviewing electricity.  Her students did shape poems, watched a video then wrote what they learned on large chart paper and to collaborate they had to write agree or disagree next to each teammate's answers and discuss.  Students also created Venn diagrams using the website listed above.  
  • Williams/Blackwell:  They created stations to review weather.  They modified a few of the SOS strategies.  One group watched a video but then had sentence strips they had to put in order to work on sequencing as well as their weather knowledge, They also modified the strategy 3 Truths and a lie by having students watch a video then write out 3 truths and a lie themselves - the students loved having the other students figure out their lie.  They also had a learning lab - very brave for the first time doing the stations - so proud!

    • ]]>     2017-02-02 23:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151320616     Helgemo: 4th Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323135 Branches of Government Poster Station -


    ]]>     2017-02-02 23:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323135     Jeff Upton: 5th Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323203 Ecosystems - Student created Meme]]> 2017-02-02 23:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323203 Lynn Pennington: 3rd Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323314 Electricity Student Shape Poem]]> 2017-02-02 23:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323314 Williams/Blackwell: 2nd Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323407 Weather - Video of students comments after doing the stations]]> 2017-02-02 23:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151323407 Mr. Upton guiding students through their station sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151324451 2017-02-02 23:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151324451 Strategy "Ring Around the Rosary" Students had to respond to each others statements on electricity. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151324609 2017-02-02 23:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151324609 Learning Lab sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151460903 Teacher sitting with students to learn what they are doing]]> 2017-02-03 15:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/151460903 March 8, 2017: Session 6 sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158838712 I saw so many great things today - a lot of student centered learning and collaboration!  
    After our large group session yesterday I decided I needed to find a more constructive way to give feedback.  I am modifying the Single Point Rubric to provide feedback after each session.  
    ]]>     2017-03-08 23:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158838712     3/8/17 Helgemo & Blackwell - Learning Stations - 4th Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158841244 Characteristics and Growth of Organisms

    Students worked through learning stations to understand the characteristics and growth of organisms.  
    Station details
    1. Students created a drawing of a zoo integrating math concepts into the activity - see pic of session instructions and student work
    2. Using Google Slide to collaborate on physical and behavioral adaptations - students did well at confirming their T Chart was correct.
    3. Listing out the I Can statements on the Board Builder station
    4. Students collaborating on Google Draw to create the life cycle of an animal
    5. Utilizing Google Suite apps that allow students to collaborate with individual Chromebooks

    ]]>     2017-03-09 00:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158841244     Zoo Activity Integrating Math into Science Lesson sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158842554 2017-03-09 00:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158842554 Zoo Center - Student work sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158842762 2017-03-09 00:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158842762 3/8/17 Upton - TPACK Social Studies Lesson - 5th Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158842859  Students were given guidelines on information they needed to find on 7 historical figures from the civil rights movement.  They used scdiscus.org to research info. Then used the strategy of using a wheel cut out to record the information.]]> 2017-03-09 00:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158842859 Students researching for the information and collaborating. sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158843639 2017-03-09 00:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158843639 Collaborative Student work - Life cycle of an alligator sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158843826 2017-03-09 00:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158843826 Group work - Physical and behavioral adaptions T-Chart sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158843984 2017-03-09 00:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158843984 3/8/17 Williams & Blackwell: Learning Centers on Regions - 2nd Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158926710 Ms Williams and Ms. Blackwell collaborated on the centers to reinforce students knowledge of learning. Ms. Williams did an excellent job of opening the centers with discussing the I Can statements. There were 4 stations with 2 different stations in all. 
    1. Students used Stoodle to have students to collaborate with each other to show their knowledge of different regions by posting words and pictures.
    2. At the other center students used information from a Board and maps on the Board to complete an SOS Strategy - Z Chart.
    Stoodle Student work
    ]]>     2017-03-09 11:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158926710     Z Chart - SOS sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158929160 2017-03-09 11:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158929160 Board from Bd Builder - Students them completed Z Chart sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158929683 2017-03-09 11:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158929683 3/8/17 Pennington & Blackwell: Learning Centers to Review Math Skills - 3rd Grade sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158929856 Ms. Pennington & Ms. Blackwell collaborated on centers to reinforce math skills in preparation for the State Test.  Ms. Pennington has an excellent closing with having students each state their I Can statements.  There were 4 stations in all
    1. Students used a deck of cards to practice numbers in various forms.
    2. Students used Doodlebuddy to use images to show a multiplication problem and finding the answer that a partner created.
    3. Students had to collaborate on a Google Slide to complete a number line.
    4. Students had to draw shapes on a diagram and then use post it notes to list the characteristics of the shape.

    ]]>     2017-03-09 11:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158929856     Writing #'s in Various Forms sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158931374 2017-03-09 11:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158931374 Student Instructions with I Can Statements :) sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158931962 2017-03-09 12:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158931962 Doodlebuddy Station sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158932267 2017-03-09 12:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158932267 sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158932490 2017-03-09 12:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/158932490 March 22 & 23 , 2017 sball_depd https://padlet.com/sball_depd/chandlercreek/wish/162376790 6th & 7th Sessions

    Lynn Pennington & Anne Blackwell:  Anne and Lynn created 4 fabulous math review stations. 
    What went well -  
    • Awesome opening and closing -  Enjoyed how students stated their "I Can" statements!  
    • Remarkable way to share what new information they learned.  
    • Great pairings - students really complement one another.
    • Effective strategies - loved how stations were designed for collaboration and feedback by and for students/one another.
    Sarah Helgemo:  Students are currently learning about the Civil War in SS and are reading a historical fiction story called Pink & Say.  Sarah created 5 stations that incorporated the book and their knowledge of the Civil War.  
    What went well.....
    • Great use of varied modalities  - loved the analyze picture, gallery walk and journal/diary stations.  
    • Great examples of students demonstrating their learning through analysis, responding to questions and writing their own historical fictional pieces.
    Jacque Williams & Anne Blackwell:  Jacque and Anne used Google slides to create 4 stations....nouns, adjectives, pronouns
    What went well - 
    • Opening and transitioning - students could not only clearly restate their “I Can” statements but could apply their new knowledge
    • Positive Feedback - Used Melanie’s post-it to model 
    • Encouraged the students to collaborate
    • Great creativity - wonderful lesson that can be used again and again.
    • Post-it Activity - Web 2.0 Tool -Linoit
    Jeff Upton:  SS lesson - students synthesized the history of the United Nations from a link provided to the students through Google classroom.   Once students synthesized the info they will write a news article. 
    What went well - 
    • Students were actively working on trying to understand the history of the United Nations 
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