https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo Get a glimpse into our day to day activities! At Hughes, our goal is to wonder, create, and serve! en-us 2016-08-02 18:03:36 UTC 2023-12-06 18:07:23 UTC hello@padlet.com aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164193443 Students can choose from these options when they come into the classroom: exploration boxes, word games like Chunks, Word Up, word endings, rhyming words, phonogram games, as well as games that help with their fine motor skills. ]]> 2017-04-02 20:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164193443 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164193682 Earlier in the year, students did a book tasting over different genres. They also ate gourmet snacks like pretzel sticks and teddy grahams while perusing through a different genre at each table. ]]> 2017-04-02 20:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164193682 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164193825 After reading the book Ben and Now, students were given the opportunity to become an inventor like Ben Franklin himself. In their Seesaw, they chose an invention of Ben Franklin's. They were to then describe, label and draw how it looked in the past, present, and how they imagine it would look in the future. ]]> 2017-04-02 20:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164193825 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164194054 Kahoot! has been a valuable resource in helping our students review what they have learned. In this photo, students are reviewing winter holidays. We have also done Kahoots over nonfiction features and landforms/bodies of water. This is a great tool that provides cooperative learning and team building in the classroom. ]]> 2017-04-02 20:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164194054 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164194457 At the beginning of the year, we had a conversation about how each child needs a different "band-aid" to be successful. So throughout the year, when the occasion arises, I remind them that what each child needs to be successful will look different for everyone. ]]> 2017-04-02 20:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164194457 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164896188 2017-04-05 14:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164896188 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164896237 We spent a couple weeks reading and respondinng to different poems by Jack Prelutsky. We also made inferences about poems. We tied it all together by publishing our poetry books that include different poem styles! ]]> 2017-04-05 14:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/164896237 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/166562403 2017-04-17 15:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/166562403 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/166563896 2017-04-17 15:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/166563896 aswinson1 https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/166564059 2017-04-17 15:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aswinson1/virpz4rwyiuo/wish/166564059