More Snow!

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Connie Harrison under January, Snow

Today’s Poem:

“Penguins Acrostic Poem”

Today’s Key Vocabulary:

Literacy:

We’ll review vocabulary from previous classes: hardcovers, paperbacks, and ebooks.

Next, I’ll demonstrate how authors use descriptive words to tell a story by reading a book on the smartboard:

“Tacky the penguin,” by Helen Lester

This Week’s Music:

Your jobs today in the computer lab:

Play with words by popping balloons at this site: https://www.abcya.com/must_pop_words.htm Earn 20 points before going to the next site.
Practice your math skills here: https://www.abcya.com/addition.htm Level up to Round two before going to the next site.
Have fun watching live penguins by clicking on this link: https://viewpure.com/QLiyzw4wWPQ?start=0&end=0

After you’ve gone to all three sites, you can go to free choice.

Once More With Snow

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Connie Harrison under Computer Lab, January, Snow

Today’s Poem:

“Children Soup with Rice”

Today’s Key Vocabulary:

Media Skills:

We’ll read two books on the Promethean board:

This Week’s Music:

Chopin’s Nocturne Op.9 No. 2

YOUR JOB TODAY:

After students log in, students need to complete level 5 before going to free choice.

“Snoring Winter Edition” at https://www.abcya.com/snoring_winter_edition.htm

It’s Snowing!

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Connie Harrison under Computer Lab, January, Snow

Today’s Poem:

“New Year’s Day” by Rachel Field.

Today’s Key Vocabulary:

January Vocabulary

Literacy:

First, we’ll review vocabulary from previous classes: hardcovers, paperbacks and ebooks and introduce the new words.

Next, we’ll read two books:

This Week’s Music:

“Winter’s Light,” by Tim Janis

Computer Skills

YOUR JOB TODAY:

We’ll review login procedures and students will login into computers using their own ID and password.

Try playing each of the games below and after you’ve gone to each site, if you can answer a question about one of the games, you can go to free choice.

Play with virtual snowballs: https://www.abcya.com/one_hundred_snowballs.htm

Click on this link to build a virtual snowman: https://www.abcya.com/snowman.htm

Try Grover’s Winter Games: https://pbskids.org/sesame/home/grovers-winter-games/