El'Rabo

Enjoy our West Virgina folktale, El'Rabo

My Practice Pop-Up Book

Remember ZooBurst? Well I decided to give it a try today and made my first pop-up book. It's not really a book. It's just one page but I had fun trying it out. I've tried to edit the html code so it will fit but I have had some trouble with that. Check it out below and move the book slightly so you can see all three objects and their speech bubbles. I'll keep trying to make changes so it fits correctly!

Flash Mobs

I don't know about you but I love this flash mob thing that I've watched on YouTube. I have great hopes that someday I will be someplace and I will see a live flash mob! Maybe I'll even join them! Watch this video and I am sure you will be smiling. Don't forget to keep reading this post though because I have something else to share about this video!



TeacherHub shares videos with suggested writing prompts to use in the classroom. Unfortunately the videos are usually from YouTube which is blocked at our school but the concept is so great I wanted to share the video and the prompts. Copied directly from their site, here are the prompts:

Sound of Music Dance Writing Prompts

Grades K-2: Describe Dancing List 3 adjectives to describe how dancing makes you feel (optional: in complete sentences). Bonus: Draw a picture of someone dancing!

Grades 3-5: Contageous Rhythm If you were in the train station, would you have joined the dancers? Why do you think so many different kinds of people (young & old, boys & girls) joined in?

Grades 6-8: Ballroom Brainstorm There are many different kinds of dances. Brainstorm as many forms of dancing as you can. What do all of those dances have in common?

Grades 9-12: Compare Performances Is this surprise performance more entertaining than a scheduled dance recital at at theater? Why or why not?

I've posted about TeacherHub before but if you haven't checked it out and signed up for their e-newsletter you can click here to do that.

The New Thinkfinity

I've posted about Thinkfinity in the past and I hope you are using it for teaching resources. You can get to the site by clicking on the title of this post.

Thinkfinity has been redesigned and has some new features. You can now search by West Virginia Content Standard and you can bookmark your favorite finds. You can also share what you've found with other teachers. Watch this video to hear about all the changes on Thinkfinity. Just click here to go to the WVDE site to watch the video.

The Number System

Want some neat games for kids? The Game Classroom has lots of interactive games for grades K-6. Click here to go to The Game Classroom. Check out this 3rd grade game targeting place value. Sorry that I couldn't make it larger for you but you can find this game by going to The Game Classroom and clicking on Grade 3.

ZooBurst

The world is abuzz these days with news of a new Web2.0 tool. ZooBurst is an online digital storytelling tool. You can make a 3D pop-up book! To go to ZooBurst just click on the title of this posting or click here. You will need to sign up for the site and request a log-in.

Diamante Poems

This is our first swipe at using VoiceThread. We had a great time and can't wait to use it again.

Enjoy 5th Grade's Voice Thread with their pictures and poems!