YAKiT Kids Snails Videos

Kindergarten students have been learning about land snails. To share some of their learning, they made YAKiT videos.

KG Reading Superpower YAKiT

Kindergartners have been learning to use superpowers in order to become stronger readers.  These students designed their very own superhero self and reflected on which reading superpower they use most often.  After that, students created a YAKiT to explain their superpower.

YAKiT Kids

Kindergarten students explored Yakit Kids today to learn how to become the characters in their books. Last week, students had brainstormed one of their favorite characters with a reason why by filling out a graphic organizer.  Today, students used Yakit Kids and made a video of themselves talking as the character. Below is a sample.

Discovery Time Share

Ms. Angle's 1st Grade class has been on a personal learning adventure over the past several months called Discovery Time.  Students brainstormed their own interests, wonders, and passions first.  Then, they followed an inquiry cycle.  At the end, they shared their learning with a grade 2 class. 

The LOFT Creation Stations

The ES Ed Tech team has been transforming the LOFT into a creative indoor 'playground' for students where the SAS DSLOs (character, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, content knowledge, and cultural competence) are finding traction.

The learning activities are organized under 5 themes: Art, Building, Coding, Engineering, and Filmmaking. Then each theme has various stations where students can explore, make, and innovate based on Challenge Cards specific to that station.  Challenge Cards come in levels as well to take into consideration that students from ages 5-11 use this space.

In addition, students are tracking their progress with the use of a Creation Stations Passport.  They must note down which station they completed (under the correct theme) and demonstrate and/or explain to a teacher which level they accomplished.  Success is noted with an 'Explorer', 'Maker', or 'Innovator' stamp in the student's passport.    

Here is a short video of grade 1 students exploring, making, and innovating at just some of the stations.

Searching Online Digital Citizenship

This week, first graders were involved in a foundational Digital Citizenship lesson pertaining to ‘Searching Online’ with Mrs. Buxton, the first grade tech coach, and Mrs. Cuthbert, the first grade librarian.  Students learned that they should follow certain rules when searching online.  

Rule #1 - Use a Keyword Search

Rule #2 - Only use images without a Watermark

Rule #3 - When in Doubt, Close it Out

Mini Book Reviews

Students explored a fun way to share their favorite books in Reader's Workshop. Two apps were used in the process, Pic Collage and Yakit for kids. Here are a few samples.