Qr Codes in G1

Grade one students were really excited to see the fruits of their labor. The previous week students had worked diligently to record book reviews of their favorite book. After recording and taking a photo of either their book cover or themselves holding the book, students made a QR code of their video. Then, it was time for students to scan and watch each other's book reviews!  It was an excellent culminating apptivity for their writing unit on writing reviews.

NF Text Features in iMovie

A student in Mrs. DiGiovanni's class used the app iMovie to show what he had learned about nonfiction text features.

iMovies with Mr. Mike's Class

Mr. Mike's first grade class is learning how to use one of the new features in iMovie iOS.  They made movies giving reasons why being a student at SAS is so fantastic!  Here are a few samples below.

QR Code Book Reviews

Last week, grade 1 students finished their Writer's Workshop Unit on Opinion Writing and recorded a video persuading readers to check out their favorite book.  Then, students created QR code posters for their book review video. A sample can be seen below. Ultimately, the QR codes of books that can be found in our PS library will be taped directly onto the library book.  This way, students can use iPads in the library to watch a review of the book to help them decide if they want to check it out to read or not. 

A New Take on an Old Idea

Plenty of teachers have either heard of or tried having a stuffed classroom pet that travels home with students and asking children to write about the animal's adventure away from school.  Some commonly used ideas that tie in with class read-alouds are: Flat Stanley, Tacky the Penguin, or The World According to Humphrey.  Mrs. Woody has put a 21st century spin on a journal going home with students and she is asking that kids blog about the animal's experience.  Her first grade students take a photo of themselves with the pet and then email the photo along with a message to the student-run blog.  What a fantastic way for students to see a real purpose for blogging!

Reading iPad Tech Integration

First grade students learned about characters feelings and how they change in their unit, Readers Meet the Characters in Our Books.  Students could show their learning by making a Doodlecast Pro of images from the book along with a narration of how the character's feelings changed.  I have included a teacher sample that can be used as a model below.

Reading Makes Me Feel Good

Festival of Stories is starting in the Primary School this week!  Students will be inspired by Todd Parr's book Reading Makes You Feel Good.  In Technology class, students will mimic Todd Parr's drawing style to create images of what makes them feel good.  Below are samples created by Mr. Mike's class.