One More Week Too Go!

One week left before Spring Break!  It's a busy one! 

I will be out of the building all day on Tuesday for a Library Media Specialist meeting.  We will be working on Common Core Standards for the Library.  If you have any technology needs for Tuesday, please let me know as soon as possible!  Thanks!


For the Kindergarten classes, I will be reading either Nico and Lola, for those classes who missed it last week, or Commotion in the Ocean, to go with your fish unit.  We also will visit www.seasky.org to play some fun games about the ocean.

For the PreK, I will read either a Spring book, or a Sleepy time book, to go with pajama day.  If you would like me to read something else that goes with what you are doing in your classroom, please let me know!

Have a great week!

Busy week!

Good morning!

Today at Media Monday we will be talking about the iPad.  Come and learn the fun things you can do with it!

In the Media Center this week I will be reading "Nico and Lola" to the Kindergarten classes.  This is a book about kindness.  The children will be asked to write about how they can be kind as well.

For our PreK classes I will be reading and Irish Folktale, "Jamie ORourke and the Big Potato."

On a technology note, our tech, Donna Hedrich has been very sick.  She has been at home since February 21st.   I talked to her last week and she misses all of us.  I assured her that we REALLY miss her too!  If you have any technology issues, please let me know!  Email is best, but if that's what the issue is, come talk to me!  If I can't solve the problem, the technology department will send someone over to see what they can do.

Have a great week!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the FROG Room!! They have earned 10 Bee Bucks!  They will have a movie and popcorn party this week during their Media Center time! WOOHOO!!

March came in like a lion!!

Media Monday is NEXT Monday, March 12th.  I will be talking about how to use the iPad with your students.  I am working on how to use it with the Smartboard...

This week with the Monolingual Kindergarten classes, I will be reading "The Sneetches and Other Stories" by Dr. Seuss. We will be talking about how to be friends with everyone at school.   For the Dual Language classes, I will be reading "3 Little Dassies" by Jan Brett.  It is an adaptaion of "The 3 Little Pigs" set in Africa.  She has some interesting videos about her visit to Africa, which we will see.
All classes will be going to Seussville.com on the computers in the Media Center.

For our PreK classes, I can read more Dr. Seuss stories, or what ever might go with what you are learning in class.  Please let me know your themes so I can coordinate!  Thanks!

Jokes of the day:

Q. When is a blue school book not a blue school book?
A. When it is read!

Q. What flies around the kindergarten room at night?
A. The alpha-BAT.

Have a great week!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Dont' forget Media Monday is TODAY! February 27th at 3:20.  I will be talking about the ELMO! (The digital document camera, not the small red furry monster!)

This week in the Media Center we will be doing everything Dr. Seuss style!
So come to the Media Center and you will see,
Things to amaze and do and be.
The K kids will see a book,
That will require a closer look.
It has pages that will pop,
It's by Dr. Seuss who's not a flop.
It has seven stories that are not true,
A fiction book that's even blue.
I may read it to the PreK as well,
For as a book, it's really swell!
In technology we'll visit his site,
www.seussville.com it is all right!

I've heard some discussions about the digital presentation project.  You are on the right track!  Keep it up!Here are some ideas for you to think about: 
PowerPoint
Photostory
Story Bird
Prezi
Animoto
Kerpoof
Digitales
Flip video
Movie Maker
Virtual Field Trips
You can find links to many of these from the Technology Curriculum Live Binder: http://www.livebinders.com/play/present?id=127467
If you click on the tabs:  Writing Resources, and Digital tools--creating content, you will find links to many of these tools.  Take a look and let me know how I can help!  Most of all, have fun with it!!

Today I'm ending with a quote from Dr. Seuss:

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss

Happy Short week!

 I hope everyone had great and informative conferences. 

In the Media Center we had another sucessful book fair!  The PTO has again graciously allowed me to pick out many books for our library.  It takes me a while to get them ready for the shelves, but if you, as teachers, would like to take them out, that would be fine!

SIP Goal reminder:
Our "Groovy Goal #3" is:  Student learning will be enhanced by the integration of technology into the classroom instruction by 100% of teachers as measured by a sysytem of technology check-out at least once quarterly (includes Elmo, Smartboard, Learn 360, etc.).  Wth the support of the Media Specialist 80% of the classrooms will produce a digital presentation or project in a curriculum area.  if you need ideas for your digital project, I'd love to help!  I've found quite a few different things you could do with your kids!

This week in the Media Center I am reading "Just Like Abraham Lincoln" to the Kindergarten children.  I will also be doing the draw-together Abraham Lincoln project, using the Elmo.  For the Pre-K kids, I will be reading, the "Crocodile and the Dentist."

Weekly Joke:
Why did the guru refuse Novacaine when he went to his dentist?
He wanted to transcend dental medication.

Happy Valentine's Day!

NEWS ALERT:  DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS WEEK IS CONFERENCES, I AM POSTPONING MEDIA MONDAY TO FEBRUARY 27TH!  I will be talking about the Elmo--What else can it do?

As part of our SIP Technology goal, every classroom needs to make a digital story.  If you need help with this, please let me know! 

This week in the Media Center, love is all around!  In the Kindergarten classes, I will be reading "Valentine Bears."  For PreK I will read, "Love, Splat."

Good news!  One of our classes, has 9 Bee Bucks!  We will be celebrating soon!

Joke for the week: 

Q. What did the boy bird say to the girl bird on Valentine's Day?
A. Let me call you Tweet heart!

and here's another:

Q. Why did the banana go out with the prune?
A. Because it couldn't get a date.

(These and other great Valentine riddles can be found at: http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Valentine-Jokes-for-Kids.aspx )