Getting art class started

  Ms. Austen creates videos instructing the class on what they need to do to get class started.   This allows her class to self start while she is working to transition from one class to another.  

She has even left videos for teachers to show when they cover her classes. Not only are the videos full of instructions and directions so that everyone is prepared for their tasks -- they are fun, interesting and the kids respond to her on the video when she asked questions... even though they know she couldn't actually hear them. 

Owls

Hour of Code

Double File Trail joined millions of people across the world to participate in Hour of Code in honor of Computer Science Education Week.  Students and parents in Kinder-5th were engaged learning computer programming.  5th grade Robotic students loved helping Kinder and 1st grade students think through programming processes.

2nd Graders Using Kahoot

Ms. Hamilton's 2nd grade students were highly engaged as they worked in teams to answer questions about magnets using a highly engaging Kahoot!

2nd Grade Students Pre-write about their snowglobe using a Google Doc and Google Classroom

Ms. Coon's 2nd Grade class used a Google Doc that was assigned to them using Google Classroom.  Students were able to complete the assignment and turn it in all via Google Classroom.

1st and 2nd grade Art Students Talking about Their Art Via QR Codes

Ms. Granger's 1st and 2nd grade Art students recorded a description to add to their art hanging in the hall.  Their description can be heard by scanning the QR Code attached to the art with a barcode scanner on a smart phone or tablet.

5th Grade Students Collaborate with their Teacher Using Google Docs

2nd through 5th grade students and teachers are really excited that they can now collaborate on an assignment such as a reading reflection. Students and teachers can collaborate in real time, thus making instructional time and student conferences more efficient.

Mrs. Thompson class uses the ActivBoard to work their Daily Five math

Mrs. Thompson's 2nd grade class has been using the ActivBoard to work their Daily Five math. This allows students to compare answers next to each other and allows the teacher to save the work done on the ActivBoard

Using the "Bucket Buddy" system to learn to log on

Mrs. Small's 5th class and Mrs. Thompson's 2nd grade class are "Bucket Buddies". They took filling each other's bucket to a new level when Mrs. Small's class came down to teach their 2nd grade friends how to log on to the computer using the new log on credentials. The 5th grade students walked them through logging on and logging off and then turned the 2nd graders loose to try for themselves. Afterwards, the 5th graders helped navigate their friends through the new website to help them find the link to take an AR test.

Technology ROCKS!

Our 2nd graders used Kidspiration to summarize the different physical properties they can use to describe the different types of rocks.

Poetry Online

ReadWriteThink at http://www.readwritethink.org is a fantastic resource and tool for teachers and students.  Second Grade students created online Acrostic Poems to go along with their poetry unit.  Check out Payton's Poem.

Poetry

2nd Grade Poets






Second Grade has been publishing our poetry on the computer. We used word. They typed it, changed the font, and size, and saved it in their folder. We printed and illustrated them. Some are already in the hall to see!

2nd Grade Classes learn to Research Online

As part of learning how to research using online resources, all of 2nd Grade did a class PowerPoint on Cheetahs. It was a great way to learn as a group the process of sifting through information to find what we need to do our reports. The classes did a great job working together and are ready to do some research in groups! As part of the learning process, students learned how to navigate the school and library websites to find our Online Databases and Encyclopedias. Ask a Second Grader how to use PebbleGo, Britannica Encyclopedia and World Book Encyclopedia to conduct Research.

2nd Grade Online Research

All of our Second grade classes learned some key research features. Using our children online encyclopedias listed on our Research Resources, students found answers to their questions. This was a great project covering many of our Technology TEKS as students saved and printed key information as well as recording it.