QR Code Activity

Today for Science students used the i-pods and i-pads to scan QR codes for an activity.  QR codes were first invented by Toyota to keep track of vehicles during manufacturing.  Now we see QR codes all over.  You may have seen them in restaurants, on cars at dealerships, or even on packaging.
Students were given vocabulary for this chapter in Science.  They were sent on a vocabulary scavenger hunt around the classroom.  When scanned the word and definition would pop up on the screen of the i-pad or i-pod.  Here are a few pictures from today.

Walker scans a QR code.

Sky, Gage, and Alexis copy the definition from the I-Pod.

Kaylynn and Quentin scan a QR code.

100th Day of School

One group and their cup structure.

Sky counting how many times Kaylynn can say the ABC's.

Last week we celebrated the 100th Day of School.  We did different activities through out the day and even the week.  We stacked 100 cups so see what we could build. We estimated and then counted how many times we could do different things in 100 seconds such as say our abc's, sit and stand, write our name, and clap our hands.  We wrote about what we would spend $100 on.  We had students who would spend it on hamsters to students who would spend it on legos.  We really had a fun time with the 100th Day this week!

Tie Week

I am sorry that I am behind on sharing what is going on in the classroom.  A few weeks ago we read a story called Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble.  This story was about a principal that auctioned off all of his ties, except for his most favorite tie, to help build a school playground.  Students each designed their own ties and we auctioned them off in the classroom.  On Friday students wore the tie that they had bought at our classroom tie auction.  Here is our class with their ties.

Snack TIme!

I would like for each  student to bring in about 4-5 cups of their favorite snack.  We will be making a big batch of snack mix to share with everyone during our daily snack time. This way students don't have to worry about bringing a snack everyday.   Some good ideas are cereal, pretzels, m & m's, cheetos, cheese crackers, goldfish, ect.  Please send by Tuesday, January 22.  Thanks so much for your help.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Connor, Sky, Quentin, and Katlynn practice drawing Martin Luther King Jr. on the whiteboard this morning. 

Daily 5

Today during Daily 5 Owen and Ryan listened to our story Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble on the I-Pad.  This is just one of the ways we use the I-Pads and I-Pods in our classroom.

Silly Pictures

 During our Christmas party today we took some time out to take some silly pictures with the props left over from The Polar Express Night!  I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and I will see you in 2013!