The Paper-Free Class
Technology
Let’s Get Connected!
Welcome back students, by now most classes have been working on their project to go with the story “Clean Sweep”, so we are going to get signed on to Edmodo today to turn in these assignments. Go to miamidade.edmodo.com and sign up as a new user if you do not already have an account. Then, … Continue reading
It’s…
Well, not really the end. The end of the school year for sure! I have really enjoyed this year, experimenting with technology in the classroom and learning a lot of new things with my students. It has been interesting to see what works and what doesn’t. If all goes well, we will be starting all … Continue reading
Ready, set, go!
Students, we have just four weeks left for this school year! We will be wrapping up our activities online, using our literature book to read the Diary of Anne Frank (and other stories in 6th and 7th grade classes), and reflecting on our year using technology in the classroom. For today’s activity, we will Complete … Continue reading
Evernote Portfolio Time!
Students, today we will start working on your online portfolio! You will need to get yourself an Evernote account, and you can even get the app for your iPhone, iPod, or Android phone! Stop by our class Evernote page to see ideas for what you should have in your portfolio. Remember, you can use Evernote … Continue reading
Now Featuring…
So why do students have such a problem with the benchmark concerning “Text Features”? Well, we are going to work on that a bit this week. Read in your groups – Workbook pg. 48-53 Answer all the margin questions in your Composition Notebook Take a Socrative Quiz on the two stories Complete Study Island activities … Continue reading
Continue Touring the Islands…
Hello students! Today we will keep on with Study Island. See the previous post for instructions. Some of your passwords and sign-in names may be different, so you will need to see the password list. There are new criteria for passing your Study Island exercises: Minimum 20 questions for each activity Maximum 50 questions for … Continue reading
Let’s Go to the Islands
Study Island, that is! Students, today you will start using Study Island to help reinforce your FCAT and Common Core benchmarks. Go to http://www.studyisland.com Login with your lastname@JFK Password is your ID number with no zeroes in front Complete the Pre-Test for reading
Down to the (Common) Core
Good day students! Today and the rest of this week we will be starting to explore the Common Core Curriculum in more detail. Today in particular we will be looking at one of the older FCAT standards – Identify Organization of Ideas (L.A.8.1.7.5) – In the Interactive Reader and Writer, you will be working in … Continue reading
Anchors Aweigh!
UPDATE 2/19/2013 – Look at the “Essay Writing” tab above to find your new essay prompt. Greetings everybody! Today we are going to start refining our essays. Most of you seem to grasp the concept of the essay itself, but we need to work on adding things like sentence variety FIRE details transitions strong intro … Continue reading
Calling for submissions!
Edit: 2/11/2013 – Today I need to see your submissions on the Essay Smart site. You will have some time to finish up and submit your work. Do not leave the Scoring Page until I have recorded your grade. Hello students! Today we are going to continue with our Digital Learning Experience. We have the … Continue reading
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