
5th Grade Wax Museum
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Learning is fun!
Posted in apps, augmented reality, fun events, games, second grade, and spelling
First and second graders had fun on Digital Learning Day today in the Jackson Library! They used a new app to play a spelling game called Catchy Words. They have to find the letters in augmented reality, ‘catch’ them with an iPad, and place the letters in boxes to spell a mystery word. We watched Kirsten Hood‘s video to see how to do it. Fun!
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Posted in fun events, grants, and writing
The Plano Education Foundation prize patrol just visited the Jackson Library! I won the grant I submitted for The Masked Writer: Using Mentor Texts as Springboards for Writing and the group grant I co-authored with Connie Matthews for more EV3 LEGO Mindstorm robots. Woo hoo! So excited!
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Posted in fun events, and reading skills
Posted in apps, augmented reality, fun events, and second grade
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Thank you to the outstanding Instructional Specialists at Jackson Elementary for making National Library Week awesome! It’s a gift just to work at Jackson!
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Storyteller Toni Simmons visited Jackson Elementary last week and we all had so much fun! She told different stories to each assembly: kindergarten, fifth grade, third and fourth grade, and second and third grade. We heard Abiyoyo’s songs, Pedro’s trickster tale, a caps for sale tale, and we learned why dogs chase cats. Fun!
Check out highlights of her performances: