Learning is fun!
Posted in apps, fifth grade, fourth grade, technology, and third grade
Third through fifth grade had fun in the Jackson Library last week when they created their own gifs using the free desktop app, Brush Ninja. Check out their creativity!
Click on the drawings to view the GIFs
Ms. Arthur’s Class
Posted in fourth grade, picture book lesson, reading skills, technology, and writing
Last week in the Jackson Library, fourth grade analyzed the actions, dialogue, and personalities of the characters in Helen Lester’s Me First! to pinpoint descriptive character traits of the main characters. They used a Seesaw bubble map I created and chose between Pinkerton the pig or the Sand Witch templates.
Me First!
Posted in fourth grade, holiday, technology, and writing
Last week in the Jackson Library, fourth graders proofread a letter from a turkey. They worked in pairs on a Seesaw template I created to find the errors. I threw in a few extra ‘mistakes’ to make sure they were thinking! It was a fun activity and helped me gauge which skills need more reinforcing in the future.
ANSWER KEY
Posted in fifth grade, first grade, fourth grade, fun events, holiday, Pre-K, second grade, and third grade
Posted in fourth grade, picture book lesson, and writing
Fourth graders used a Seesaw template I created to match dull “telling” sentences with their “showing”, descriptive counterparts. I found the descriptive counterparts in various library books. The kids worked in pairs to match the quality description from the books to their simple counterpart. To prepare them for the lesson, we read Moonlight and admired the vivid imagery the author created. Then we read a story I wrote about camp and discussed the ‘show, don’t tell’ strategy. For independent practice, they worked in pairs on the matching Seesaw activity.
Mentor texts used:
My Camp Story Sample Sneak in the Setting
Posted in fourth grade, picture book lesson, poetry, and writing
Fourth graders were inspired by a read aloud from the Eric Carle book, What’s Your Favorite Color? I found this gem at the last year’s Scholastic book fair. After reading the story, the kids thought about their favorite color and used my template to brainstorm how their color might sound, taste, and feel. I love the imagery they used! As they wrote, we played the video of Hailstones and Halibut Bones for more ideas, since it has a similar theme.
Green Example: Read Write Think
Posted in fourth grade, poetry, and writing
Fourth graders used Judith Viorst’s If I Were in Charge of the World poem as inspiration for writing their own poems in the Jackson Library. Click poem by The Undercover Classroom for Judith Viorst’s version and a template. Thanks, Chrissie!
Posted in fourth grade, second grade, and writing
Second graders made ‘selfies’ using Seesaw and fourth graders made ‘shelfies’ using PicKids Collage here at the beginning of the year in the Jackson Library. Check out their awesome pics!
2nd Seesaw Instructions
Posted in fifth grade, fourth grade, games, and third grade
Fourth and fifth graders use Pokemon to help them find sections of the library for this fun library orientation.
Third graders had fun hunting tiny jaguars all over the Jackson Library!
Posted in fourth grade, picture book lesson, reading skills, and technology
