Here are my first flipped lessons....
by Ms. Grant on March 18th, 2015
Hi Teacher Friends! I have posted my first couple of flipped lessons on my Grade 2 Page. These are simple videos of me doing double digit addition with and without regrouping. These double as handy dandy videos for parents to use as an at home resource. I incorporated these videos into my lessons were as a reinforcement of a previous lesson. I paired them with pictures of the student's work from a problem solving activity the day before. The students enjoyed them, and they continuously replayed the video throughout their new group activity. The combination of my demonstration and the display of thier work was a real winner because they knew I was invested and would follow up on thier work.
I enriched the lessons with giving different groups the responsibility to make a showme recording instead of pencil and paper. Happy tech-ing!
Mathematician's Tool Box
by Ms. Grant on February 1st, 2015
Hey Teacher Friends! As I have been learning about 21 Century Education, and using the new NS Math Curriculum, I have made up Mathematician's Tool Boxes to facilitate problem solving and creativity into my math lessons. These kits have been around for while but this is my first year using usch a thing. I was hesitant at first because I like to have everything organized in a particular way on the math shelf BUT this way does give my students the freedom to use the tools they want to when problem solving and make connections between the tools to deepen thier understanding of number sense.
In our tool kits there are...
-Base Ten Blocks-20 Small Cubes, 20 Rods, 3 Flats
-Ruler
-100 Chart
-Dice
-Calculator
-10 Frame Sheet
- Dry Erase Marker and Cotton Ball for an Eraser
- 2 sided Counters (About 25)
-20 Bead Rekenrek
- Mini Judy Clock
-Paper Coins
- Soon to have pattern blocks (one of each shape)
Here is an example of a problem we had to solve the other day. This came from Math Makes Sense Adding and Subtracting to 100 Unit. We had already played the 100 Chart Game the day before so this question was a follow up to an activity.
"Teagan was at 83 at the beginning of his 100 Chart Game, his next turn he was on 33. What number did he move to get there?
At the end of the game he was at 3, how many more did he move?"
So, knowing what the book was asking them to do, I assumed they would all run tot hier hundreds charts and dry erase markers and start marking out the map of the game. However, they used a mixture of base ten, hundred charts, ten frames and counters. It really was great for me to see who was using what, and in what way. After we had tried to figure out the problem in groups, we discussed possible answers and how each group got there. We also, talked about how they recorded thier possible answers in pictures, numbers and words.
So, in 21 Century Ed taxonomy this lesson fit most levels, although we did share our group's results, they not formally published or presented.
Live, Laugh, Love, Learn,
Ashley
21C Ed and S.E. Connection
by Ms. Grant on January 18th, 2015
Hi Teacher Friends.
We have been discussing 21st century education pedagogy in my Master’s Class called “Teaching in the Connected Classroom.” We looked at the 21C Ed version of “Bloom’s Taxonomy.” We began discussing what it really mean to collaborate, communicate, be creative and think critically, as a teacher and to teach these characteristics to your students. For me, much of our discussion came back to students having the confidence in themselves and being comfortable enough in the classroom to be able to express their ideas and opinions without social repercussions. I feel this is especially important in elementary school when they are just beginning to form what kind of student ( and future citizen!) they are going to be. Social emotional wellbeing is essential to be able to participate in education that is group based, full of problem solving with many possible outcomes. Setting this kind of foundation will give them the tools to be a 21C citizen.
If students feel loved, welcomed, and safe in the classroom, their academic work is sure to follow.
I have been introduced to Caring School Community Program which attends to the social emotional needs of student through academic based activities. The program seems to very much follow 21C Ed. principles and is continuing to impress me and become more and more applicable to my everyday teaching. My school is in the pilot program for this, and we are integrating it into our school over the next 2-3 years.
Click here to go to my Grade 1 page to read about our latest Buddies Activity.
Are you making the connection between social emotional health and 21 century education pedagogy like me? Are there other programs out there that integrate them both?
Live, Laugh, Learn,
Ashley
It's happening!!!!
by Ms. Grant on December 5th, 2014
So I showed my new website to my grade 2 class. Just mentioned it to them in passing and told them the website address. Guess what? A student emailed me through the website that night! How exciting!!!! Making my shift to integrating technology with young students might be easier than I think! Next step...blended lesson plans......
Anybody have a good website/ techniques to start doing blended/flip classroom for elementary?
Geometric Winter Trees Art Lesson
Posted on December 1st, 2014
Hey Teacher Friends! I thought I might share a lesson with you that went very well!
This lesson was taken from artprojectsforkids.com so I cannot take the credit for the original!
We used pencil then traced our lines with pastel, then used small water color pallets to paint it in. I was really specific about where to paint and what colors to use. The students were amazed when I told them they could mix green with yellow and blue to make different colors of green! Make sure they use lots of water on their brush for easier application. We topped it off with gluing on the tiny dots leftover from the 3 hole punch. The pages dried pretty quickly and they were able to glue the dots on right away. A neat way to explore line, shape and mixed media. Looking forward to doing this lesson with the Gr. 2's next!
by Ms. Grant on March 18th, 2015
Hi Teacher Friends! I have posted my first couple of flipped lessons on my Grade 2 Page. These are simple videos of me doing double digit addition with and without regrouping. These double as handy dandy videos for parents to use as an at home resource. I incorporated these videos into my lessons were as a reinforcement of a previous lesson. I paired them with pictures of the student's work from a problem solving activity the day before. The students enjoyed them, and they continuously replayed the video throughout their new group activity. The combination of my demonstration and the display of thier work was a real winner because they knew I was invested and would follow up on thier work.
I enriched the lessons with giving different groups the responsibility to make a showme recording instead of pencil and paper. Happy tech-ing!
Mathematician's Tool Box
by Ms. Grant on February 1st, 2015
Hey Teacher Friends! As I have been learning about 21 Century Education, and using the new NS Math Curriculum, I have made up Mathematician's Tool Boxes to facilitate problem solving and creativity into my math lessons. These kits have been around for while but this is my first year using usch a thing. I was hesitant at first because I like to have everything organized in a particular way on the math shelf BUT this way does give my students the freedom to use the tools they want to when problem solving and make connections between the tools to deepen thier understanding of number sense.
In our tool kits there are...
-Base Ten Blocks-20 Small Cubes, 20 Rods, 3 Flats
-Ruler
-100 Chart
-Dice
-Calculator
-10 Frame Sheet
- Dry Erase Marker and Cotton Ball for an Eraser
- 2 sided Counters (About 25)
-20 Bead Rekenrek
- Mini Judy Clock
-Paper Coins
- Soon to have pattern blocks (one of each shape)
Here is an example of a problem we had to solve the other day. This came from Math Makes Sense Adding and Subtracting to 100 Unit. We had already played the 100 Chart Game the day before so this question was a follow up to an activity.
"Teagan was at 83 at the beginning of his 100 Chart Game, his next turn he was on 33. What number did he move to get there?
At the end of the game he was at 3, how many more did he move?"
So, knowing what the book was asking them to do, I assumed they would all run tot hier hundreds charts and dry erase markers and start marking out the map of the game. However, they used a mixture of base ten, hundred charts, ten frames and counters. It really was great for me to see who was using what, and in what way. After we had tried to figure out the problem in groups, we discussed possible answers and how each group got there. We also, talked about how they recorded thier possible answers in pictures, numbers and words.
So, in 21 Century Ed taxonomy this lesson fit most levels, although we did share our group's results, they not formally published or presented.
Live, Laugh, Love, Learn,
Ashley
21C Ed and S.E. Connection
by Ms. Grant on January 18th, 2015
Hi Teacher Friends.
We have been discussing 21st century education pedagogy in my Master’s Class called “Teaching in the Connected Classroom.” We looked at the 21C Ed version of “Bloom’s Taxonomy.” We began discussing what it really mean to collaborate, communicate, be creative and think critically, as a teacher and to teach these characteristics to your students. For me, much of our discussion came back to students having the confidence in themselves and being comfortable enough in the classroom to be able to express their ideas and opinions without social repercussions. I feel this is especially important in elementary school when they are just beginning to form what kind of student ( and future citizen!) they are going to be. Social emotional wellbeing is essential to be able to participate in education that is group based, full of problem solving with many possible outcomes. Setting this kind of foundation will give them the tools to be a 21C citizen.
If students feel loved, welcomed, and safe in the classroom, their academic work is sure to follow.
I have been introduced to Caring School Community Program which attends to the social emotional needs of student through academic based activities. The program seems to very much follow 21C Ed. principles and is continuing to impress me and become more and more applicable to my everyday teaching. My school is in the pilot program for this, and we are integrating it into our school over the next 2-3 years.
Click here to go to my Grade 1 page to read about our latest Buddies Activity.
Are you making the connection between social emotional health and 21 century education pedagogy like me? Are there other programs out there that integrate them both?
Live, Laugh, Learn,
Ashley
It's happening!!!!
by Ms. Grant on December 5th, 2014
So I showed my new website to my grade 2 class. Just mentioned it to them in passing and told them the website address. Guess what? A student emailed me through the website that night! How exciting!!!! Making my shift to integrating technology with young students might be easier than I think! Next step...blended lesson plans......
Anybody have a good website/ techniques to start doing blended/flip classroom for elementary?
Geometric Winter Trees Art Lesson
Posted on December 1st, 2014
Hey Teacher Friends! I thought I might share a lesson with you that went very well!
This lesson was taken from artprojectsforkids.com so I cannot take the credit for the original!
We used pencil then traced our lines with pastel, then used small water color pallets to paint it in. I was really specific about where to paint and what colors to use. The students were amazed when I told them they could mix green with yellow and blue to make different colors of green! Make sure they use lots of water on their brush for easier application. We topped it off with gluing on the tiny dots leftover from the 3 hole punch. The pages dried pretty quickly and they were able to glue the dots on right away. A neat way to explore line, shape and mixed media. Looking forward to doing this lesson with the Gr. 2's next!