iPAD apps

I attended an iPAD collaboration class on Monday and have been playing with some new apps. What I am playing with now: obviously...Photobooth, CommonCore, Dragon Dictation, Mouse Lite, TimeReading, Sight Words, Rover, Educreations, Penultimate, Glow Draw, Mad Math but like Grade 2 Splash Math better, Geometry4Kids, Story Wheel, Chr Creations, Globe, Simplex Spell 2, PuppetPals HD, Strip Design, Bluster, Emoji Free!, IMovie, Kunder Free and if you like the story you have to get Santa...scanner, I Like Books, Magnetic Board.

A Couple of My Favorite Things

Talking stick - students pass it around in morning circle when they have a turn to speak. My favorite clipboard. Hodge Podge, doggie print paper, ribbons. Still some hodge podge stuck to the craft table. Google eye glasses. Fun for readers that need extra incentive to focus. I spy with my "LITTLE EYES"!

Daily 5

I am excited about the Daily 5 share. I just read the book and had to go buy The CAFE Book the next day. My brain is going crazy thinking of how to make it work for my students! Check out www.loryevanspage.blogspot.com to link up for ideas.

High Frequency

My students love building words every day with SANDY. It is great practice and they love spelling it and guessing it.

Classroom 2011-2012

I never posted the pics of my classroom move to the portable and now as I finish up this year I am making changes again. I thought I better add the changes from my initial move-in now! Only a little TARDY...say 11 months!

Time for a Puppet Show

I wanted to make a puppet show frame for years and I finally succeeded.  My brother was going to make one for me (isn't he great), but I was concerned about how much it would weigh and where to store it.  This one is made out of a black science project board.  I just measured and cut out the window, gathered the fabric and attached velcro so the curtain can be opened and moved out of the way.  I also hot glued a clothes pin on one side so students can attach their writing and read from it without shuffling paper and puppet.  The vinyl on the front was cut on my Cricut.  My nieces were over today while I was working on it and they both were asking if we could play with it now!!!  YES!

Moving to the PDP!

I am so excited!  It is time to move into the PDP (pink door portable)!  I thought it would be fun to show the major transformation from white walls to second grade explosion!  It is a lot of work, but I am so excited to make this room work for me and my students.