Voisse- Multiplication 4's

http://www.voisse.com/marketplace/index.cfm?tagid=1456

Multiplication Rock
http://youtu.be/m3Li-rTuBKs        3's
http://youtu.be/Vx5S69CaWoE     4's
http://youtu.be/ItIILCkgNaE         5's
http://youtu.be/cwkgNf69ihY        6's
http://youtu.be/LDHTJGVWgG4  7's
http://youtu.be/KuYPcE9I0BQ      8's
http://youtu.be/_iLcQr2vvno         9's

Power on Texas Blog

http://www.powerontexas.com/?page_id=203
Teacher Undergraduate Program Leading Change
http://www.powerontexas.com/?page_id=2582
Kindergarten/Undergraduate Example
http://www.powerontexas.com/?page_id=2578

POWER ON TEXAS: Join the Digital Learning Revolution

Full video: Power on Texas http://youtu.be/lPz8mjVFh1

PBS Educational Videos

http://video.pbs.org/

Mobile Year in Review 2010

PBS Math Games

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/cyber-pattern-player/

Techology Integration

http://azk12.org/tim/

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation | Video on TED.com

Electricity : Electricity

Electricity : Electricity

Bill Nye on Electricity

Electricity : Bill Nye on Electricity (Part 1)
Bill Nye Part 2
Electricity: Bill Nye Part 3 

Grammar Rock Posters

Thanks to Grammar Rock we are using songs & images to help us remember and use the parts of speech in our writing. ;)  What neat, well thought out posters!  Way to go 4-3!

Internet Safety

http://pbskids.org/webonauts/

American Revolution

http://photopeach.com/album/sj4qsq?ref=more

Colony Slide Shows

Tiger's  https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfM2NrNWh2NmZ0&hl=en_US

Gavin's    https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfNDNmazM3YnJkMg&hl=en_US

Grace's    https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMTAwZmtrcHE2aHI&hl=en_US

Kael's   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfNjZwbmd6MzJocA&hl=en_US

Maddie W   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfODdnNjVkY2hkMw&hl=en_US

Craig's   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfODVybnJrc205Zw&hl=en_US

Liz   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfODVybnJrc205Zw&hl=en_US


Chloe   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMjVmZDg1OXhmeg&hl=en_US

Brenden's   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMjM2Zzd2OHh2NnI&hl=en_US

Lucas   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMjA0ZHd4cDk5Y2c&hl=en_US

Eli's    https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMTgxZ2t6Mm50Z3c&hl=en_US

Austin's  https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMTU3ZHc1N3N4Y2s&hl=en_US

Sara's   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMTM3Y3BkZDUzcno&hl=en_US

Brody's   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMjc2Zm1nYndyZHo&hl=en_US

Erin's    https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMzUwY2JnNTQ0cHo&hl=en_US

Alyssa's   https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARUi99RS3NvQZGY4cWdydnZfMzYzZHRzaHNnaGI&hl=en_US

Colonial America

http://youtu.be/qiMCXWMvRJc
http://youtu.be/qiMCXWMvRJc
http://youtu.be/qiMCXWMvRJc
http://youtu.be/iZzviIaptvE 

You Are Special

Character Development Lesson

School House Rock - Fireworks (Declaration of Independence)

Tea Party - Schoolhouse Rock - No more Kings

School House Rock - Shot Heard 'Round the World (America Rock)

School House Rock - Verb: That's What's a'Happenin'! (Grammar Rock)

Grammar Rock

http://youtu.be/Tc-ukN1Rvb8      Nouns
http://youtu.be/mYzGLzFuwxI    Adjectives
http://youtu.be/mkO87mkgcNo    Conjunctions
http://youtu.be/FWYmEICNgOQ  Adverbs
http://youtu.be/4DBDYHPRp0Q    Interjections
http://youtu.be/qEBy4xEnXfo        Verb
http://youtu.be/yg9MKQ1OYCg    Pronoun
http://youtu.be/RhHpJ45_zwM

Gov. Branstad's Education Blueprint

 Here is the link to Iowa's Education Blueprint.
http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2524:one-unshakeable-vision-world-class-schools-for-iowa&catid=830:department

https://educateiowa.eduvision.tv/Default.aspx?q=X3Y5NcZVhaCPPUrRbm6tkA== 

October News

Dear Parents,
    Time is flying and the first trimester is almost over.  I’m looking forward to seeing each of you at conferences and sharing your son or daughters academic accomplishments with you.
    This week in literacy we started reading Bunnicula which is about a bunny that may be a vampire.   Ask your son or daughter about the funny characters in the book.  While reading Bunnicula and Poppy we’ve been studying personification which is when animals or objects take on human like characteristics.  We’ve been looking at their animal like and human like characteristics in order to understand this literary element. 
    In addition to reading Bunnicula we’ll be working on the parts of speech.  We will watch the video Grammar Rock and then used this information to make posters to help us remember the parts of speech.  
    If you haven’t heard your son or daughter use any new vocabulary words that we’ve been studying  you might want to ask them as you’ll be impressed.
    In math we’ve been studying statistics and will soon move on to probability.
      We’ve also been working on subtraction with regrouping and addition and subtraction facts.
     Eight of twenty-four students had their subtraction facts memorized last time they were assessed.  I’ve asked all the kids to be working on this at home.  I have flash cards that can be checked out for the night if your son or daughter would like to borrow a set.  Also on our blog you will find many web sites that will help with these skills.  One of the best is gamequarium.
http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/Math/Subtraction/
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.html
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/island_chase/island_chase.html
    In social studies we’ve finished our study of Colonial America and are working on creating slide shows of the colonies.  We are hoping to have these posted on our blog for you to view later this week.
 We have started our study of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. 
    I would like to thank you for your support by signing assignment notebooks and by being involved it your son or daughter’s school work. 
       We’ve been working very hard here at school on using organization skills and putting papers back in their appropriate folders instead of throwing them in desks.  This is definitely an area we will continue to work on.
    Lastly,  could you check with your son or daughter about his or her pencil supply,  several children are out of pencils.
       
    Thank you for your support,
        Mrs. Hill