Digital Coaches' Corner
Week 16 3/30/15
PARCC Testing
We have officially completed the third week of PARCC testing and we think it was very successful. This is our half way mark. The 2nd grade will start with a trial test on 4/7/15 and then EOY testing starts on 4/27/15. We want to thank everyone for their patience and perseverance during testing. Also, we are not available to help with questions much during PARCC and we know that can be frustrating. Thanks for waiting until we can get to your help tickets. The End of Year test is all completely computer graded and we are suppose to have results back before the end of the school year. Please feel free to email us with suggestions for improving PARCC next year.
Fun new songs and books from Cantata Learning
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/cantatalearningfall15
Check out the songs to play on your Promethean board. Topics include: Squares, sharing, spring, and much more. Enjoy singing along.
Free online books Fiction and Nonfiction
Epic! is free for educators. It's like Netflix for books and it's FREE. You will initially sign in to your account. When a student opens the app they will just have to choose the guest profile for access. The age range options include: 4 and under, 5-7, and 8-10.
Reading on Epic
The book I selected to read was Discover Volcanoes. I flipped through a few pages and I did have the option of having the book read to me. The program kept track of how many pages I flipped through and reported my read as a false read because I did not really read, but just flipped the pages.
Classroom of the Week
Mrs. Beiermann's Social Studies Classes
The students in Mrs. Beiermann's classes are creating their own Oregon Trail games. After the students learned how to make an interactive Power Point, they were very focused on their creation. The students are researching the route, the occupations of people on the trail, the supplies they brought, and the amount of money people would have available for the time period. They also researched the number of people that survived and the causes of deaths along the trail. The games are very realistic. The students can't wait for others to play their games. If you visit these 8th grade classes it is amazing how focused and excited the students are about the project.