Digital Coaches' Corner
Issue 2 9/14/15
Read Works
Read Works has added many new informational/literary passages for K-12. The site even lists the Lexile level right on under the passage. Check out the new passages at this link.
Newsela
You can now instantly share a news article from Newsela directly to your Google classroom.
1. Click on the "share icon" in Newsela
2. Select Google classroom
Your students do need to sign in to Newsela for this to work. Have them select sin in with Google.
Connected Classroom
Would you like to have your students work with other students around the USA or the World? The digital Coaches have made contacts with several teachers, both in the USA and around the world and we would love to help you connect your classrooms. You could collaborate on a project or do a Mystery Skype/Hangout.
A Mystery Skype is when 2 classrooms, meet online and try to figure out the location of the other classroom by asking and answering yes/no questions.
The possibilities are endless with a connected classroom. If you are interested, please write a help ticket and let us know.
Classroom of the Week
Mrs. Jamison's Classroom- East Elementary
Mrs. Jamison is privileged to have a student who is an expert on dinosaurs. He would be very glad to explain to you that he is going to be a paleontologist when he grows up and he will tell you exactly what a paleontologist does. To take advantage of the interest this student has in dinosaurs the class used the app Quiver to make their own dinosaurs come to life. At one point some of the students were afraid that they would be eaten since they learned that the dinosaur they created was a meat eater. Watch this video on Quiver.