Welcome to First Grade!
Ms. Painter's Class
About Ms. Painter
Hello 2015-2016 1st grade class! My name is Ms. Grace Painter. I attended Millersville University for Early Childhood Education and have been teaching 1st grade for 4 years now! Besides teaching I love animals and crafting. Part of my teaching style is focused on integrating technology in and outside of the classroom. We will be using interactive apps to keep in touch and show progress throughout the school year. I cannot wait to meet all of you!
Stay In Touch
Ms. Painter
Email: Ms.Grace.Painter@school.com
Website: Ms.GracePainter.com
Location: Millersville, PA, United States
Phone: (123)456-7890
Download these apps to stay updated with current events in the classroom!
Please download these apps to help us all stay connected throughout the year. To help you start to explore, each picture is Augmented with Aurasma. Download and open Aurasma, then follow the classes channel gepainte. After focus your smart device on one of the pictures to learn more about these apps. I will send photos home throughout the school year so you can visualize what we are doing in class.
*all apps available on all Android, and Apple devices, including tablets, computers and cellular devices.
Aurasma
Parents: download Aurasma- an interactive app that enables an augmented world, where every image, object and place has its own Aura! I will be using this app to show you how we are doing things in the classroom, by simply taking a picture of a math problem, science question, or any other class work you can see how I have taught the class to efficiently work through what we are learning. This app will help integrate parents into the classroom by keeping actively involved.
Use Aurasma for homework help:
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Class Dojo
Class Dojo: a communication platform to encourage students, and get parents more involved. Kids can log in as a student and customize a monster and I can update the page throughout the day to let parents know how students are doing. This eliminates the use of a phone call or note home. I can manage the classroom and students specifically can be rewarded or reprimanded. Parents can look throughout the day to see how the students behaved and kids can see how the day or week went. I will reward the kids based on good behavior at the end of the week!
Bloomz
Bloomz: an app that connects parents to the classroom. This app allows parents to download and view important documents (field trip forms, volunteer forms, etc.) I am able to share photos with you as well as important dates that are recorded on the classroom calendar.