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PARCC Reminders (3rd-5th Grade)
PARCC is coming up next week. Please make sure all student Chromebooks have the TestNav App on their Chromebooks this week. To do this have students sign out of their Chromebooks, then click on "Apps" on the bottom of the screen and make sure TestNav is included on their app list. If it is not, please let Kathy know right away.
*Please also remind students to bring in a pair of earbuds/headphones for PARCC testing if they do not already have this at school.
April is Poetry Month!
Looking for some ideas for how to help students celebrate Poetry Month? Check out this quick list of poetry resources in a Google Drawing that you can share with your students. Poetry generators, ideas for creating/sharing/collaborating, etc.! Click here for this easy resource! Beth Rihtar D64 ITC found this poetry resource and shared out on our D64 Google+ Community.
Google Apps are great to use with poetry too!
Google Slides
Use Google Slides to annotate, animate, and emphasise important words, symbols, and phrases in poems.
Google Drawing
Students can select fonts, colors, backgrounds, and images to include in a Digital Poster display of a poem to help portray the mood, theme, and tone of a poem.
Screencast
Screencasts can be combined with either of these tools for students to create a video of their poetry creation with a voiceover dramatic reading of the poem. Screencastify is a Chrome Extension for making screencasts. Explain Everything on iPads can also be used to make a quick and easy screencast.
Math DOK Blog Post
Looking at ways to increase the DOK level of a math problem for students? Robert Kaplinsky wrote a blog post of Three Ways to Increase a Math Problem's DOK Level. Many of the ideas in the article are similar to the Math Games Workshops we have had at Franklin this year.
Kevin Michael D64 ITC shared this great article on our District 64 Google+ Community this week.Image Sources:
https://pixabay.com/en/ladybug-red-reflection-4-308408/
https://pixabay.com/en/time-split-by-divide-2020934/
https://pixabay.com/en/kite-blue-flowers-sky-daisy-48753/
http://www.iconarchive.com/show/flatwoken-icons-by-alecive/Apps-Google-Drive-Slides-icon.html
http://www.extension.zone/utility/screencastify-screen-video-recorder/
https://plus.google.com/112336388186547313112/posts/bQWFcV5FsSf