Washington Tech Tidbits
Washington School - March 16, 2015
PBS KIDS Writers Contest
The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is open to any student, in grades K-3, who wants to write and illustrate his or her own story.
Teachers can help students by brainstorming story ideas and teaching appropriate writing skills.
To access worksheets and a writing guide, visit the PBS KIDS Writers Contest resource page and select Support Materials > Student Handout. If you want to learn more about the PBS KIDS Writers Contest, submit a story, read winning entries, and try out the story mash-up tool, visit pbskids.org/writerscontest.
Google Drive iPad Apps
Storyboard That
Storyboard That is a great tool that can be integrated into any subject area. On this site, students can create stories in a comic strip layout, much like ComicLife. Storyboard That provides a large collection of scenes, characters, and text bubbles that can be used to fill in frames. The site includes templates that students can select to analyze plot elements of stories they have read or to create their own. Completed storyboards can be saved as a comic strip, a set of images (one file for each frame), or as a PowerPoint slideshow.
Gradebook
Green Screen Schedule
Please click here to view this week's green screen announcements by Mrs. Lucas' 1st grade class.
March 17: Corbett
March 24: Larson
April 7: SIGN UP HERE
April 14: Amelse
April 21: Weil
*Dates indicate days in which announcements are TAPED. They will air the following Monday.
Click here to sign up for a future date.