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iPods in the Classroom and at Home

January 23rd, 2012 by · No Comments · classroom, skills

It seems that several of our classmates have gotten iPods for Christmas! I have had a couple of parents ask me what apps would be good to put on the iPods for their children. A.J.’s mom said she looked on the blog and didn’t find it! What a good idea! Well, it’s here now! I have made a page (see above). I have quickly put a few app suggestions in each of our learning categories. I will try to add more over the next few days. I have found that iPods are awesome for reinforcing and practicing skills but I would be remiss as a reading teacher if I didn’t also say nothing replaces the benefits of reading aloud to and with your child.

Everything in moderation, as my mother always says.

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One School One Book

January 6th, 2012 by · 1 Comment · digital story, teachers, video

Today we launched our One Book One School event. This is our opening video starring our very own PeeWee. Hope you enjoy.

The Elf on the Shelf at McHarg

December 14th, 2011 by · 3 Comments · classroom, digital story, teachers, video

The Elf on the Shelf visited McHarg and came to our room.  He explored different things in our room but nothing seemed to work out well for him. Leave us a post to tell us what the elves have been up to in your home.

Skip Counting

November 29th, 2011 by · No Comments · skills

Let’s practice skip counting. Click the picture, then choose to count by 2s, 5s or 10s.  It can really help our math skills!  Leave a comment about how you did.

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22nd, 2011 by · No Comments · video

Hope you have a wonderful holiday and break. Don’t swallow any flies!

After the Thanksgiving Break we will be counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. If you want to get a head start use this site to practice.
Connect the Dots Or Connect the Dots here

Wow! What a Fun Week!

November 4th, 2011 by · 1 Comment · classroom

We have had a very action filled, fun week. It started on Monday with our Safety and Conservation Day. We saw the SWAT vehicle, the K9 unit from the police dept, we walked to the fire station to learn about fire safety and see the trucks. On Tuesday we had Fall Fun Day which included fun fall activities. We learned about food, Bluegrass music, animals and how tools were used long ago. We ended the week with a visit from our Dalton Reading Buddies. We are a very happy, tired group. It has been a good week.

Read to a Child Week at McHarg

October 21st, 2011 by · 2 Comments · classroom

This week is Read to a Child week at McHarg. We were thrilled to have many guest readers. We had parents, some second graders and one principal. We loved them all.

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Spiders and Flies by Patterson’s Pack

October 14th, 2011 by · 1 Comment · classroom, digital story

We found a spider and a fly in our classroom.  We are learning what Scientist do, so we looked at them under the digital blue microscope.  We thought is was very funny that the fly flipped over at the very moment we were singing “We’re glad that you came for dinner today!”  Do you know what kind of spider this is?

Math Practice

September 22nd, 2011 by · 1 Comment · skills

We have been learning two different strategies for math this week.  One is counting on.  We put a number in our head to start with and then count on to find the sum.  Today we learned about using doubles.  We will be trying to memorize the doubles facts for the next several days.  Playing these games will help.  Click on the “Sqworl” to see our class collection of sites to practice with.  You can also find them again under the favorite links tab above.  Have fun!

Word Wall Practice

September 7th, 2011 by · No Comments · classroom, skills, teachers

Word Wall Words or High Frequency words are very helpful to your child learning to read fluently.  In first grade we have six lists of words that we need to learn.  I have assessed the class and identified which list of words each child needs to work on.  They have these videos on their ipods that were created by each of the six first grade teachers.  I thought it might help if you had access to these as well.  I have added them to our wiki.  You can click the link or you can click the “Favorite Links” tab at the top of the blog and then click the Word Wall Word Study.  Your child should know which list s/he needs to work on.   Practice a couple of time a week and watch your child’s reading take off! For some extra fun see if you can identify the voices of the first grade teachers!