We love to sing in kindergarten!

In my classroom I love teaching with music. Anytime I can find a song that can help my kindergartners learn I am ecstatic!

I found this number song on YouTube and my students absolutely love it! I truly believe this song helped my students with the recognition of numbers 1-10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk9Yt1PqQiw&feature=channel

Another YouTube video that my students really get a kick out of is an ABC phonics song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs

If you teach pre-k through 1st grade I guarantee these songs will be a hit!

Collaboration Project!

Mr. Giles' and I worked together to make an ABC book for our collaborative Global Learner project! We created this book on the Storybird website. This is a FREE user-friendly website that parents, teachers, and students can use to create a digital story.

Each of the kindergarten classes chose 13 letters and found graphics to match each letter. This was an engaging literacy activity to do during whole group instruction. In order to hold students accountable I had students write the letter that we were working on as we were making the page on StoryBird. The kids loved it and so will YOU!

Check it out!

Five Year Olds vs Smart Response Clickers

This month I had the privilege of team teaching twice with the smart responders! Once was with another fellow global learner, Drew Giles and another time with Kelly Berry! The first time my students used Mr. Giles’ Smart Response LE clickers to complete a Story Town theme pre-assessment. The students could not have been more thrilled ! After setting up very strict expectations, the students were eager and ready to play the “game” (take the quiz). Students were engaged and excited to put in their answer and then see how they did after each question. Students were able to stay engaged and answer over 20 questions using the Smart Response LE clickers. The larger buttons, colors and shapes, helped them answer confidently and quickly!

The second time I used the Smart Response PE clickers during math time. I created a 10 question quiz on number sense. I wanted to see if my students could answer correctly the amount of objects in a given set. Thankfully, I had Kellys assistance when explaining to my students how to enter their specific clicker number and answer the questions. Although the Smart Response PE clickers were a little more difficult, the students rose to the challenge and had a great time! My students and I have enjoyed learning about and applying this new technology in our classroom. I am looking forward to using both types of clickers in the future!

This article was posted on my colleague's blog and I wanted to share it on mine as well. I found it interesting and it was a great reminder on why a teacher's hard work is so important!

http://kindergartenkaleidoscope.blogspot.com/2010/08/case-for-320000-kindergarten-teachers.html

Smart Response Pe

This past weekend, I created a quiz for my students that will allow them to use the smart responder clickers!I am very excited to see how my students will react using this type of technology.

I have created a simple quiz using multiple choice questions. The purpose of this quiz is to see which students can correctly identify the number of objects in a given set. I will be sure to post a reflection listing the successes of my students had taking the quiz and areas that still need improvement! Stay tuned!

KIndergarten School Year 2010-2011

This will be my second year at Monaco Elementary. I am so excited for the school year to begin and for my student's to try out all the new technology that will be in our classroom!

I know my students' will fall in love with learning even more with the use of a SmartBoard and the SmartResponse PE!

Along with a new school year came...NEW CUPBOARDS!