“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.” (Habakkuk 3:17) Taken alone, this passage would appear to […]
Literacy Centers (Part 3)
For the final literacy center of this cycle, I decided to go with English. We had been studying nouns in that subject, and part of that study included singular and plural nouns. I asked the students once again to use the Educreations app. First, they were to go around the room and take photos of […]
Literacy Centers (Part 2)
Remember how I mentioned that I’m trying to promote literacy in my learning centers? Well, for my second literacy center, I decided to include science. Reinforcing two subjects in one activity is always a plus! We had just finished up studying plants in chapter 3 of our science book, where we learned all about the […]
Literacy Centers (Part 1)
I have been researching ideas on how I can use the iPads® in my learning centers to promote literacy. There’s lots of potential, but I needed a little help finding a good solution. And then I came across this post by Beth Holland from EdTechTeacher Inc. I thought she had some great ideas about using […]
Pioneer Day!
As we head into November, we start our study of America’s expansion to the west. We celebrate the study of this theme by having our annual third-grade Pioneer Day. The children all come dressed up as pioneers, American Indians, or cowboys/cowgirls. We do a craft as a class, and this year we made our own […]
iPads® Have Been Eye-Opening (Part 3)
A new challenge has arisen concerning the storage of my iPad® accessories. I love having the little place in the shower caddy for the plugs and cords and headphones. But the earbud cords have become a tangled mess! While mulling over this problem, I spotted a piece of an old pool noodle in my cabinet […]
Overwhelmed
It was one of those days. It wasn’t even ten o’clock in the morning, and I’d already had to mop a flooded laundry room, clean up bright blue paint that spilled during my kindergartner’s art project, sweep up the contents of the box of cereal that my toddler had spilled all over the kitchen floor […]