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FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 17, 2012
Live From P86 The Lightning Thief Our next novel study by Rick Riordan
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The Lightning Thief has arrived in P86. Therefore, we will go at it again with a new novel; The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. This engaging book introduces greek mythology in an easy to understand manner for out students. During our study, we will participate in a a few live blogging events, audio readings, video presentations and culminate with a compare and contrast project between the film and the novel. The unfortunate part is we will need to purchase the books. We get the book at a 30% discount to bring our cost to $5.50. If your student has an
iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad all the licenses have been used. Therefore, you will need to download the Kindle Reader App on your devices and I will supply you with the username and password to download the book. The cost on the iPod, iPad, or iPhone is $5.59 per book. All devices are allowed in class to read with including Kindle devises, but you will
Blogging About the Book We will blog throughout the reading of this novel and I invite you to follow us as we discuss the novel in detail. Our blog can be found at the following address: http:// p86livereading.blogspot.com Students will respond to questions on his/her personal blogs which you will be able to access from the hub. Each blogging response is for a grade.
have to purchase the book on your Kindles or Nooks yourself. If you need a actual book, they will be made available Friday, january 13. We have already began the prep work for the book, We begin reading on Tuesday. If you need a book, please notify me immediately and you can pay when you get a chance.
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TECH TUESDAY COMING JANUARY 24 Want or need to understand what technology going on with his/her work. So please come out for and how we use it in P86 or simply learn it for a great evening of learning. 6:30 - 7:30 pm in P86. yourself ? Well, come join us on Tuesday, January 24 for P86Live - Tech Tuesday. Due to the demand for the use of technology it is important that we the opportunity as parents to know what our students are using and how you can keep up with what is LIVE FROM P86!
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KREATIVE KORRESPONDER As writing and communicating effectively continues to become a key push in our curriculumn, it is now time to introduce something new. Kreative Korresponder is a writing reporting piece where each student plays the role of reporter for the day. The K2 will be responsible for letting the world outside of P86 know what is going down inside the classroom. Each student will have his/her own day to take notes as we cover various subjects throughout our learning time. At home that evening after an action packed day, The K2 will take the notes and transcribed them into detailed events to record as a blog and
podcast. The blog must be typed in Microsoft Word or on the Neoboard and the podcast must be recorded in GarageBand. Therefore, each K2 will come home with a student laptop the night that they are responsible for the Kreative Korresponder Report. You can find out what day your student is the Kreative Korresponder by going to our Calendar on our webiste. http://wix.com/ smittieskids/p86live Yes this is grade!
APP OF THE WEEK cool ways of using the iPod or iPhone in the classroom is taking advantage of the great educational apps. Well, this week’s app I highly recommend.
I am enjoying the fact that many of our students are using “smart devices” like the ipod touch in the classroom. One of
Reminders, will enhance your student’s organizational skills, or simply teach them some. Students who are using this app are finding it helpful with jotting down homework assignments, blogging notes, calendar settings while keeping a check list of what has been completed according to the timeline that they set. This is a must have!
LITTLE KNOW FACT
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
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FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 17, 2012
GarageBand This is the tool that we use to create our wonderful podcast and mastery projects.
Hopefully you are strongly considering coming to Tech Tuesday on the 24th of this month. This will by our opportunity to have a better understanding of what technology if being used by your student and how it is being implanted. Also, give you a chance to play with each tool so you can better support your student and increase his/her opportunities of success. Here are the topics we plan to discuss:
BLOGGER Many of our upcoming assignments will require students to express his/her thoughts and understanding of topic matters utilizing this tool.
Xtranormal A text to movie animation tool that allows student writing to come to life.
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Helpful Websites Math Tutorials www.mathplayground.com/ videos http://www.learnalberta.ca/ content/me5l/html/Math5.html Science Vocabulary http:// smittieproject.wikispaces.com
Google Apps This is our normal collaboration tool for students to discuss and complete various task.
Current History Topics Congress Power to make bills http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=H-eYBZFEzf8
P86 Sites Blogs Assignments
Google+ This is a hope tool: meaning I hope we get a chance to use it! However, this provides a hangout for us to discuss projects, homework assignments one night a week via video chat.
http:// smittieskidsonfire.blogspot.com
Reading http://p86livereading.com
Class Hub http://wix.com/smittieskids/ p86live (access google calendar from here)
Wiki http:// smittieproject.wikispaces.com
Podcast http://smittieskids.podbean.com/
Coming Soon iTunes Podcast Subscription
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FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 17, 2012
Classroom Topics for the Week Social Studies: The Bill of Rights English: DiďŹƒcult Verbs and Verb Tense Reading: Mythology vs. Tall Tales along with the Lightning Thief introduction (chapters 1 & 2) Spelling: Review Week Math: Coordinate Grids and Ordered Pairs along with Transformations Science: Renewable and NonRenewable Resources
Birthdays January 13
Brittlynn Jenae Allen January 14 Smittie January 20 Jalyn Marie Reagans January 23 Devon Karlotis Miller
Writing: Blogging Responses & comments Special Projects: Kreative Korresponders
Detach and return to class
Tech Tuesday _______ I am definitely planning on attending Tech Tuesday _______ I am considering attending Tech Tuesday _______ I am definitely NOT attending Tech Tuesday
If you are attending Number of attendees ______ Your Name ____________________________________ Student name __________________________________
January 24 Mason Hunter Moore January 30 Shea Scott Ellis