This spring I introduced newcomers in grades 3-5 to the Google Earth app. They were instantly enthralled. We began exploring the app with a simple search for our school. Found it, flew around it, found the neighboring lake, streets and businesses. Using the street view feature they walked around the school grounds, seeing all the…
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Publishing Q&A Books using Book Creator
For the past couple of weeks, newcomers in grades 3, 4 and 5 have been diligently publishing Q&A animal books using Book Creator. As an extension of the English Now! Animals unit, they studied animal names and habitats then drafted Q&A flip books, publishing final versions on Book Creator. Students then shared their video books on our class Seesaw journal. I…
Three Easy-to-Use Apps for Labeling
Skitch Originally designed to mark up images, Skitch offers users a simple set of tools and colors for easy labeling. Recently, our newcomers tried out Skitch to label photos of real-life objects found in the classroom. After introducing new school-themed vocabulary with picture/word cards from our English Now! curriculum, I arranged a couple of scenes displaying classroom objects — pencils,…
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