Happy Valentine's Day Kindergarten Style

 

Mrs. Ragan's Kindergarten Class has a message for loved ones. 

 

Students have been studying the genre Poetry.  They also created their own Roses Are Red... poems.  As a fun way to share their poetry knowlegde, students created a drawing to match their poems using the app drawing pad.  Sitting with their poems in front of them, students added many details to their creative drawings.  When completed, students saved their art work to the camera roll right from the app drawing pad. 

 

After all the pictures were completed, the next step was to email the pictures to one iPad.  Using the app educreations each student then read his/her poem as we recorded the entire class project.

Happy Valentine's Day


  http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/mrs-ragan-s-class-wishes-you-happy-valentine-s-day/16838490/?ref=link







We wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Thanksgiving

Kindergarten Students wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

   

Happy Halloween

Mrs. Ragan's Kindergarten Class celebrates Halloween!  

This week Mrs. Ragan had her boys and girls create a drawing of their Halloween costume using the app educreations.  They were very creative.  They decided to make a screencast of their adorable costumes.  Enjoy!

 

****Tech Tip****

1. Create the drawings in educreations or drawing pad.
2. Screenshot the page.
3. Take a picture on the iPad of the students in costume.
4. Open educreations and using the camera roll import the pictures.
5. Add the photo of the student in costume to the page.
6. Click on the photo and delete it.
7. Record the voice and hit the back button to add the photo back while recording.

Common Core Standard Addressed:
KW6
Writing ~
Production and Distribution of Writing
6. With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

     

Summer Legs

Summer is almost here and that makes you think of all kinds of summer fun.
 

Summer Legs by Anita Hakkinen is a fun book that makes your legs feel like they are ready to dangle, swim, jump, kick, skip, sprint, and swing.

Mrs. O'Brien's Class drew pictures of what their Summer Legs were hoping to do and then put the pictures into educreations to share their summer wishes.

What will your Summer Legs do? 
Where will your Summer Legs take you?
Have a wonderful summer!

 

  Click on the link to find out where these Summer Legs hope to go.   http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/summer-legs-by-mrs-o-brien-s-class/8845070/?ref=link      

Touch Tank

A Day At the Beach!

 

When you can't go to the beach, you have the beach come to you.

Kindergarten students had the opportunity to see many sea creatures right at school.
A special thank you to TESPTO for funding this wonderful experience.

 

This post is written by guest bloggers in Mrs. O'Brien's Kindergarten Class.

"The Touch Tank visited the Kindergarten classes.  The animals all lived in the North Atlantic Ocean.  The water was so cold when we touched the animals in the touch tank.  We touched lots of animals like horseshoe crab, sun star, the spiny crab, the sea urchin that looked like a porcupine, the hermit crab, and a lobster.  We learned lots of new facts about sea animals." 

 

 

Click on the picture to view the slideshow.  

Touch Tank

      

How To Plant a Seed

Spring is here and there is nothing cuter than kindergartners planting seeds and proudly carrying their little cups home.  (Hopefully with all the soil still inside the cup by the time they reach home or at least most of the soil.)

 

Mrs. Ragan's class decided to teach others How To Plant a Seed.

This group of kindergartners are becoming experts at using more than one app to complete their projects.  They love to say "smash those apps".

 

First, they started with the app Drawing Pad.  They artistically created each slide to show the 4 steps of planting a seed.  These were saved to the camera roll directly from the app. The camera was used to take a picture for the cover page.   The next app used was educreations where students inserted each drawing and then added text. The final step was to record students reading their work. 

 

Take a look below and learn How To Plant a Seed, kindergarten style.

 

 

Click on the educreations links below to learn How To Plant a Seed.

  Mia http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-mia/8220107/?ref=link   Gabe http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-gabe/8157263/?ref=link   Ainsley http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-ainsley/8157145/?ref=link   Connor http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-connor/8156933/?ref=link   Kai http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-kai/8156917/?ref=link   Jake http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-jake/8156804/?ref=link   Chloe http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-chloe/8156615/?ref=link   Matty http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plan-a-seed-by-matty/8155665/?ref=link   Cash http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-cash/8220248/?ref=link   Trey http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-trey/8220210/?ref=link   Evie http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-evie/8219833/?ref=link   Gabby http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-set-by-gabby/8230107/?ref=link   Christofer http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-christofer/8229994/?ref=link   Alexa http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-alexa/8275257/?ref=link   Natalie http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-natalie/8274770/?ref=link   Ben http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-plant-a-seed-by-benjamin/8307775/?ref=link        

Futaba

Fun Game App ~ Futaba

Futaba is a fun, fast paced game for 2 to 4 players.  This app allows you to manage the games by selecting the components from a long list.  You also have the ability to select sections instead of the whole category and you can even mix categories. 

Students sit around the iPad and choose their color.  They tap in and get ready. 

3, 2, 1...  Go. 

The center spins and the first person to tap the matching answer gets one point.

 

Click for a preview of Futaba.

 

Kindergarten students in Mrs. O'Brien's class had fun playing Futaba.

 



Earth Day

Happy Earth Day from Mrs. O'Brien's Kindergarten Class.

Remember Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

   

Click on the picture for some fun recycling activities.

     

Transportation

Students in Mrs. Ragan's kindergarten class combined writing and science this month in their study of transportation.   Using the Internet on the iPad, the camera roll, drawingpad, and educreations they would like to share their favorite form of transportation. What is your favorite form of transportation?   Bike-Gabby http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/bike-gabby/6754770/?ref=link   Hang-glider- Kai http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/hang-glider2-kai/6753524/?ref=link   Skateboard- Matty http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/matty-skateboard/6753397/?ref=link   Submarine- Chloe http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/chloe-submarine/6752696/?ref=link   Plane- Chirstofer http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/plane-christofer/6752630/?ref=link   Boat- Alexa http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/boat-alexa/6752521/?ref=link   Army Jet- Trey http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/trey-army-jet/6752306/?ref=link   Private Jet-Gabe http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/private-jet-gabe/6752078/?ref=link   Car-Cash http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/car-cash/6751933/?ref=link   Boat-Natalie http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/boat-natalie/6714670/?ref=link   Jet-Ben http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jet-ben/6714606/?ref=link   Boat-Jake http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/jake-boat/6714342/?ref=link   Plane-Ainsley http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/plane-ainsley/6714267/?ref=link   Motorcycle-Connor http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/motorcycle-connor/6714000/?ref=link          

Rhyming With Dr. Seuss and Kindergartners

Mrs. Craven's Kindergartners had a grand time drawing Dr. Seuss-like pictures and adding their own Dr. Seuss rhyme.  

      Click on the link below to have fun with a rhyme kindergarten style.     

Rhyming Words

Rhyming With Dr. Seuss

 

Mrs. O'Brien's kindergarten class has been working on rhyming words and they put together an educreations project to share.  Be quick and click below to see their project.

            Here is a link to a PBS Kids site with rhyming activities.

Click on the picture above for thyming fun.

   

**Tech Tip:

1.  The students drew their pictures on paper.

2.  Using the iPad camera take a picture of each drawing.

3.  Open educreations and insert the picture.

4.  The students used the text tool to add their name and rhyming sentence in educreations.

5.  Using the camera take a picture of each student wearing a Dr. Seuss hat.

6.  In educreations insert the student's picture and then delete it using the X.

7.  While recording tap the back button and the picture will then appear.