On Wednesday March 13th my answer would have been that I learned TWO new things but as I reflect back on that day I realize that I learned so much more ! I have been learning (alongside my students, my colleague Sarah and her grade 2 students) about Livescribe pens and incorporating them into my English First Peoples 10 class.…
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Loading...In a previous post I wrote about how we traveled to see our reading buddies and recorded them retelling a story to us. Unfortunately, only one group successfully recorded the retelling. We sure learned a lot in this process!
As a class we played back the recording by touching the pen to the page–we were able to hear the students talk and draw. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...My class and I made an iMovie trailer today after our Grade 2 buddies from Eagle View Elementary visited our English class. If you are interested in viewing it please click on the link below. Our little buddies retold the story to us and we recorded it with the Livescribe pens. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...In a previous post I mentioned how simple the Livescribe pens were to use. I think I should be very truthful –they are simple to turn on, simple to demonstrate, simple to practice with but when you travel to an elementary school and use them with your Grade 2 buddies they are far more complex!…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Today in English class we created a retelling rubric that is aligned with the anchor text we are using for our Grade 2 buddies. My students have read and re-read the text many times and are quite familiar with the story. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I was pretty excited to introduce the Livescribe pen to my class prior to using it with our “little grade 2 buddies.” I think the Livescribe pen is an amazing tool but apparently, my Grade 10 students thought differently.
If you are unfamiliar with Livescribe pens check out this introductory Youtube video.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...“There is something you should understand about the way I work.
When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay.
When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go.
It’s rather sad, really, but there it is.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I have deliberately chosen the word feedforward as opposed to feedback as a focus for my work with struggling readers and writers in my English First Peoples 10 class. One of the key learning outcomes at this grade is to be able to make connections through writing—a task my students find difficult. …
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