Ms. Hoyt’s kindergarteners watched Monster Mash (a Halloween counting book) on Tumblebooks. Then they worked with a partner to make their own page in a class Halloween counting book. They used the Drawing Pad app to draw their pages. Their work was compiled into a book and recorded with the 30 Hands Pro app. Enjoy their work!
Ms. Hoyt’s Kindergarteners have been learning to describe characters in stories. In the Technology Lab we watched the audio book, Spookley the Square Pumpkin, by visiting this Symbaloo webmix. Next, we discussed words that would describe Spookley and worked together to spell them. Finally, students worked in groups using the Draw & Tell app to draw Spookley and copy a describing word to label their picture. Enjoy their work!
Ms. Hoyt’s Kindergarteners used the Felt Board app to make a picture and spell their name. Their work was compiled on kizoa.com. Enjoy their work!
Ms. Hoyt’s Kindergarteners worked as a class to make a Voki expressing their appreciation for all the things she has done for them this year. Enjoy their work!
This week in the Technology Lab students made a digital present for Mother’s Day. Student chose their tool using this Symbaloo webmix. Enjoy their work!
This week in the Technology Lab students learned about rocks via this Symbaloo webmix.
Some students choose to Tweet about what they learned about rocks.
Ms. Hoyt’s class went on a virtual field trip across Texas by visiting this Symbaloo webmix:
Next, we took a survey of which of 3 places we’d like to visit. The choices were:
Finally, we made a graph from the data using this site. Enjoy their work!
This week in the Technology Lab we are learning about famous American inventors. First Ms. Hoyt’s kindergarteners watched a BrainPopJr.com video about George Washington Carver. After discussing his accomplishments and why we should remember him, students made videos using the PhotoSpeak app to share what they learned. Their videos were compiled via iMovie on a Macbook. Enjoy their work!
Ms. Hoyt’s class watched this video from our February Symbaloo webmix to learn about why we celebrate President’s Day. Next, they used the Draw and Tell app to draw any symbol that reminded them of President’s Day and record their response to the question, “Why do we celebrate President’s Day?” Their videos were compiled using iMovie on a Macbook. Enjoy their work!
Last week Ms. Hoyt’s class used this virtual snowflake maker via this January Symbaloo webmix to create their own snowflakes. Their snowflakes were made into a video using Keynote on a Macbook. Next that video was imported into iMovie where we then recorded them counting the snowflakes. Enjoy their work!