Last year students used video clues to infer who ate the gingerbread cookies. This was a huge hit with our kiddos! They used QR codes to see each video and were totally surprised by the outcome! Check out the clues below.
This year we wanted to see if they could use those amazing inference skills to see who Framed Mrs. Lamb!! We read the story The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School and reviewed the video from last year. The students then read the new evidence and worked together to infer who the real culprit is at CE.
Check out this amazing read aloud by CE's very own, Mrs. Lamb! She captures the spirit of each crayon perfectly. I know Mr. Daywalt had these voices in his head as he was writing this wonderful story!
The week before winter break, the CE library hosts a week of maker activities that we like to call Winter Wonderland! It is my favorite week of the year! This year we had two activities that we educational and fun! The students were engaged and excited about the challenges.
Challenge 1:
Students were challenged to create new antlers for the Grinch's dog, Max. They were then asked to persuade the Grinch to choose their antlers.
Challenge 2:
We read the book The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever! Each group of students were given 35 small drinking cups and we challenged them to build the Biggest Christmas Tree Ever! Throughout the building time, we measured each tree and posted the tallest height on the board for students to work toward passing. The winners created a talking Christmas Tree stating their height using ChatterPix.
I absolutely love the Wonderbox app by Duck Duck Moose. No surprise here, that the makers of Chatterpix would create such an all inclusive, creative app. Wonderbox has the capability to be a student portfolio, offers high level blooms activity creation, collaboration, and creative prompts as well.
Mrs. Helgen and I have been utilizing this tool for the past few weeks and cannot see how we survived before. It seamlessly integrates into our 2nd grade classroom and the creation opportunities are limitless. We use it daily and in every subject!
I wanted to share a few of the lessons we have created and found within the app.
Math:
We began by challenging the students to video themselves counting out money. Sending it to a friend for them to check.
In the second math lesson we had the students video themselves stating the amount of money on the picture. They then sent it to 2 friends. Their friends were to respond with a picture of the same amount of money using different coins.
Students created word problems using a specific equation and sent them to their friends as an assignment. The students did the assignment and solved the problem sending it back to the creator to check for accuracy.
Example of one that was answered by another student.
Language Arts:
Students have been studying onomatopoeia examples in Robert Munsch books. We asked them to write out two sentences using onomatopoeia and read the examples.
Science:
Students have been studying inference and seasons. They used different clues to prove what season it was. They then recorded themselves explaining their clues for their season. The next day they wrote a season riddle for their friends to solve.
The edu version of this app will be out soon! Be sure to add this app to your TO GET list!!
