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| Theme: March Madness | Kathy D. Adkins |
Look who is keeping us updated and online! Check out what is happening at each of the school's websites. March is a very busy month at both schools. If you would like an event posted please contact Pat Wall at Vickery and Teresa Romasco at Midway. A big thanks to these ladies for helping maintain school pages!
Forty Vickery Creek teachers registered to participate in America Quest. Teachers and students are interacting daily from March 6 to March 31 to connect to Classroom Connect's latest quest adventure. Students are following the team of experts on uncovering information about the Anasazi civilization.
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March is typically a very busy month for the elementary teacher. ITBS testing, early release conference days, and report cards or narratives are just a few activities to keep a teacher hopping. On top of that, several teachers at Midway and Vickery are working on classroom web pages. They are using FrontPage Express to create these simple pages. They are very excited about the process and watching their pages grow. To see more about creating simple web pages, click Web Garden 101 below.
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20 Kids 20 Kites 20 Minutes - Allow
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 There is so much information to collect and analyze in America Quest. Everyday there is data reported from how much water is consumed to the temperatures and humidity, to the footage of dental floss and toilet paper used. Create a weekly temperature graph for the younger student to
input the data. Save the template to use each week. Older students can compare
the temperature in their area with the temperature of the southwest desert. Averages can
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The new kidpix site just
came online last month. It contains a link for kids with online painting, a picture
of the week as well as a bright idea for the month. The online painting is a small
version of kidpix that contains some of the tools from the program. It tends to load
slowly so be patient. There is a parent link that gives parents information about
Kid Pix and the latest version. There is also an educator's link that contains a
link of the month. Check out this month's link from Grand Forks Public Schools, North Dakota. There are many integration ideas in Language Arts and
Social Studies.
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In Kid Pix under Goodies
there are many useful things filed under Pick More Pictures.
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| Stephanie Cole, an assistant at Vickery, takes her job very seriously when it come to working with the teachers and supporting them in implementing technology in the classroom. Working with four, first grade teachers, Stephanie splits her time between the classrooms to work with students in all the curricular areas. When it comes to integrating technology, Stephanie shines. Check out their latest adventures in Kid Pix to create a human body template. |
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An
Awesome Site From New Zealand
English On-Line is part of an ongoing English professional development contract between UNITEC Institute of Technology and the New Zealand Ministry of Education. In 1998 and 1999 it involved 100 primary and secondary schools per year. Each school nominated a lead teacher who undertook an Internet tutorial, and then developed a unit of learning which was posted on the site as a permanent resource for New Zealand (and international) English teachers. |
Everything an educator needs has been
tracked down and included on this site. |
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Up,
Up and Away! 
