Doing the Stuff
Imagination. I love the new commercial for Canon on creativity, imagination, and contributing. You can view it here. Here’s another inspiring one from Apple–Think Different. On November 23, we are going to have a “genius hour”–a time for you to imagine and do whatever you want! Gary Stager shared ten things you can do on [...]
Contributors
By mrsdkrebs | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon We went from copying pictures from Google to learning how to properly post pictures on our blogs. We learned to use the Clipart our school subscribes to. We learned about the Creative Commons licenses on Flickr and how to properly link the [...]
We, the People: Preamble to the Constitution
The Constitution of the United States of America. The Supreme Law of the Land. Eighth graders have been studying the history of this important document and memorizing the preamble. In the words of the Constitution: “We, the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, [...]
Shape Poems
Students created some wonderful shape poems. The assignment was to use words to create a picture of something they were passionate about. I think their work shows both passion and genius. Class of 2016 Class of 2015
Way to go, Bloggers!
Congratulations to these Krebs’ Class Bloggers who were featured on the “Visit These” blog page this week. Molly, Ryan, Allison, Crystal, Abby If you don’t know how to get on the visit page, ask one of them. Congratulations to Nicole and Brittany whose blogs were recommended by other students. Everyone Mr. Heinrich asked us to [...]
Best Student Blogs of 2010
What do you think? Do you want to take a risk? Do you want to have a great blog? Do you want to have the best student blog of 2011? If you do, we can take the baby steps needed to make that a possibility! It just takes a commitment to sharing your genius with [...]
Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence
Eighth graders read the book Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence in jigsaw fashion. That is, each pair or triad read one chapter. They were responsible for reading it well and understanding it. Then each group presented their chapter to the whole class. I’m curious if you have used this method, [...]
The Exquisite Corpse Adventure Book Trailers
Seventh graders used iMovie to create stunning book trailers for The Exquisite Corpse Adventure. After you view the seven trailers below, you just may be inspired to read the online book at Read.gov. It’s 27 chapters of fun, written by about 20 different authors, including Katherine Paterson, Lemony Snicket, Jon Scieszka, Kate DiCamillo, Steven Kellogg [...]
We Can Visit the World
Hi, Geniuses! You are on a journey to share your brilliance. Here are some active classroom blogs. Please spend some time thoughtfully visiting, reading, and responding to what these students are saying. Have fun and make connections! The Electronic Pencil The Write Stuff Mr. Toft.ca Our Homeschool Blogs You also might want to submit a [...]
