Our Future Green Screen
We have been working on our presidential puppet show, and we need a more reliable green screen. We found this old chalkboard in the garage. It will do the trick!
Congratulations, Winner!
What an exciting week! My eighth grade students (and one seventh grader) took on the NaNoWriMo challenge. As of today, a few hours before midnight, 100% of them have become winners as they finished writing their first novels! What fun! Thanks to the NaNoWriMo staff, especially those working on the Young Writers Program. You guys [...]
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 [...]
Good-bye, Stanleys! We loved having you!
Finally, we have all said good-bye to Stanleys belonging to Mrs. Howlin’s class and shipped them back to New South Wales. We had lots of fun with them. They were kept busy here in Iowa. Here are a few photos of their adventures, plus a special video for Jorja.
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 [...]
You are a Genius!
This genius graphic was made on Polyvore.com.
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 [...]
