February's ISTE Standard is Innovative Designer. Our focus continues to be on tools that foster critical thinking to create a process for testing theories and solving problems!
1. President Macaroni Monument Design Challenge
A monument is a statue, building, or other structure built to commemorate a famous or notable person or event!
In honor of this special month, have students design a monument in honor of their favorite president or another special person in history. Maybe it will be the Washington Monument or the Lincoln Memorial?
Using macaroni is one option, but you can also have students bring various materials from home or use the materials you already have in your classroom such as tongue depressors, note cards, pattern blocks, pipe cleaners, etc.
When done, have your students reflect using paper or pencil, or FlipGrid and/or Seesaw!
2. Dr. Seuss- Read Across America
Click here for 25 QR coded Dr. Seuss book read-alouds.
Lorax directed drawings using Skype have been a big hit in the district! Let us know if you'd like to Skype too. We have a frog and leprechaun drawing option, as well!
3. Respect
March's word of the month is respect. Just a reminder to visit the SEL website for ideas and resources. In addition, a reminder there are grade level presentations that Pennridge teachers have made that can be found in the District Library of Nearpod.
That's Write
A great way for your students to share what they've learned during their SEL studies or while using the new writing curriculum, the PBS writing contest is happening now!The PBS Kids Writer's Contest is available for students K-5 and more information can be found here! Maybe your students could use some of their directed drawings in their creative illustrations? Let us know how we can help!
Ozobots
Ozobots (Oh-Zo-Bots) have continued to be popular in all grade levels. We have added a few new lessons to the Pennridge Ozobot folder included one for summarizing stories using Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then, as well as a life cycle activity. Coming soon will be Dr. Seuss activities and a way to review coin values, and by request- practice with Multiplication! Ozobots can be tied into many curricular areas. If you have an idea and would like us to design it, let us know! Or, let us know a unit or topic and we can brainstorm and create ways you can use them, too!
