Notebooking, Teaching, and Technology

We are almost finished the school year here in South Carolina and I have been sharing some of my favorite end of year class crafts with teachers. The Accordion Foldable is one of my favorite for academic content (see my blog post using it in science) but for the end of the year I like to have students make a Father's Day version. Usually dad's get short changed on classroom crafts since Father's Day falls in June (June 16th this year) so this is my way of making it up to them 😉. The supplies you will need: - Eight 3 x 5 index cards (blank on both sides*) - Two 4 x 6 index cards (blank on both sides*) - Scotch Tape - Glue (white glue or a hot glue gun) - Pencil - Think black sharpie - Colored pencils/markers - Optional: Envelopes (Staples carries photo envelopes that are 4 3/4 x 6 1/2) *If you can't find the index cards you can cut down card stock paper to the sizes needed. These are typical index card sizes you just don't want the ones with...

I ran across this tweet from Tony Vincent this morning about a podcast he has been listening to with his 5th graders called Six Minutes. The website overview : "Who is Holiday? Where did she come from and how did she end up floating in the icy waters off the coast of Alaska with no memory? Are her mom and dad really who they say they are? Why is she developing those incredible abilities? The mystery unfolds in six minute episodes." I love the fact that each episode is only 6 minutes (and they have 136 published six minute segments). It would be easy to integrate into the classroom (at six minutes). I would use it as a settling activity that exposes children to more words, ideas, and language (I work with a lot of Title 1 students who need that language exposure). It could also be used as a writing prompt (i.e listen to this episode and then write the next episode). Podcasting with students is high on my "to try" list and this Podcast has given me some i...