The End of 2024 and the Start of 2025

 1st Grade Mystery Science

Day Patterns and Night Patterns

January 2, 2025 - February 28, 2025

January Choice Board

Perseverance

January Purposeful People Books

Vooks is a magical world where stories come to life through the power of sound and it's free for teachers. Using Vooks in your classroom can enhance literacy, creativity, and engagement. You can use it while watching the book or use the "for your ears only option." Simply find your story, toggle the "headphone" icon and enjoy listening.

I’m excited to share Clever, a platform designed to streamline our digital learning resources. Clever simplifies access for both students and teachers, allowing for a more efficient way to engage with our educational tools.

Key Features of Clever:

• Single Sign-On (SSO) - Allows users to log into multiple applications with one set of credentials.
• Integration with School Systems - Synchronizes with Student Information Systems to keep rosters and user data up-to-date automatically.
• Portal for Teachers and Students - Provides a personalized dashboard where users can easily access all their digital tools and resources.
• Security and Privacy - Ensures compliance with data safeguarding student and staff information.
• Support for Educators - Includes tools for teachers to manage digital classrooms, assign apps, and monitor student progress.

Kindergarten students have been logging into Clever using QR codes. It is a quick and easy way for students to access all the resources available to them. 

I am looking forward to sharing Clever with you so all educators and students can use it allowing for smoother transitions to digital activities, fewer login issues, and increased student independence. 

If you log into Clever using Google you will see that I have shared my teacher page with you. Please let me know if you have questions or want to learn more.

Clever Academy - Quick Start Guide

Library News

 December Choice Board

Talking Points

Adding a video in TalkingPoints

There is a 20mb limit for videos. You can save the videos in your Google Drive and share links in TalkingPoints. Check the share settings on your video and have it so anyone with the link can see it. In your message click on Google Drive icon and select your video. 

December
Purposeful People Books
Empathy

Clever

Kindergarten students will be introduced to Clever in library skills. It is a single sign on application that is a secure place for teachers and students to access their links and databases. Students will use a QR code to log on. Teachers will be able to build there own page to share links and resources with their class.

November Choice Board and Kindergarten Science

November Choice Board

Kindergarten 
Science
Pushes & Pulls

Purposeful People
Gratitude
Books

Library News

 

 Purposeful People Books

You can find books from the Purposeful People curriculum in the Tanner Library. Search the Destiny Collection to find the books and some resource guides. The books will have a neon green sticker on the spine so they can be identified easily on the shelf.      Books by Grade Level You will find the current month's books on the book shelf behind the circulation desk.

Books for October: Responsibility

PreK

Kindergarten

1st Grade

October Choice Board

You will find the October Choice Board full of fun seasonal learning. There are books and activities about Fall, Halloween, Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day, Fire Safety, Voting, and Responsibility.

Digital Citizenship Week

In October Digital Citizenship Week is celebrated. Kindergarten had a lesson on balancing their time on devices and brought home a family tip sheet explaining how to help kids balance their media lives. 1st grade will have a lesson on how we can be safe, responsible and respectful online and will bring home a family activity sheet titled Pause & Think Online.

Science Choice Boards

Welcome 2024-2025

September Choiceboard

PebbleGo

There are new features in PebbleGo that will add engagement and learning in your class. Students will be able to log in with Google and create to show their learning right in the PebbleGo platform. There are also numerous resources available for teachers to add excitment to the curriculum. I am working with IT to get the login for students to be as seemless as possible and will let you know when it is working.  It will integrate with the Google Classroom.

• Connect
• Create

New Books

I'm thrilled to announce a fresh batch of books for the start of the school year and there's something for everyone! Whether your student is a fan of thrilling adventures, fascinating facts, or stories about inspiring leaders, our new collection is sure to spark their curiosity and imagination. There are many great books for you to share as a read aloud with your class too. Here’s a glimpse at what’s new on our shelves.

TalkingPoints is our new communication tool available for you to send class announcements or individual messages to families. It is two way texting that is translated into home languages. You can use it from your desktop or through the TalkingPoints app on your phone.

• Resources
• Help Center
• How to send videos and photos

The free version of Seesaw can still be used by teachers. You will have to set up your account and get permission slips signed by the parent or guardian. You can keep the permission slips in your files.

• English
• Spanish

Another option would be to use Google Classroom as a place to assign, save and share student work.

Library Books

• Due Dates: Remember that library books are due the day before the checkout date.  Also have a students put them in the bins outside of the library early in the morning. This ensures that they are processed on time and ready for the next reader. 
• Protect the Books: Library bags will be provided to each student to keep the books safe and in good condition.
• Library Information: A letter will be sent home explaining checkout day and due day. You can find them in this folder.

Your help with modeling this with your students will help with the management of the library.