Well, today was the 100th day of school at our school. This is my first experience celebrating this special day, as the other grades I have taught the kids were too old to celebrate. I had a blast! Hopefully the kids had just as much fun. We read The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis.
This book is a level H (Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Level) book so most of the kids could read along with me. After we read the story we retold the story aloud by thinking of all of the activities the kids in the book did on the 100th day of school. They absolutely loved this book. We made hats for the 100th day. I got the idea from this site. It took about 45 minutes and some of the kids still didn't finish, so we just put them on their heads as is. They were very proud of the hats and wore them to computer lab class and to music class. I also got a lot of ideas from Erica Bohrer's 100th Activities and Printables book. It has so many ideas that you can choose from. Now, I'm worn out and need to rest up for tomorrow.
I've been really investigating the SAMR model lately. If you aren't familiar with the SAMR for integrating technology into the classroom, that's ok. I first learned about it last year at a conference. I went to a breakout session and came out more confused than when I went in. So, I took it upon myself to learn about it through researching it online. The SAMR model is this: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition The more I investigated, the more I realized that our district needs to really look at where we are on this model. Yes, we are a Google for Education district! Yes, all students and teachers have access to Google Drive! But, NO, we are not redefining education with technology. One day I was inspired by a fellow Google for Education trainer to really look at how we can use Google Drive to redefine our lessons. So, I created the graphic below with ideas on how to use Google Drive and other Google pr...
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