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End of Year Resources
Click here for a forced copy of the Memory Book
Click here for a forced copy of the Memory Book
Tip: If you want to insert pictures of your students, use remove.bg to make their image transparent!
Week of March 15th
Thinking Maps
Thinking Maps
Thinking Maps are a fantastic tool to use when modeling your thinking during instruction or when students need to represent their higher order thinking. These 8 thinking maps represent different patterns of thinking such as cause and effect and classifying. To review the maps and see examples, here is a link to the GBCS curriculum site where you will find thinking map resources on the bottom right.
If you would like a digital method, here is a Jamboard with the templates set as backgrounds. Go to the 3 dots to make your own copy.
Week of February 26th
New Option for Brain Breaks
New Option for Brain Breaks
Students need movement breaks. Go Noodle is a favorite for brain breaks, but if you're looking for a change try these 3 minute options. Created by the two educators at Minds in Bloom, this slide deck could become a new favorite. Watch the video on Slide 1 to learn how to use the slides. For more brain break ideas from Mind Bloom, here's their post.
Week of January 25th
How to use Immersive Reader
How to use Immersive Reader
The Chrome Extension Use Immersive Reader on Websites allows students to highlight text and have it read aloud in a natural-sounding voice. The extension also makes the text larger, highlights words as they are read, and includes a picture dictionary. Chromebooks have a built in text reader called Select-to-Speak, but Immersive Reader is the most natural sounding and is great for younger students.
Week of January 11th
How to Draw on Your Screen during Google Meet
How to Draw on Your Screen during Google Meet
The Chrome Extension Annotate Meet allows you to easily draw on the screen you are presenting during a Meet! The Web Paint extension is another option as well. There are some differences in their functionality. Check them out!
Week of November 9th
Week of November 9th
How do you organize your Google Classroom? Here are some tips and examples in this short loom.
How do you organize your Google Classroom? Here are some tips and examples in this short loom.
Learn how to use a Rubric within Google Classroom. Students receive feedback on their rubric right there on the writing or science assignment!
Khan Academy Kids App for K/1 and struggling 2nd graders
Khan Academy Kids App for K/1 and struggling 2nd graders
Students can use their Chromebooks on asynchronous days for this Google Play Store app! It's engaging and very child friendly. Take a look at student view and teacher view in this loom.
Using Google Meet during P/T conferences
Using Google Meet during P/T conferences
Nickname and current URL needs to be sent out to families each day. Turn OFF the Quick Access in host controls so that parents are in a wating room until you admit them.
Nickname and current URL needs to be sent out to families each day. Turn OFF the Quick Access in host controls so that parents are in a wating room until you admit them.
Click here for a video that walks you through the process.
Click here for a video that walks you through the process.
Week of October 26th
Week of October 26th
Have students show their creativity with this jamboard file.
Have students show their creativity with this jamboard file.
Give students this link (it forces a copy) and have them choose 1 or 2 frames to complete the picture with the drawing tool. Or, separate out the frames into individual jamboard files if you want to use them over time. Make sure the end of the link says "/copy" and each student will open their own jam. This creative thinking exercise fits perfectly with this week's P2 trait. You could use this face to face, asyncrhonous or during remote Fridays!
Give students this link (it forces a copy) and have them choose 1 or 2 frames to complete the picture with the drawing tool. Or, separate out the frames into individual jamboard files if you want to use them over time. Make sure the end of the link says "/copy" and each student will open their own jam. This creative thinking exercise fits perfectly with this week's P2 trait. You could use this face to face, asyncrhonous or during remote Fridays!
Week of October 19th
Week of October 19th
K-2 Tip of the week
K-2 Tip of the week
SeeSaw has new features to keep you and your students more organized! "Pin" a post or activity to the top. Use the calendar to see which days activities have been assigned.
SeeSaw has new features to keep you and your students more organized! "Pin" a post or activity to the top. Use the calendar to see which days activities have been assigned.
3-5 Tip of the Week
3-5 Tip of the Week
If your students have been talking a lot about a new mobile game called "Among Us" try using this slide deck to keep them engaged with any content! Fill in the multiple choice items with math, vocabulary or ANY content and have students identify what doesn't belong (the imposter). The emergency meeting slides are for when the students "vote out" the imposter. This could be played remotely or face to face in a variety of ways.
If your students have been talking a lot about a new mobile game called "Among Us" try using this slide deck to keep them engaged with any content! Fill in the multiple choice items with math, vocabulary or ANY content and have students identify what doesn't belong (the imposter). The emergency meeting slides are for when the students "vote out" the imposter. This could be played remotely or face to face in a variety of ways.
Week of October 12th
Week of October 12th
Organize your Outlook email! "Sweep" emails from specific senders directly into a folder. For more tips on organizing your email, click here.
Organize your Outlook email! "Sweep" emails from specific senders directly into a folder. For more tips on organizing your email, click here.
Week of October 5th
Week of October 5th
Homecoming Escape Rooms
Homecoming Escape Rooms
🐾Here's LEVEL A. Perfect to do with a K/1 class. Or, 2nd and 3rd graders may be able to do independently.
🐾Here's LEVEL A. Perfect to do with a K/1 class. Or, 2nd and 3rd graders may be able to do independently.
🐾Here's LEVEL B. This is slightly harder than LEVEL B and can be done whole class for 2nd/3rd. 4th and 5th graders may enjoy it independently.
🐾Here's LEVEL B. This is slightly harder than LEVEL B and can be done whole class for 2nd/3rd. 4th and 5th graders may enjoy it independently.
🐾Here's LEVEL C. This is more challenging and has 10 clues and more hyperlinks. It's best for 4th grade and up. You may want to jigsaw and have students work to find certain clues and come back together as a class to fully escape.
🐾Here's LEVEL C. This is more challenging and has 10 clues and more hyperlinks. It's best for 4th grade and up. You may want to jigsaw and have students work to find certain clues and come back together as a class to fully escape.
Week of September 28th
Week of September 28th
Tip for teachers and students!
Tip for teachers and students!
Spice up pictures in slides by masking inserted images into a shape! Check out the 1 minute tutorial.
Spice up pictures in slides by masking inserted images into a shape! Check out the 1 minute tutorial.
Week of Sept. 21st
Week of Sept. 21st
DIRECTIONS (Click here or on the image to the left for a demo video)
Open up Google Slide deck to use during Meet.
Go to File>Publish to the Web.
Click the Publish button.
Confirm and click OK.
Then copy and paste the link in a brand new window, not a new tab, open a new window. You can use Ctrl +n, drag a new tab out, or use the Dualless extension.
Select "Window" when you present in Google Meet and choose the window with the published slides. You will see now see the Meet and your slides. Students will see a full present view of the slides!
Week of September 14th
Week of September 14th
Use your projector as a Dual Monitor!
Use your projector as a Dual Monitor!
Click here , or on the image, to learn how to extend your desktop to your projector!
Click here , or on the image, to learn how to extend your desktop to your projector!
Week of September 8th
Week of September 8th
Open all of your daily tabs in one click from your Bookmark Bar. Easy to change up, too.
Open all of your daily tabs in one click from your Bookmark Bar. Easy to change up, too.
Week of August 31st
Week of August 31st
Insert Emojis into your Topics and Assignments in Google Classroom
Insert Emojis into your Topics and Assignments in Google Classroom
Add visual cues to your text in Google Classroom!
Add visual cues to your text in Google Classroom!
Week of August 24th
Week of August 24th
If you have ever felt bogged down by the multi step process of copying and pasting images, or downloading and uploading, watch how you can simply drag an image from a Google Search into a Tab, pause, and place it in a Slide, Doc or email. Works for gifs too! Click on the image to see the tweet!
If you have ever felt bogged down by the multi step process of copying and pasting images, or downloading and uploading, watch how you can simply drag an image from a Google Search into a Tab, pause, and place it in a Slide, Doc or email. Works for gifs too! Click on the image to see the tweet!
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