Oct. 17, 2014

Dear Parents,
 
Thank you again for coming in to parent-teacher conferences over these last couple of weeks.  You know your kids better than anyone, and I learn so much from your insights. Please email me if you think of something you forgot to bring up or if you have any questions that come up as a result of our getting together.

Check out the new photos of our race-car designers. A big thing we learned in building these cars was that you have to make your axles parellel or the car will veer off the ramp. We are not sure yet whether lighter cars or heavier cars go farther. We still have to test that. We decided that if we can find a way to make our Wintergreen-Mint wheels less wobbly, we can then focus on heavier vs. lighter designs. Again, congratulations to all the kids for patience, creativity, cooperation, and good sportsmanship. Congratulations, again, to Phin and Nate for their winning design.


One last thing: please leave us a comment if you see something that interests you on our blog!

Thanks. Have a great weekend!

Mr. Bolger

October 17, 2014

Dear Parents,


Take a look at these iPad apps, math games, and links to reading, geography, and science that you can access at home!

1) Here is a list of the iPad apps we have loaded onto our iPads here at school for our teaching. I will be using a number of them this year. We thought you would like the list in case you want to load them onto your iPads at home to supplement, for example, your child's phonics work, math facts practice, or storytelling.

App	Content/Curric
30Hands	presentation
A Life Cycle App	science
Adobe Voice	presentation
Advanced Puzzle Map of the USA HD Lite	geography
AudioMemos	tool
Bob Books #1	literacy
Book Creator	digital storytelling
Build A Word Express- Phonics	phonics, sounds
Daisy the Dinosaur	coding
Doodle Buddy	art
DoodlecastPro	virtual whiteboard
Dragon Dictation	Assistive Tech
DropBox	(for teachers)
Educreations	virtual whiteboard
Everyday Math	content specific
Explain Everything	virtual whiteboard
Finger Count	math- numbers
Follett Enlight	library- eBooks
Geoboard	math
Google Docs	Google docs standalone app
Google Drive	productivity
Google Earth	geography
Google Sheets	Google spreadsheets standalone app
Go Sky Watch	content specific
Haiku Deck	presentation
iBooks	library
iMotionHD	animation/photo
iMovie	movie making
iWrite Words	literacy
Kaleido Paint	art
Kidblog	blogging
Lexia Core 5 app	need to explore the exact name to get the right one
Little Story Maker	digital storytelling
MultiTouch Math	math
Notability	note taking, recording
Number Pieces Basic	math
Number Rack	math
Percussive	music
Percussive Free	music
PhotoSync	transfer images
Planets by Q Continuum	science
Pocket Zoo	science
Popplet Lite	mindmapping
Puppet Pals- directors pack	digital storytelling
Puzzle Map	geography
QRafter	QR readers
Read on Site free	litteracy
Scribble Press	literacy - digital storytelling
ShadowPuppetEDU	digitalstoryelling
Singing Fingers	music
Skitch	mark up photos
Skype	communication
Sonic Pics	digital storytelling
Spelling City	spelling/phonics
StoryPatch	literacy
Subitize Tree	math
Tangram	math
Tangrams - by Tangible Play	math
Tell Time	math
Tellagami	digital storytelling
The Weather Channel Max+	science
Toontastic	digital storytelling
Voicethread	productivity
Word Wall	literacy
YouTube	for viewing only

2) Math Facts Games From Ms. Schwartz's  Home Page: 

http://www.wsdvt.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=3971

3) Math, Reading, Geography, Science, etc. from the Harmony Team's Great Home Page: 

http://inspirefirstgrade.pbworks.com/w/page/19992533/FrontPage