Mrs. Pillon - Grade 1/2: February 2017

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Technology in 2P

Digital Readworks

I recently discovered a website called Digital Readworks where students go online and read articles assigned by the teacher. After reading the article they can learn about vocabulary and then complete comprehension questions about what they’ve read. Once the assignment is completed they submit their answers online where the teacher is able to grade them. I’ve signed up our class and had a few of the students test it out. Their feedback was very positive and others are excited to try this out. I will assign a new article every week and students have the week to complete it. This is voluntary, but a great way to work on reading and comprehension at home.

Keyboarding Skills

During our computer time, we have been learning about proper posture and keyboarding skills. Students are working through lessons that teach them the proper fingers to use for each key. They are encouraged to practise this when working on the computer at home.

Math Prodigy

Due to our Keyboarding Skills practice, we have not been using Math Prodigy as much at school lately. Students are encouraged to continue to use it to practise their math skills at home. It is definitely something that most of them enjoy.

MyTools2Go

Before the Christmas holidays a note was sent home regarding student use of MyTools2Go. Each student has an account and a password. This is something that students can use to create a document that automatically saves. They don’t have to worry about losing something they created or using a memory stick to save. We won’t be using this very often, but I hope to introduce them to it soon.