Spark Student Motivation Saturday...Seesaw

I'm linking up with Head Over Heels For Teaching for her weekly Spark Student Motivation Saturdays. You've gotta check out her blog this week! I like LOVE the Read-A-Thon her class participated in!!

Oh y'all! Have you been using Seesaw in your classroom?? If you said yes, aren't ya loving it?? If you said no, what are you waiting for??  My kiddos are LOVING it! You will want to give it a try!

How do I access Seesaw?  Seesaw is a FREE app! 

1-Download the class app for your classroom. Print the code and display it.

2- Log each student in.

3-Download and print each student his/her own qr code. This code is for parents to view students work.

   Since each child has his/her own own code, parents can only see their own child's work. I love that!! A few of my kiddos wanted grandparents and aunts/uncles to have access to their accounts. All the family members needed was the qr code I sent home.

Seesaw can only be accessed on Chrome.  

A few activities my students participate in is typing spelling words, typing words in ABC order, writing spelling words, creating sentences, recording themselves read, drawing setting/characters to a story... 

It can be used for math too! Students can take photos of parallel items, congruent items, record themselves answering word problems using manipulatives, morning work...

The ideas can go on and on...

 Once a parent sees work, "seen by mom's name" is at the bottom of the activity.

Parents can like and add comments...There is a setting that allows students to like and comment on each other's work. My students called it "kid Facebook" when we first started.

 I've recently "attended" two webinars for Seesaw. Friends, if you are interested in Seesaw you MUST check out these webinars. They are soooo good!! In one webinar, I learned how to assign everyone an online book, you tube video to go along with it, and assign an assignment for them to complete. As I get better more experienced, I will come back and share!!

You must approve EVERYTHING! I like this aspect! It makes the site completely safe! You have to approve students assignments before parents view. You have to approve parents likes and comments before kids see them.. 

If you have any suggestions or favorite things you do in your classroom with Seesaw, please feel free to share! 

Five For Friday..Spring Break Style!

Our spring break is this week. It's been nice having down time! I enjoyed our staycation. 

My first grade hall celebrated Dr. Seuss last week. On Thursday, the first graders presented "The Grinch Stole The Rhyme". Oh my gosh, it was so stinkin' cute!! The stage was decorated with bright colors, the kiddos were dressed in Whoville clothes, and most of the teachers were Thing 1 and Thing 2. Of course, we had to have blue hair!

The first few days of spring break was spent like this! I was MISERABLE! Thank The Lord for antibiotics and Sudafed! 

WooHoo!! That's right.. NO homework.. NO lunches to pack.. and most importantly NO ALARM CLOCKS were set!! 

            

Once I felt better, we had to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather! Oh my! It's been soooooo nice lately!!  My kiddos enjoyed going to the park and feeding the ducks.

I ran across a few post on Instagram about Slant Box. How have I never heard of this before??? You WANT to go run to Lessons With Coffee's blog and sign up. The Slant Box is a monthly swap box for teachers. It doesn't matter if you're a blogger or a non blogger. Everyone will be matched up with a new friend! Registration ends soon! 

What is this cute calendar used for?? It's my new blog calendar. Hopefully It's going to keep me organized with blog posts and TPT. I just know it!...fingers crossed..

Don't forget to share your week and link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching.

100th Day Of School!

It's hard to believe we've been in school 100 days!! The days have flown by!

I found this idea on Pinterest and decided to make it for my classroom door. It was a hit!

A few students dressed up as 100 year olds. 

My kiddos had an assignment to bring 100 items. This little girl decided to glue her 100 items on her t-shirt.  I will have to remember to do that next year...

At snack time, we dumped a ton of food on the tables and  sorted food to make our 100th Day Snack. A couple students used the circles to group food.

Our day was a success! 100 days down and 80 left to go! 

Five For Friday...on Saturday

Dear Blog,
    This is your first post of 2016! I promise not to neglect you this year. I will make an effort to write with you several times each month.
Sincerely,
Your busy owner

Don't ya just love Doodle Bugs Teaching?? I've found lots of good teacher blogs in her link parties.

Monday- started wearing a fitbit flex this week. I have to say I love this thing! I like that it keeps me accountable. If you use a fitbit account, I would love to be your friend!...just don't laugh at my slow progress. I'm a newbie to this healthy life style thing...

Tuesday-The kids came back to school. They were VERY quiet! Like scary quiet. We set New Year's resolutions for home and school..The kids made a cute craft and writing but of course I forgot to take a picture. Oops! ...You can find this foldable book here.

Next, we read The Mitten. I love that there are T.O.N.S of activities on Pinterest and TPT for this book.

Each year, I do a sequence activity with this book. I found this activity and really liked it! You can find it here.

Wednesday-The Hat. I didn't know this book existed until this week. The kids really liked it. A couple of them noticed this book had farm type animals and The Mitten had forest animals. After they mentioned that, we had to compare them.

Thursday-The Snowy Day.  I read a teacher blog that said she planned to do a lot of activities using snow. I wish we got snow. We only usually get ice :( When we read this book, my students couldn't  really make a personal connection with it. Most have never been in deep snow. A few have never built a snowman..This book is awesome for cause and effect..I found this freebie on TPT. You can grab it here.

Friday-Tacky The Penguin We dressed up tacky for our friend Tacky The Penguin. 

This is a great activity for the book. I chose to do it whole group. 

I hope you have a restful weekend. I am enjoying my rainy lazy day!