Featured Activities & Lessons

Featured Activities & Lessons

Time / Activity / Teacher / Grade Level / Room #
8:30-9:00 / Journal Blogging using KidBlog app / Danyus
Kelly / K / 2
8:30-9:00 / Coding: Students will continue to explore the world of Computer Science with the “Hour of Code” online program. Today, students are continuing to write their own code and use “repeat loops” to move the bird to get the pig. / McKearn / 5th / 14
8:45-9:15 / Audio books on iPods with comprehension questions using Google Forms / Brown / Cross-Cat
2nd / 7
8:45-9:15
1:30-2:00 / 2nd Grade Slice of Life Global Collaboration Project: Students created projects for 2nd grade classrooms in Pennsylvania to show them special things about our school day. They created projects for Durfee students. Durfee students will be watching one another’s projects and using a Google Form to offer peer feedback. / Ostanik
Krause / 2nd / 9
9:00
(all day) / Interactive Jeopardy Game on Smartboard targeting vocabulary / Summers / Speech / 16
9:00-9:45 / Mystery Number Skype: Students will lead a Mystery Number Riddle with 4th graders in Arkansas via Skype. Students will present their previously prepared clues and the 4th graders will use clues to answer the riddle. / McKearn / 5th / 14
9:00-10:05 / Daily 5 with Showbie, Edmodo, and Popboardz apps / Witts / 4th / 17
9:15 / Using iMovie app for vocabulary / Bohnsack / 3rd / 19
9:15-10:00 / 2nd Grade Slice of Life Global Collaboration Project: Students will be watching the projects and using a Google Form to compile questions to ask students during a live Skype session next week. / Krause
R. Ellis / 2nd / 8
9:15-9:55 / Students will be creating Google Drive Presentations based on a book they have been reading / Brown
Kelly / Cross-Cat
4th / Computer Lab
00
9:30-10:00 / Students will be reading articles on News-O-Matic, an app that provides daily informational articles for students, to answer questions using Google Forms. / Long
Kelly / 3rd / 20
10:00-10:30 / Students will be accessing audio books via QR codes and using Google form to answer questions focusing on story elements. / Brown / Cross-Cat / 7
10:00-11:00 / Persuasive RAFT writing using Pages app / Krause
Kelly / 2nd / 8
10:00-10:45 / Students will be working on creating their own fractured fairy tale eBook / Herron / 4th / 18
10:15-11:00 / Daily 5: During Working with Words, students are using Popplet, Write About It, and Pages to demonstrate their knowledge of the root word graph. / McKearn / 5th / 14
10:20-11:00 / Math using Educreations app / Witts / 4th / 17
10:30 / RTI Writing with Popplet app to plan ideas / Brown / Cross-Cat
10:45 / iTunesU course math lesson on Missing Addends / K. Ellis
R. Ellis / 1st / 3
10:45-11:30 / Blended Math with TenMarks / Mitchell / 6th / 13
11:00-11:30 / Lunch & Learn: Bring a lunch and come talk with Leadership and ask questions about our 1:1 environment here at Durfeee. / Oakes
Ellis
Kelly / Q & A / Library
11:30-12:30 / iTunes University: Students will continue to use iTunesU in conjuction with daily math lessons. Today students will participate in a blended learning lesson followed by a differentiated project in which they will demonstrate their knowledge. / McKearn / 5th / 14
12:00-12:40 / Mother’s Day Analogies using Popplet app / Danyus
Carver / K / 1 & 2
12:00-1:30 / Students will be practicing their mapping skills using Google Forms in preparation for their 3rd Mystery Skype Location. So far they have guessed the locations of classes in Colorado and Iowa. / Walker
R. Ellis / 5th / 12
12:30 / Blended Math Block with TenMarks, Virtual Nerd, Activ Table, and small group instruction / Binge / 6th / 11
12:45-1:15 / Blogging using KidBlog app / Mitchell
Kelly / 6th / 13
1:00-1:30 / We’ve Got Our I’s on Careers Skype: The Class of 2025 will Skype with Trenton, a Production Manager, in Atlanta. Prior to our interview, students researched Trenton’s educational and professional background. Today students will lead the interview with specific questions surrounding Trenton’s background. Immediately following the interview students will begin to blog about their experience using the Blogger app. / McKearn / 5th / 14