Five for Friday- 3/20

Five for Friday- 3/20

 

Do you GoNoodle? We had some rainy days and we enjoyed indoor recess with GoNoodle. My students thought the Chillax video was hilarious!

Animal Research with QR Codes! Such a success! 

The paper in the pic was just a rough draft, I have since made a more "presentable" Zoo Animal Edition in my TPT Store HERE

STEM Challenge: Create a bridge a Troll (toilet paper roll they decorated) can fit under and 3 Billy Goats (the three cubes) can balance on. We had lots of fun with this today. I also had students retell the story using these props after creating the bridge. 

New Picture of the Day Product where students can compare similarities and differences of animals in real photographs. HERE

Setting up for our Monday PL day with another school. We have another school coming over to see some math and literacy center/stations. As a grade level we tried to pull all kinds of things to share.

So much info in one place!!

Literacy Centers:

Recognizing Letters

Beginning Sounds

Sight Words 

 CVC

 Changing Letters to Make New Words

It looks like I didn't take pics of the writing center ideas...sorry. 

Math Read Alouds

 Math Centers/Stations:

Counting On/Number Sense

 Geometry

 Technology

Addition/Subtraction

 Measurement

Now to make some kind of list of activities/links for these teachers to take with them. Looks like I will be busy this weekend!

Tech Tip Tuesday- GoNoodle

Linking up with Techie Turtle Teacher for Tech Tip Tuesday!

Is it cold outside? No problem, just have recess inside with GoNoodle! It's so much fun and your students will absolutely love it!
 

Good to know:
1.) It's free! There's a premium version, but so far I use the free version and it is great.
2.) It is super easy to set up an account. It will take you about 2 minutes to set up.
3.) GoNoodle uses a game-like experience to engage students to participate during indoor recess or for brain breaks. You class chooses a Champ, that becomes your mascot and appears on the main screen with fun messages. Every time you "gonoodle" your class earns minutes/points for the Champ. Every 15 minutes earns a level up and the Champ will grow (students love this part).
4.) I really like that GoNoodle gives you many options for movement and students do not tire with one activity. You can participate in ZumbaKids, KooKooKangaroo (these super crazy guys that students request everytime!), Kidzbop, run with us, and youtube.


All of the brain breaks above (and a lot more!) are included in the free version of GoNoodle!  The brain breaks that are currently available on GoNoodle are free and will always be free; however, teachers may also opt to subscribe to GoNoodle Plus for $99 a year.  The Plus version of GoNoodle includes Common Core aligned brain breaks that focus on ELA and math standards!  

If you are interested in creating an account go HERE!