Quick Quiz 4.1

Swimming Fun

Our swimming fun, Thanks for letting us come BEHS!

Quick Quiz 2.1 Post

Please take this quiz, I want to know where I can help you on tomorrow's test for Chapter 2. We learned a lot of Multiplications and how to multiply and divide. This Quick Quiz, should be short, when you get done, please return to class and follow the instructions on the board.

7 Habits in Class

As my class gears up for another 7 weeks of the 7 Habits, I found a good way to introduce the lessons as we review how to Be Proactive this week.

Two Videos

A couple of things to review today

Video about Using a Dictionary Especially learn how the Guide Words help you find words in the dictionary.

This video is about all the gardens that we talked about during reading.

Our Garden's

Chrome Book Work 9-18

We will be interacting with each other, as we learn how to collaborate with one another.

1. Go to the following website add2nb.com and look on the board for the ID number.
   
   
2. We will write some facts about ________________ (This part you need to follow directions closely).
   http://free.primarypad.com/p/Mr_Fisher
   Well now I know this class was not ready for some of the online options! We will take a closer look at how to collaborate with one another online appropriately.
   
   
3. The last part of the time will be spent learning how to share a document using your Google Drive.

Welcome Back a bulb for the projector

Items of Business:

1. Your assignment was to create the start of a slide show using either PowerPoint or Presentations on your Google account.
2. and now for The Bulb:

Quick Quiz

Today we are going to review where to find information for our third grade class. We will also review where you will need to go to be able to find the Flipped Lessons Go to this Link FisherFlip. This page the one we are looking at is a blog. It will be our information page or in general it will display things we have done in class. As you may have noticed the video from the first day of school. In a few minutes we are going to take a quiz online. We will need to click on the Yellow Box (or link) below to go to that quiz. I will show you the Assessment ID Number when I know everyone is ready.

http://response.smarttech.com/

Mr. Fisher
Computer Time Thursday, August 29, 2013

The First Day of School 2013

The First Day of School

The Year has begun, and we have many ambitions.

The students were so excited to be at school after the summer months. We were so hot today, and it was muggy, hopefully it cools down a little tomorrow. We will be learning so many things from Mr. Fisher this year in third grade.

Gathering Learning from the Best!

The Flipped Classroom

Welcome

http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/brentfanchar/

This will be an exciting year. To introduce the classroom this year, you will become very familiar with a new concept in the coming months. Mr. Fisher's classroom is about to be "Flipped." As this is an introduction, you will get a glimpse of what it will be like in the third grade room.

You will hear more about it, but Mr. Fisher is changing the way you will be doing some of your work. Instead of doing homework sheets every night with little or no instructions, you will need to follow a video. This video will demonstrate the basic concepts, demonstrate examples and basically teach a lesson that you (the student) would normally be taught in school. With those lessons you will then come back to school ready to do the assignment in class. This "flipped" paradigm as it is being called will be more empowering to the students, the parents will be able to understand the homework, and this will allow Mr. Fisher to help students quicker and more effeciently.

To quote some brief statments "The Flipped Classroom isn't a methodology. It's an ideology. (Brian Bennett)." It means the flipped classroom philosophy is fluid and adaptable. It means that when done the right way, it can positively impact student learning regardless of the subject or classroom (http://danielvspencer.org). You are welcome to learn more about it: (Here is a Wikipedia Introduction). Monday morning Mr. Fisher will upload the first introduction to this "Flipped" Model and will show you (the students) what is expected and what you will have to do.

Mr. Fisher
Please visit this blog to be ready for the first video: http://fisherflip.blogspot.com/

Student and Parent Survey

SMART Test

For those that forgot the test here is the website:
response.smarttech.com
Type in the Assessment ID that I had you write down:
And then type in your Student Lunch Order Number

Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day:

Students please try to view the following videos and decide what you feel is most important about Earth Day to you. As a third grader you should start forming your own opinion about the world around you. Distinguish their own point of view

Here is a list of games that I would like to see if you can engage in during your computer time today and on Tuesday:

1. http://www.nickjr.com/earth-day/animal-rescue-games/
2. http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/
3. http://pbskids.org/games/earthday.html
4. http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/earth/games.html
5. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ but on this one you will have to search for Earth Day in the search field.

Here is another video:

Happy Earth Day!

We will try this link out later this week: http://www.sketchlot.com/

Donor's Choose

Subject: My students need your help!

Hi Friends,

I want to make sure my students have the materials they need to succeed. So I've created a classroom project request at DonorsChoose.org, an award-winning charity.

I'm asking for donations of any size to help my kids. For the next week, any donation you make to my project will be doubled! If you know anyone who is passionate about education, please pass this along. Your donation will brighten my students' school year, and you'll get photos and thank yous from our class.

Here's my classroom request:
Bear River Valley History

To have your donation matched dollar for dollar, enter the match code INSPIRE on the payment screen. This awesome match offer lasts through April 19, 2013.

My students and I greatly appreciate your support.
Mr. Fisher

Computer Lab - March 21

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/diving.html


This image is here so you can see the tool we are working on during the lesson today.

Google Account

For those that are forgetting how to log on to your School Google account. To log on remember the steps:

1. Go to website: http://www.besd.net
2. Click on the Education Apps
3. Type in your user student ID number (remember the S)
4. Type in your Password (remember the S*****A)

To take the U-Tips Test                                Test today: http://boxelder.utips.org

Your User name: __(Classworks Number)_ Your Password:  ____________________

Take this quiz (usually you will only have 3 minutes) - today I want you to finish the whole thing.

The Carousel

Homework at home

Homework is late because I am still having  problems uploading the video that I wanted to show you:

 

And if you don't remember the link I wanted you to do the Multiplication Test (only 10 problems) on U-Tips.

You need to take the Multiplication Test today: http://boxelder.utips.org

Your User name: ____________________ Your Password:  ____________________

Connection

Today's Agenda is to see if you can connect with the teacher. We will be visiting one or two of the following websites so you need to be following along as we go and participate.

Visit add2nb.com, enter ID: 16536250

1. Screenleap - www.screenleap.com Enter Code: __________
2. Now I need some feedback, did you like seeing the teacher's screen? To share your thoughts go to the following website: http://free.primarypad.com/p/F1DAqRx052 
3. Now will you please tell me what you think about what it means to make a difference.
4. student.infuselearning.com  Room ID: __________        
   Enter your Name:  _______________

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You need to take the Language Arts Test today: http://boxelder.utips.org

Your User name: ____________________ Your Password:  ____________________

There will be some instructions in your Google Account that you need to follow when you get done, with the test. Remember we will be using the Chrome Books tomorrow and you will need to write your 4-Squares in your documents folder. Your notes that you are writing to Mr. Hyde can also be written and shared with Mr. Fisher before you give them to Mr. Hyde.

Make a Difference

Making a Difference is the theme for our story this week.

• So how can we make a difference? 
• How do you make a difference? 
• How has someone made a difference for you?

This is where I wished that you the students could actually find someone that has made difference and write a story about them, edit and publish the story, and record the story on video!

Take a moment and view the following video:

NBC Nightly News - Making a Difference

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

DonorsChoose

For those that are bringing in their spare change to the school, bring it in. For those of you who would rather make sure the money is spent in a specific classroom here is a second alternative.

http://www.donorschoose.org/mrfishersthird

I will update this tonight with a project that will be curriculum based and targets the learning objectives of third grade. Right now the students are helping me decide what kind of project we should do.

We like the use of technology, but there needs to be a purpose behind just getting technology tools for the classroom.

Here is a list of my ideas that we will vote on before the end of the day. I'll let you know what we decide.

1. To be able to do small group projects such as interviews, Reader's theater, Stop-motion-animation, and storytelling, re-enact stories that we have read, and share stories that have been written by students. It would be great if we could publish those stories as e-pub books, record them as podcasts, or even to use a video recorder.
2. To have students be able to work on projects such as research topics of interest, study a country (a people or a culture and compare with our community), to write up reports, to finish assignments, and to share or hand-in those assignments with the teacher or with parents. Also to read articles from the local newspaper and then compare our reality with a fictional story that we have read in class.
3. Record and interview a Hero. This would be great if it were recorded as a video, but just as impressive would be an audio recording. Think about all the heroes in your neighborhoods, everyday people making a difference in our lives.

Quick Chapter Test

To take the Chapter Test you need to have a piece of scratch paper and the internet. Open the following link and put in this code for the Assessment

Jackie Robinson

Happy Birthday Jackie, one of my hero's. I will be reading a book about him either today or on Friday. But this reminds me, the students are supposed to be working on projects that stretch their knowledge. First of all this would be a good person to look up and find out more information about his importance in history.

Second, we will do this during art sometime in February.

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Kevin's New Classmate

and if that doesn't work:

Kevin's New Classmate - Part 2

Different Format:

Collaborative Learning: A Changing World

For Computers Today:

We will be taking a short quiz on Place Value:
Go to this Website: response.smarttech.com

1. Use this PIN (the one I write on the board), and 
2. Enter your Student ID Number.

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After you are done check out this puzzle I am trying to solve. I beseech you to help me figure out what this student is expecting to find at his school on January 30, :

Kevin is on holidays with his parents, but things seem to have taken a curious turn back home at his school. 
What are Kevin’s classmates trying to tell him?

Art Week
This is a culmination to our activities from the past two weeks: The students have been illustrating in various ways, we even had a lesson from a couple of our students as we learned some Origami. This all happened because we read the story for the week called "What Do Illustrators Do?" Here is another artist that I have fallen in love with, at first glance it looks like Paper 3D, but I'll let you decide (I believe it was something besides paper).

Whoops!, This first one is in 3D, here is the normal clip:

Here is the link on YouTube: Amos Lee: Flower

The link we will be using today:

https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do
User Name = Your Classworks Number
Password = I will tell you, so listen.