One of the campus schools has a really cute tradition called Open Access Work Hour. Once a month, classrooms open up for students from every grade to visit and participate in classroom sponsored activity. The library was open for a group of kid who were drawing Dewey shelf signage. It was a half day, so after the kids left I helped shelve, clean up and get ready for the long weekend. Cheryl and I some time to talk about my time at McKinley. Successful completion of my directed field work requires that I plan and teach one lesson, simultaneously I’m taking a class that requires I work with a librarian to implement or teach some sort of tech tool. I figured it would be great if I could accomplish both at the same time. We sat down to brainstorm, and our list might be a bit too aspiration given our short time together, but it gives me some things to start working on.
Priorities:
*Assignment 3 Tech in the Classroom: Flipgrid – Create recorded responses to Saadia Faruqi, the author of the Yasmin series who will be Skyping into the class 2/3. (I’ll look through standards to match it with something for my write-up) 1st graders.
*End of Fieldwork Project (maybe integrating tech) research using Wildlife in NYC and Pebble Go. 2nd Graders. Brainstorm on what needs to be done (lessons: research, citation, note taking)
*iPads – get iPads up and running ready for use. Library use. read through notes reach out to my IT person to see what apps/software must be on iPads Make list of things we need (cases, volume vouchers, etc.)
*CS First Dialog Coding learning about storytelling through coding. Ask my IT person how he manages log-ins for Scratch. Log-in for entire class would be difficult logistically – but can we save work if not logged in?
Lessons: Vocabulary – sequence, sprites, costume.
*Next week activities:
1st grade: Mini character lesson study based on Yasmine (realistic fiction)
4/5 grade: Research lesson on history or sugar (?)
PreK: Read aloud maybe about Chinese New Year?
Other fun ideas:
2nd grade: Being an advocate
Transforming office into recording studio
Directed Fieldwork at McKinley 