We like the iTouches because they are small, easy to put away and easy to handle. Mrs. Alaniz calls them "pocket computers".
It is our turn to use them, and we think they're the greatest! They help us understand technology better.
For our morning/word work, we played some word game apps.
We played Mad Libs and Hangman. In Hangman there were choices of which kind of word you wanted to guess on. Partners picked western words such as saddle and boots.
In Reader's Workshop, Mrs. Alaniz read aloud a chapter of The City of Ember and recorded it using Voice Memo.
Now, anyone who is absent can listen to her read.
As she read, we typed our responses on the Notes app.
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| Here, two 4D students are responding to events in the book. We're at a really exciting part! |
We learned that falter means to stumble.
We also read an e-book called The Lorax.
Reading this book was fun because the pages were interactive!
(We'll tell you more about this book in another post!)
These little gadgets can do much more than you may think!
What did enjoy the most about using the iTouches?
I've had much fun with the iTouches. It was fun having to play a game for morning work. It is more fun than doing a worksheet! I wonder what we will do with them next.
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ReplyDeleteI am so PROUD of you! You are doing such a great job using and exploring this awesome new technology! I wonder if you would make good helpers to the younger grades who are learning about iTouches too? :) :)
I had so much fun with them! I hope we can keep using them for the rest of the year! And when I am learning it feels like i am not because its so much fun learning with them!!
ReplyDeleteThe Lorax is a mysterious, sad, and gloomy book. The Lorax has a similar genre to The City of Ember.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed the time with the itouches. They are fun to play with and do work on! I wonder what we will do next on the itouches?
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