session 1: Strategies for sharing and storing .Notebook files (15 mins) (Rhys) naming notebook files (file + Save As), naming conventions (unit name, “template”, or class/year) creating a folder for storing all Notebook files one strategy: Keep 1 large file of routines like morning meeting, blank charts + sub-unit files (i.e. take today’s resources and save… [Read more…]
May 25, 2011 by Mr. Rhys, The Media Spot
May 11 Workshop Agenda, Notes & Links intro: chart list list charts you have, and charts you’d like to have (by writing them in our T-Chart on the SMART Board) review the PS130Brooklyn.com SMART Idea Exchange session 1: Lesson Activity Toolkit (LAT) & Smart Tech Exchange Website (3:30-4) (using lessons that teachers here have found… [Read more…]
March 21, 2011 by Ms. Silberman
Show your evidence!..that you are the BEST test takers EVER! Here are websites for you to use to practice those “Test Prep Detective” skills so that you’ll be all ready to ace those upcoming state tests! ELA: Kids Detective Lab Eye Spy - every good detective needs to brush up on those visual inference skills!… [Read more…]
Below is a fifth grade realistic fiction model publication that is humorous, has a tremendous amount of internal thinking, wonderful dialogue, strong action verbs, descriptive details, and an easy-to-follow plot. Involved With The World Chapter 1 I headed over to the fridge to get some water. I needed to clear out my throat. My nostril… [Read more…]
January 19, 2011 by Mr. Rhys, The Media Spot
We’ve done several lessons with teachers over the years at PS 130 on Internet research best practices for students. Here is an updated list of resources we’ve gathered and created to help you and your students navigate the web for age-appropriate material: Best Practices and Tips for Classroom Research: PS 130 Internet Research Teacher Prep… [Read more…]
December 17, 2010 by Ms. Silberman
Build your own (online) longhouse! Make your own (virtual) wampum!
December 17, 2010 by Ms. Silberman
Check out this fun, interactive website from National Council for Teachers of Math.
November 10, 2010 by Ms. Silberman
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/northeast/iroquois/index.html http://bigorrin.org/iroquois_kids.htm http://www.crystalinks.com/iroquois.html http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/ http://www.mhschool.com/ss/ca/images/img_g5u1_quiz_map_iroquois.jpg Mohawk: http://www.mohawknation.org/ Oneida: http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/ Cayuga: http://www.sctribe.com/ Onondaga: http://www.onondaganation.org/ Seneca: http://www.sni.org/ (not originally a member nation) Tuscarora: http://www.southernbandtuscarora.com/ NEWLY ADDED: http://www.iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu/html/activity4.htm/
May 14, 2010 by Mr. Rhys, The Media Spot
Hey 4th Graders, It’s poetry time! Today we’re going to: log in to http://Voicethread.com with the email address ps130fourth@gmail.com, password: _________ (we’ll tell you in class) add an image (picture) we find on the Internet (try http://images.google.com, and record ourselves reading poems fluently and with expression! Here are a few images to help you add… [Read more…]
March 13, 2010 by Mr. Rhys, The Media Spot
Kindergartners at PS 130 are using technology in the classroom to build skills to operate computer-based resources according to the National Ed-Tech Standards (NETS). In the process they are building the fundamentals of media literacy — picking up related vocabulary, and getting a handle on the basics of what it means to communicate and play… [Read more…]
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May 25, 2011 by Mr. Rhys, The Media Spot
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