Category Archives: 21st Century Technology

Fifth Grade is Learning How to Code!

Posted on May 19, 2013 by shelly.zavon

On  Friday, Mrs. Tolisano began teaching our class the basics of coding. Since the class is so “tech savy”  this seemed to be the next logical step. We began by talking about what coding is and the importance of learning … Continue reading →

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Speed Geeking

Posted on April 29, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

I feel overwhelming pride and joy for my 4th and 5th graders that chose to do the “Speed Geeking” at EdJEWcon.  They all did such a fabulous job, and I heard from so many people how impressive they were. Ariella T, Samantha Z, Eliana … Continue reading →

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Terrific Trailers

Posted on April 7, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

Here are a few of the 5th graders’ book trailers.  The rest will be posted soon.  

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Jamestown and the Digital World

Posted on March 10, 2013 by shelly.zavon

We have now started reading the novel, Surviving Jamestown.  Before beginning the book, we made a chart making analogies between the digital world and Jamestown.   Compare and Contrast Language:   Jamestown Digital World courage willingness to be an explorer … Continue reading →

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John Smith and the Digital World?!

Posted on March 6, 2013 by shelly.zavon

Fifth Grade has begun exploring the analogies between the explorers in the “new world” and the explorers in the digital world. We began our study by reflecting on the prompt: I am an explorer in the digital world just as … Continue reading →

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Book Trailers

Posted on March 4, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

This nine weeks, each 5th grader will be creating their own book trailer to post on his/her blog.  Here are a couple completed trailers. I’m sure Gil and Rebecca would love your feedback.

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Wacky wacky words

Posted on February 6, 2013 by stephanie.teitelbaum

Today, we were checking our Twitter feed in class.  We noticed that Mike Fisher had mentioned us in a blog post.         We opened up his link to read the blog post. As we began to read, … Continue reading →

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QR Codes-A Tutorial

Posted on October 25, 2012 by shelly.zavon

At the beginning of the school year, the Fifth Grade students were asked to make an audio recording of their goals for the year. The recordings were then converted into QR codes that are now on display on our bulletin … Continue reading →

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Chatty Animals

Posted on October 20, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

For this week’s writing assignment, the students were to choose a picture of animals and create a story with a dialogue.  We were working on the use of proper quotation marks and punctuation marks.  Here are two students’ creative stories. … Continue reading →

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Another great “how to” post

Posted on October 10, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

By: Rebecca B Adding images to your posts, stories, reports, and essays will bring you an excellent benefit. When you add images, it helps your reader to visualize what they’re reading. Plus, when you add images, it makes your creation more creative. If you add … Continue reading →

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