Journal share out

I tried something new this week. You know, it was one of those moments when you are just about to do the normal routine thing and then it hits you that you should just drop it all and have you and 23 kids chase after this idea of something. I have really been trying to get the kids to take their journal time more seriously. I have never been very good about writing back to them. I suppose I will some day when I finally get it all together. But, I decided to have them take their journals and find a partner and share what they wrote with their partner. I am sure there are tons of teachers out there that already do this and have been doing it for years, but I thought it was a good idea and I tried it. It actually went pretty well. I don't know if it suddenly turned all my kids into writing fanatics, but they were really into it. I think we will do it gain some time.

Donor's choose

So, I starting the process of using donor's choose to see if I can get two i-pads for the classroom. Our computers in the room are so old and broken down. Two of them have been at the school longer than I have (11 years). They freeze and break down all the time even on the little bits of functioning that they are still able to do. I am excited to see if someone out there might help us out. I would love to have the kids be able to use some of the math and language apps to get some extra practice. Even just using Starfall.com a little more would do worlds of good for many of the kids that need that extra practice. Well... here's hoping!