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Students and Parents, We have begun to roll out devices to students. As of 9/14/2023 all students, Kindergarten through 5th grade, will have had the Responsible Use Policy lesson. By 9/13/2023 all of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades will have had an initial iPad Chromebook login lesson (Seesaw, Google, etc). The Responsible Use…
4th graders, We have been talking about Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Minuet as past of the Manahatta to Manhattan project. Here are the resources we worked with in class: Peter Stuyvesant https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Stuyvesant https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/peter-stuyvesant/ http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/peter-stuyvesant/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant?scrlybrkr=cef3dea8 https://www.mcny.org/petrus-stuyvesant Peter Minuet https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-Minuit https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/peter-minuit/ https://www.mcny.org/peter-minuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit Remember, the internet has 2 things; good and garbage. Garbage doesn’t just mean…
4th graders, This blog post is the kickoff to the social studies unit project: Manhatta to Manhattan. Use the resources below to explore, research, take notes, reference, and so forth. Begin with OASIS map: NYC OASIS This map allows you to turn on and off layers. The biggest benefit is you can turn on a…
Just before December vacation the 4th graders presented their Ignite Talks about Reading the Weather to parents. Live! Here are the playlists of the 2 4th grade classes. Enjoy 4-Rickard 4-Volpi
Students and Parents, We have begun to roll out devices to students. As of 9/9/2022 all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders have had the Responsible Use Policy lesson. All of 4th, 5th, and half of 3rd grade have also had an initial Chromebook login lesson. During the week of 9/12 the rest of 3rd grade…
Toy Theater is over! It was a wild ride. This was a brand new project based on an existing unit of study, but done differently. Students looked at various events from the American Revolution; Boston Massacre, Declaration of Independence, from various perspectives. The research and project wasn’t just a straight rehash of data but rather…
Toy Theater is a unit of study in the 4th grade. Students research topics and create plays using puppets based on their research. Traditionally, Toy Theater has been done using the American Revolution as the baseline topic, with the plays being depictions of historical events. This year we decided to try something different. Instead of…
Just before December vacation the 4th graders presented their Ignite Talks about Reading the Weather to parents. Live! Live over Zoom, but still… Here are the playlists of all 3 4th grade classes. Enjoy 4-Frantz-Rago 4-Rickard
This year 4th graders will be doing Ignite-style talks throughout the year. Ignite talks are traditionally 5 minutes, 20 slides, with slides auto-advancing every 15 seconds. Enlighten us but make it quick is the official tag line of the Ignite Talk organization. We adapt the format for 4th graders. 7 slides, auto-advance every 15 seconds.…
Students and Parents, The Responsible Use Policy is the document that outlines, for all Scarsdale Schools users (students, teachers and staff alike) appropriate use guidelines for using district devices, accounts, and services. Every year I do this lesson with the students, usually in big grade-level groups, where we can talk about it, ask questions, and…