Cooperative Combo

Monday, March 26, 2012

Contraction Surgery

This week in spelling we are studying contractions. We had a bit of fun creating contractions by becoming spelling surgeons. Who knew spelling was so dramatic!

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The Cooperative Combo has been up to some mischief. He, he! We "egged" two classrooms. We tip-toed into their rooms and hid an Easter egg with treats inside for every student. Then, we left them this sign and the instructions to "egg" two more classrooms. The kids are loving walking down the hall and seeing more and more "egged" signs pop-up. They love the fact that they started it all!

St. Patrick's Fun

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Spelling Battleship

The kids have been having a blast with Spelling Battleship. The kids hide their spelling words in the grid then try and find where each word is hiding using coordinates. Thank you to all the parents that played Spelling Battleship with their children for homework last week. It made for a fun way to review spelling words. If you ever want more copies of the gameboard, please just let me know.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Wednesday Computer Lab

Start with a science video....then work down the list.
1. Odd Number Blaster
2. Subtraction Hidden Picture
3. Learning Links

Sunday, March 4, 2012

QR Reader Book Review Project

We started a new project in the Cooperative Combo, a "QR Reader Review Project." We are beginning with our class collection of Dr. Seuss books. The students read a Dr. Seuss book and completed a book review. In the book review, they had to rate the book, pick describing words, write a one sentence summary, and tell about their favorite part.

Now, we are in the process of making videos of our book reviews. Next, we will link the videos to QR codes. The QR codes will go in the book jackets of the books in our classroom library and in the school library. Once the QR codes are in place, when a student goes to check out a Dr. Seuss book, they can scan the code and get a peer review of the book.

We have finished about 5 reviews. In the next couple weeks, I hope to get at least one video review done for each student. Then, in the future, Mrs. Anderson and I hope to collaborate and expand this project to many books in our Bitterroot library. Here is just a taste of what we have been working on.