Dr. Seuss Celebration

Sycamore Elementary is celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday in a big way this year!  A lot of activities involve technology.  Here is a list of links that might be helpful to you as you celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday this year.

Youtube Vidoes:

Dr. Seuss on the Loose -- Complete (HQ)

The Butter Battle Book

The Lorax
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Horton Hatches the Egg
Horton Hears a Who ~ Full Movie

Sycamore's Latest Video ~ "We're All In This Together!"

We're All In This Together!

Fourth Grade Makes a Word Cloud to Celebrate Digital Learning at S.E.S.

One cool way to organize a list of related words is to create a "wordcloud".  A word cloud is a visual representation of keywords or "tags" and sometimes data.  Mrs. Chappell's 4th grade made this word cloud to highlight digital learning and digital citizenship.  You can make your own by visiting http://www.tagxedo.com

First Grade Illustrators

In first grade we are learning a new way to be authors and illustrators.  We are learning about topic sentences, details, and closings to improve our writing. Today we used Paint on the computer to create an illustration of a spider. We are going to use our spider we created to publish a writing piece to display in our hallway. We are so excited to learn about new ways we can use technology to make learning exciting and fun!

Check the Symbaloo Mix for a link to Stride Academy!

Hey students! I have updated the symbaloo mix at the bottom of this page to include STRIDE Academy! I don't know about you all but I am in <3 with Stride Academy. 

How to make a Healthy Snack by 2nd Grade

The 2nd grade students will write a how to paragraph on their favorite healthy snack. The students will use the computers to produce a hard copy. Then, the students will use the ipads to persuade fellow classmates to try their healthy snack.

Mrs. Hibbs' class has worked on a weather PBL that included conducting several WebQuests.  These WebQuests allowed the students to take virtual field trips through hurricanes and tornadoes, as well as other weather phenomena.  The students send messages via Edmodo, where they also take quizzes and can link to other sites.  Coming soon is Mrs. Hibbs' class website where the students will be able to link directly to specific WebQuests and other websites that provide additional information on topics that we are currently studying.  Next week we will begin a new WebQuest to learn more about force and motion.  The students will sum up their experience by designing their own roller coasters!
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=187920