Posts on two consecutive days...this is getting a bit crazy.
I just have to write a quick note about technology. I should be blogging about all the amazingness that is 1:1 iPads in Kindergarten, but I just don't have the energy or stamina to keep that up. I know there are other bloggers out there doing just that, so I'm gonna stick to something much more simple.
email
I have an email address for almost every child in my class and that made scheduling my spring conferences a whole lot easier.
I emailed my parent email list with a list of conference times and asked them to reply with their top two choices. We do student led conferences so I usually have 3-4 kids scheduled for each 30 minute time block. Within a few hours I have almost half of my class scheduled. I know I will need to make calls to a few parents (probably 3) but three calls sounds much less time consuming than 21.
I know that not all of the parents will get back to me, but I indicated in my email that I would just schedule the ones who didn't respond, so it is what it is.
It feels really nice to save time and be efficient.
And that is all I have to say for now. :0)
Teen Numbers
I am so excited!
I use a Teen Number song in my class that came from a youtube video by Harry Kindergarten. The song starts with the verse Come on everybody let's get this done, numbers in the teens they start with a 1. I love the song and so do the kids, but we focus a lot on the ten groups within teen numbers so I had to add an extra verse.
When I was viewing the video last week, I noticed that Harry was getting some negative comments on youtube because people think his song will confuse kids and won't help them learn the place value in teen numbers. I shared my second verse with him and he made a new video with it.
How awesome is that!
I don't actually sing it the way he does (just the first part was mine), but I actually like his version better. I can't wait to show it to my kiddos this week!
Here is the "second verse"
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