Over the past several days, our classroom had a visitor from the North Pole. One of Santa's elves visited our classroom, and provided some very useful writing practice for the students. Each night, our elf, Buster, had some exciting adventures. When the students arrived, they were asked to write about what they think Buster did while he was alone at the school. They were asked to choose from one of three point of views, the POV of themselves, of Buster, or of Santa. Students then blogged their writing on our Buster Blog to share their writing with others! Be sure to check out some of their writing here: http://bustersadventure.edublogs.org
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I've always wanted to use Minecraft in the classroom. It's so popular with students, I wanted to tap into some of that excitement, and see if it would move into aspects of the curriculum. I decided to test it out with my 3rd graders Greek Mythology unit, and boy was I surprised by the results! Each student had to take a greek god, research their characteristics, symbols, and domains, and then create an area for them in our Minecraft world. Check out the results! |
Jason SmithJason Smith is the 3rd & 4th Grade Gifted Facilitator at Gould Elementary. Archives
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