July and August have been super busy! Check out all of the back to school fun below!
I did four Google Certification bootcamps in July. All of the groups were great and excited to learn. This is a picture of our final group that was the largest.
I attended #GISDiCon in July. I volunteered at the Dot maker station to share the awesomeness of this robot. He is a coding robot that is so much fun!
I also presented at #GISDiCon with the topic of virtual visits. I shared our experiences with online author visits to a small, but cool group of educators.
I attended a session about GIFs and was amazed to learn that you can use them in so many different ways. I am excited to try out using GIFs in a Google Form.
I went to a session on Jamboard. It was aimed towards secondary, but I loved trying out the different features and the overview of how to use it.
The first week of August brought professional development for the librarians. Here is our motto for this year!
We were able to get a new rug with our Scholastic book fair bonus points.
I love these signs that the district is giving out for Google certifications! I had to renew both my level 1 and level 2 this summer.
Our coordinator challenged us to become Common Sense Educators so I checked that off the to-do list before the craziness begins.
The hallways had themes this year so I joined the kindergarten hallway in embracing the Candyland vibes for my bulletin board.
We read these books and discussed book care during the first visits to the library.
On the very first day of school, the specials team hung out together in the gym to welcome the students back with a fun game.
Makerspaces got off to a great start with kids collaborating.
These Hot Wheel sets are still one of the most popular things in our makerspace area.
Our fantastic #superspecials team! We were joined this year by our new principal Mrs. Bados and our new music teacher Mr. Kerr.
Kindergarteners have been doing a wonderful job checking out from the shelves!
We had four students complete their summer reading bingo cards. Here are a couple of the kids with their prizes!
I started working with a group of 5th graders on a novel study over The Lemonade War.
They created AVID one pagers over the first two chapters of the novel. I am so excited because we will have an actual lemonade stand after we finish reading the novel.
It is hard to believe that it is already September! I am ready for cooler temperatures...and for listen/lunch book clubs, Tynker coding clubs, and more!
