All students will have complete access to the following educational platforms in my classroom:
Because it is delivered over the Internet, Reading A-Z is a constantly changing program. Each month, Reading A-Z adds new books, lesson plans, and other resources, thus continually expanding its wealth of materials.The website has more than 2,500 downloadable books (including English, Spanish, and French versions) and thousands of teaching and learning materials.
Because it is delivered over the Internet, Reading A-Z is a constantly changing program. Each month, Reading A-Z adds new books, lesson plans, and other resources, thus continually expanding its wealth of materials.The website has more than 2,500 downloadable books (including English, Spanish, and French versions) and thousands of teaching and learning materials.
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. IXL gives you unlimited access to math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish skills. It includes dynamic and interactive questions that adjust to your child’s level as well as powerful tools that promote learning, including IXL’s Real-Time Diagnostic, Recommendations, and Analytics.
IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner. IXL gives you unlimited access to math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish skills. It includes dynamic and interactive questions that adjust to your child’s level as well as powerful tools that promote learning, including IXL’s Real-Time Diagnostic, Recommendations, and Analytics.
On the Starfall website and in Starfall classrooms, children have fun while learning in an environment of collaboration, wonderment, and play. We teach through positive reinforcement to ensure children become confident, intrinsically motivated, and successful at reading.
On the Starfall website and in Starfall classrooms, children have fun while learning in an environment of collaboration, wonderment, and play. We teach through positive reinforcement to ensure children become confident, intrinsically motivated, and successful at reading.
A game based learning tool used for all subjects. Boom cards have the look and feel of a game while each child is learning a specific skill. They come to life on iPhone and iPad. Students can enjoy the same self-grading, gamified experience of their classroom while on the road or at home.
A game based learning tool used for all subjects. Boom cards have the look and feel of a game while each child is learning a specific skill. They come to life on iPhone and iPad. Students can enjoy the same self-grading, gamified experience of their classroom while on the road or at home.
Nurture each child’s passion, curiosity, optimism, and educational success.
Nurture each child’s passion, curiosity, optimism, and educational success.
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computing, history and more. We focus on skill mastery to help learners establish strong foundations, so there’s no limit to what they can learn next!
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computing, history and more. We focus on skill mastery to help learners establish strong foundations, so there’s no limit to what they can learn next!
Classroom is a new tool in Google Apps for Education that helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and easily communicate with their classes. Classroom helps students organize their work in Google Drive, complete and turn it in, and communicate directly with their teachers and peers. Announcements and information regarding assignments and learning materials will be posted here.
Classroom is a new tool in Google Apps for Education that helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and easily communicate with their classes. Classroom helps students organize their work in Google Drive, complete and turn it in, and communicate directly with their teachers and peers. Announcements and information regarding assignments and learning materials will be posted here.
As I write this, I have a big smile on my face. I am remembering my days of volunteering in the classroom of Mr. Gregory Bertsch’s first grade class. I had retired from working as a secretary at our local middle school. Before that, I had spent 16 years at the elementary school where Mr. Bertsch worked. I told him that I had never spent time on the other side of the counter and that I wanted to see how it goes. My granddaughter was in his class so he asked if I wanted to come spend time in his room which I did. I was amazed at the culture of his room. He interacted so well with the students, always willing to review and not move on till what he was trying to teach them was accepted. He had taught the students the mottos of his class and what he expected from them. The students knew their schedule and exactly when it was time to transition to another subject.
Greg taught the students all about kindness ripples and when they sat in circle time to share or discuss, if one of the students commented on something in a good way, they do the signal for kindness ripples. I would go in each year around a holiday and do arts and crafts with the class. To this day, I still have samples of them all. Not only did I find a wonderful, caring and empathetic teacher, I found a great friend. I did this volunteer for at least 5 years and truly miss it and Mr. Bertsch.
I wish him and his new endeavor the utmost success. Anyone who has the pleasure of working with him or has a student working with him they are and will be blessed.
Kindness Ripples,
Mrs. Julie Markiewicz
