iPad Math Class

We spent time in class working with division on iPads, which allowed the students to teach lessons using a variety of strategies. We were using an application (that is available on the web as well) called Educreations. This application (and site) is great (and free!) to use as a virtual whiteboard with a twist! It records what you write and say to create short videos that can be saved and watched again. It is a great resource for students to practice new art skills, work with spelling words, or review vocabulary by creating visual associations (science, history, or geography). Here is a short video of our project.

Student Blogger

This week we learned about the battle at Thermopylae during history.We learned that a trader told Xerxes how to attacked Greece, but Xerxes failed to capture Greece.

9-1 Musician

We are fortunate to have many hard working musicians in the Ninth Age. One recently performed a beautiful piece, which we able to watch online today as a class. Here is the video if you would like to have a sneak peek into his performance! 

Chinese Acrobat Assembly

In celebration of the Chinese New Year, we had special visitors today. The entire lower school joined to watch  the talented acrobats perform some incredible acts! Take a moment to look at the video to get a sneak peek into the assembly.

9-1 Squash Student

One of our classmates joined in to help Calvert's middle school squash team in their match today. He played beautifully and demonstrated superb sportsmanship. 

Great job!!

Math Fact Review

To stay fresh on your division facts, it is important to review them regularly. Feel free to use the Math Connects website for extra review. My math students enjoy using "Scrambled Egg City" to practice their division facts. There are division fact practices from Chapter 6, lesson 4 through Chapter 7, lesson 5. There are also additional practice problems  in the "fact dash" and "personal tutor" sections. Happy reviewing!

Physical Education Class

Today the boys had a terrific time during P.E. playing "Pillow Polo". Here is a sneak peek into their game!

Martin Luther King Assembly

Dressed in our football attire, we joined together today in the middle school gym for our Martin Luther King assembly.

The assembly began with a wonderful presentation by one of the members of the 8th grade class, and concluded with a beautiful song lead by staff and faculty members of the Calvert community.

Here is a peek into our inspiring morning. 

The Egypt Game

We are continuing through The Egypt Game in reading class. The main characters have been working with their own secret hieroglyphic writing, so we spent time in class today creating one of our own. We then wrote messages as if we were characters in the story.

Terrific Job!

Dr. King Web Research

We will begin our research this week for our Dr. King Wordle project and for our MLK compositions. Below is the Pearl Trees that I created to organize the websites we would be using.
(If the pearltree is slow to load, please refresh your browser, and double-check that you have enabled pop-ups. This has occasionally been a problem on firefox.)

Division in Math Class

We began working with division in math class today. The students spent time with manipulatives to gain a better understand how how and why division works!

Glogster Creations

Below are the links to our Glogster creations! Due to the large format of the Glogs, I could not embed them directly into this post, but please take a moment to click on the links to view the student's hard work!

C and E's Egypt Game Glogster

G and T's Egypt Game Glogster

E, J, and A's Egypt Game Glogster

T and H's Egypt Game Glogster

C and J's Egypt Game Glogster

B and I The Egypt Game Glogster

Wordle Practice

This week we spent time exploring Wordle together. The students were allowed to create Wordles on any topic this week. Next week, we will be completing internet research to prepare us for our MLK compositions. At the end of the week, we will be creating Wordles about Martin Luther King, Jr. Check back next week to view those creations!

Glogster Creation

Our reading group spent two days creating "Glogs" on Glogster Edu with partners this week. The partners decided which characters or setting they wanted to depict, and selected appropriate backgrounds, images, graphics, and text boxes. We will be sharing the "Glogs" on Monday in class, so check back next week to view their hard work. Terrific job, everyone!

Student Blogger

Below is our newest student blogger's post.

Snow is everywhere at Calvert School! We have had three snowfalls during the first day of Calvert in 2012! It was very exciting to see the flurries falling from the sky on a beautiful January day.

I hope to see more snow in the next few days!

Math Fact Practice

Tonight our math class will be practicing their multiplication facts. Not only will it help with multiplication, but it will help us when we begin division next week!

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathsmulti.html

Holiday Celebrations

We had a wonderful start to the holiday season with several different activities at school.

I hope that everyone has enjoyed their holiday vacation and are excited to get back to school on Tuesday!

Math Class Activities

These Ninth Age math students have spent time working with their math facts in a variety of ways. Great job, mathematicians!