Kindergarten Animals Research

Screen Shot 2016-06-21 at 9.02.37 PMStudents in Rooms 101 and 104 spent the last few weeks of school researching some of their favorite animals.

Students used iPads independently to access and utilize PebbleGo Animals (a K-3 online database) for their research.  Collecting a minimum of five facts, creating scientific drawings for their covers, practicing their reading 10x and then using Book Creator to Publish their work was a labor of love but one that we are happy to share with you!  Enjoy.

104 – Ms. Stone

Crabs Sea Otters Blue Jay
Manatee Iguanodon Wolves
Cats Birds Triceratops
Lions Turtles Antelope
Velociraptor Tarantula Crocodile
Turtles Squid Pet Rabbits
Frogs Wolves Turtles

101 – Ms. Richards

Penguins Blue Jays Hummingbirds
Siamese Cats Meerkats Cougars
Ladybugs Sea Otters Alligators
Meerkats Falcons Clown Fish
Cats T Rex Cobras
Silkworms Wolves Crocodiles
Blue Jays Snails Cougars
Clown Fish

Endangered Animals

For a culminating Endangeredproject this year, students in room 103 were inspired, by Earth Day, to learn more about endangered animals and to share their new knowledge in the hopes of educating others about the importance of all animals in our world.

Students used iPads independently to access and utilize PebbleGo Animals (a K-3 online database) for their research.  Collecting a minimum of five facts, creating scientific drawings for their covers, practicing their reading 10x and then using Book Creator to Publish their work was a labor of love but one that we are happy to share with you!  Enjoy.

Wolves
James and Owen
Arctic Foxes
Ethan and Louise
Eagles
Nick and Szaba
Beluga Whales
Cassie
Cheetahs
Cameron
Dolphins
Rosie and Quinn
Platypuses
Braeden and Rayan
Mooses
Corinne and Liam
Orca Whales
Lieke and Tiffany
Polar Bears
Rowan and Koh
African Elephants
Lucy
 

iPads in the Library

In January we are using our time together in the library to introduce and practice the use of a PED (Personal Electronic Device) as a tool while at school.  In particular, we are fortunate enough to have a full class set of iPads available to us.

All  DBE students, K-5, agree to the following:

I will only use the iPad for its
intended purpose.
And if I don’t,
I will not use the iPad.

While the use of technology to enhance, enrich and support our work as students is vital to our continued growth as 21st century digitial citizens, is indeed a growing necessity, it still stands that the use of the iPads at DBE is a privilege and not a right.  The agreement above, coupled with our conversations in class prior to using the iPads illustrates how our use of PEDs at home is often guided by different principles that our use of PEDs at school. We draw the line between home/entertainment and school/education.

Each grade level is using the iPads in different ways to practice our in school protocols and procedures.  Every students is assigned an iPad color and number that will be their iPad for the remainder of the school year.  This helps to streamline distribution and collection as well as follow up with a user when an iPad has any issues regarding condition or content.

Our 4/5s have been using the iPads for some time now while our K-3s are using this time to acclimate themselves to a library that offers them access to iPads as a resource.

If you have questions or concerns about student use of iPads at DBE, please feel free to contact me:  rlwynkoop@seattleschools.org.