Showing posts with label Deb Dressler. Show all posts
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Friday, June 22, 2018

Day 178 - Summer Literacy and Math Activities - Principal Dressler - Memorial School


Besides visiting the library and reading books, websites, apps, and games are great ways to reinforce literacy skills over the summer!


Websites
The following is a list of websites with interactive literacy and thinking activities
for children of all ages.
https:// www.iready.com (until Aug. 15th)


Apps
This list of suggested free apps that will have children practicing their reading,
memory, and thinking and reasoning skills…
Trivia Crack MeeGenius
Chicktionary Learn with Homer
Heads Up The Opposites
Tikatok StorySpark Professor Garfield Fact or Opinion
One-minute reader (small fee)

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Board Games
Fun for the whole family!
Spot It! (any version) I Have (Play ‘n Learn System) Blurt
Respond! Word Game WordTeasers (Small Fry) Boggle
Hedbandz Memory (any version) Last Word
Morphology Jr. Scrabble (any version) Apples to Apples
Pairs in Pears Guess Who (any version) Hangman
Don’t Say It Rory’s Story Cubes Taboo for Kids BuzzWord Jr. American Trivia Family Edition
Freeze Up
Smart Mouth Wild Guess Chase Guesstures



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Children need to develop prerequisite skills* that are non-mathematical which helps develop mathematical concepts. The summertime is the perfect time to develop these skills. When children play with games and toys, they are naturally engaged in learning many of these prerequisite skills and eventually these skills will transfer to academic settings in the area of Mathematics and Science.

So...take some time out this summer and play a game with your child!

*The prerequisite skills are:
     
  • sequencing
  • spatial orientation/ space organization
  • pattern recognition
  • visualization
  • estimation
  • deductive thinking and inductive thinking
General guideline for choosing good games:
  1. Games should be based on strategy
  2. Games should last 10 to 15 minutes
  3. Games should have 1 or more than 1 prerequisite skills

Sample Games
  • Simon
  • Cribbage
  • Concentration
  • Rummikub
  • Guess Who
  • Blokus
  • Set
  • Mastermind
  • Yahtzee
  • Mancala
  • Legos
  • Battleship
  • Chess
  • Checkers
  • Othello
  • Chinese Checkers
  • Jigsaw Puzzles
  • Number war Games
  • Card Games
  • Stratego
  • Quarto
  • Qubic
  • Krypto
  • Shut the Box
  • Connect Four
  • Rush Hour
  • Adapted from Mahesh Sharma: Mathematics for All: Center for Teaching  www.mathematicsforall.org
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    Tuesday, February 13, 2018

    Day 101 - Maker Space in Memorial School - Principal Dressler


    Our School Library Media specialist, Mrs. Cathi Myer and 
    Library Assistant teacher, Mrs. Laura Prince have created
    a highly engaging maker space. 

    Mrs. Kippenberger's third-graders had a great time investigating the stations.

    Learning about safe search engines online
    Using Osmos to create tangrams 
    Building bridges with legos
    Creating objects and structures with cardboard and plastic screws
    Practicing how to find books in the library all by themselves

    Thanks for making learning fun at Memorial School!









    Tuesday, January 30, 2018

    Day 91 - Things I Love About Memorial School - Principal Dressler - Memorial School


    Snowmen decorate the front doors of Memorial School!

    Each winter, all the students share a reason why they love being a part of our wonderful school.

    Please stop by and check it out!













    Monday, December 4, 2017

    Day 59 - Fourth Grade Immigration Presentation - Principal Dressler - Memorial School

    This post originally appeared on Principal Dressler's Blog 


    Students in Mrs. Harlow's fourth-grade classroom recently presented their
    Immigration projects. 
    Interviewing Memorial students to learn about their recent family immigration stories.

    We learned about Uganda, Brazil, Ireland, Indian and China!







    Wednesday, September 13, 2017

    Day 7 - First day of Kindergarten! - Principal Dressler - Memorial School


    Rest easy...all of our terrific Kindergartners found their teachers
    and had a wonderful first day!

    Thank you, Dr. Conti for stopping by and giving high fives!