Weekly Tech-y News March 27th-31st

 

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Weekly Tech-y News: Feb 17th-21st

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Epic Changes to Epic!

If you aren't yet using Epic! with your K-6 students, you should run, don't walk, to your computer and visit getepic.com to sign up for a FREE (that's right, I said "free!") educator account!  Epic! provides kids with an amazing library of books, featuring both narrative and informative texts, and for those of you who haven't discovered yet ... 

Intervention Ideas from iTeach with iPads Blog

I absolutely love this teacher's blog!  She is an Apple Distinguished Educator, teaching kindergarten in a 1:1 iPad classroom.  She has such wonderful ideas, and her blog posts are filled with nuggets of wisdom and examples.  I find them to be incredibly helpful.

Her latest post seemed timely, as many classrooms I have visited in BPS are feeling inundated with assessments.  AHHHH!  She talks here about feeling those same pressures, and some strategies she is using to support struggling readers in her classroom.

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Free Book from Borders!

Borders double dog dares your child to read 10 books this summer. If she does, she'll get a FREE book from Borders! Go to the Double Dog Dare page of Borders' website to download the form. Happy reading!

Book Club Online

You can now order books from the Scholastic book clubs flyer online using your credit card! To order online, go to the Scholastic website. Our class' username is: MrsPiltzK and our password is: DrSeuss.

By ordering online, it is faster and more convenient for you, and our class earns free books for every order placed online by a parent!

The May book club flyer is available to order from now. Book club orders are due by April 14th.