Project Lead the Way: The Three Little Pigs Engineering Challenge

Our #threelittlepigs #engineeringchallenge houses! @pltworg The Big Bad Wolf will try to blow them over next week. pic.twitter.com/puEK3Wk4yl

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) March 6, 2015

1 Fish, 2 Fish Addition

Today we used goldfish crackers to practice addition on these fish mats.  Most of the kids did a great job of using the fish as manipulatives to help them figure out the addition problems.  Several of the kids didn't need to use the fish at all!  Great job!

Felt Board App

We have used this cool Feltboard app to build words (CVC words and sight words) and then post onto our Kidblog.  Today I also gave the kids time to play with the app, using its features to create scenes and then write sentences or stories on their Kidblogs.  What a fun app!

Dr. Seuss Games

To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and Read Across America, we will be learning about Dr. Seuss and reading many of his stories over the next couple of weeks.  Technology Rocks.  Seriously.  has collected many awesome Dr. Seuss games in one place, and the kindergartners had fun checking this site out today!  You can also visit Seussville.com for Dr. Seuss info and activities.  Click the image to be taken to the site.

New App!

Today we used a new fun app to practice literacy skills.  The kindergartners loved using this Bugsy Reads app.  It is $2.99 in the iTunes App store.

Project Lead the Way Family Night!

Thanks to everyone who joined us!

Another slideshow design by Smilebox

#PLTWproud

Wahoo!  We have been using Twitter to share our Project Lead the Way thoughts and ideas.  We got this Tweet from @PLTWorg today and I wanted to share!  So proud of the kindergartners!

Student of the Month

#studentofthemonth pic.twitter.com/3odLA1TjQ9

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) February 25, 2015

Star of the Week

#staroftheweek pic.twitter.com/xrJpitkI4j

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) February 25, 2015

What is an Engineer?

After finishing our Jack and the Beanstalk activity for Project Lead the Way, I asked the kids today "What is an engineer?"  I absolutely loved their responses!  You can see all of them on Twitter @MrsPiltzK

We also used a fun new app, Chatterpix Kids, to record our ideas and post to our Kidblogs.  Please take the time to check them out - they really turned out great!

What Would You Keep Inside Abraham Lincoln's Hat?

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Jack and the Beanstalk Engineering Fun

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, I Smell Engineering Fun! from Traci Piltz on Vimeo.

Star of the Week

#staroftheweek pic.twitter.com/bTWrMsPSye

— Mrs.Piltz' Kinders (@MrsPiltzK) February 18, 2015

Jack and the Beanstalk Design Process

Today we continued our discussion of the Project Lead the Way Design Process as related to our Jack and the Beanstalk engineering challenge.  We discussed the process and added some photos to a paper beanstalk we made in our classroom. They did a great job!

New App!

This app is FREE for a limited time.  Very fun handwriting app allows kids to practice writing their letters, numbers, names and some words!