Mrs. Poulin's Blog » Videos http://poulingail.edublogs.org Kindergarten website with access to newsletters, videos, slideshows, and links Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:37:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 News October 2, 2009 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/674 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/674#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:00:33 +0000 poulingail http://poulingail.edublogs.org/?p=674 kindergarten-borderHere’s a link to this week’s newsletter.

News October 2, 2009

We also enjoyed this site this week. It is a video from Oprah with very lively audience partition to go along with it. It was posted on Facebook so you may need to login yourself or through a friend.

Black Eyed Peas on Oprah

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Here is a link to this week’s newsletter.

News September 25, 2009

Some of the newsletter pictures are in fact videos. Let’s take a look!

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We love to go out for recess and the weather has been splendid! Many children head for the swings as soon as they arrive on the playground. It reminds me of a poem we will illustrate come springtime by R L Stevenson, The Swing.

The Swing

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

Up in the air
and over the wall
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

Here’s a link to this week’s newsletter :

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The following video was taken after these girls asked me to make a movie of them. They had been exploring the shells and sorting them in a number of different ways. Since language skills are a big focus in kindergarten, I am always happy to put their skills to work by formulating their thoughts and ideas into a story.

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]]> http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/601/feed 0 Our Reflections On Kindergarten http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/413 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/413#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:26:45 +0000 poulingail http://poulingail.edublogs.org/?p=413 I asked the children to brainstorm with me about some of the things we have learned this year. This VoiceThread is a sample of just a few of those things. Feel free to add your own comments with the links at the bottom of each picture. You can do this either by webcam, audio only, text, or telephone.

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Each day starts with the children taking out their writing folders, perusing their in-progress work and deciding just what they need to do next. I ask each child in turn to report what they need to do for the session – write, illustrate, edit, read to an adult, or read to the class. I put their name on the white board chart under the required task.

The following video shows the final part of a project and it highlights the work of two typical students. Writers Workshop will continue in much the same fashion through grades one and two. Every child is unique in the lessons they need to work on each day. For some, it’s composing an interesting story. For others, it’s breaking the words into parts and then individual sounds and finally letters. Everyone is a better writer because of this daily practice.
Click on the green arrowed box for a larger picture.

]]> http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/408/feed 1 News June 12, 2009 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/406 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/406#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:34:26 +0000 poulingail http://poulingail.edublogs.org/?p=406 The slideshow/video below will show you the students with our ducklings. At the very end of the show is a short clip of one hatching experience. It is awesome! If you click on the arrowed box below John’s picture you will have a larger screen for viewing.

Here is a link to this week’s newsletter.

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]]> http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/406/feed 1 Kindergarten Science – Simple Machines! http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/383 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/383#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:19:04 +0000 poulingail http://poulingail.edublogs.org/?p=383 For the past couple of weeks, we have been studying and exploring Simple Machines. The key concepts I want the children to know and understand are:

  • machines are all around us
  • machines make work easier
  • levers, inclined planes, and wedges are examples of simple machines

We have used Discovery Education and its United Streaming videos as part of our learning adventure. Here are  some clips of the children creating these simple machines. They declared it to be a really Fun Friday!

]]> http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/383/feed 0 Kindergarten Science – Vernal Pool In March http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/372 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/372#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:08:15 +0000 poulingail http://poulingail.edublogs.org/?p=372 We made our first trip to the vernal pool this week. We were prohibited from visiting it in the fall due to concerns about a possible outbreak of the West Nile Virus in our area. The children were very excited about this impromptu trip and voiced much excitement and misinformation, as well as anxiety about what our trip would involve. Will we be taking a bus? Will there be bears in the woods? Here is a class picture taken by the biggest tree in the pool area.

March 2009

From beginning to end, I recorded some of the happenings and thinking going on. Here is a link to the video prepared after all was said and done. It is another wonderful example of Kindergarten science in action. A side benefit to this experience is the developing language skills of the students. More and more are asking to participate in sharing their thoughts and observations.
Click on the Google Video logo and choose full screen for a bigger image.

]]> http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/372/feed 1 Computers In Kindergarten http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/374 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/374#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:23:09 +0000 poulingail http://poulingail.edublogs.org/?p=374 This week, our class used Mac laptops alone for the very first time. We explored the installed software StoryBook Deluxe. While there were a number of questions, the children seemed more than happy to click away. When they really got stumped with an error type message, they called for help. The friends at their table were also happy to jump up and show them how they could do something cool. As for Mrs. Piper and I, we were more than happy with the end result. I have signed up for the cart again this Friday afternoon for the short time we have during rest. It is reserved for big blocks of time for much of April already. We will try to steal a bit of time whenever possible. Here is a short video of some of the students as they try to explain what they are doing. Once again, I emphasize the importance of developing good language skills. Explaining their own processing requires higher level thinking skills. Great stuff from some great kids!!!
Click on the Google Video logo and choose full screen for a bigger image.

]]> http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/374/feed 0 Kindergarten Science – Plants! http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/348 http://poulingail.edublogs.org/archives/348#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:49:09 +0000 poulingail http://poulingail.edublogs.org/?p=348 Kindergarten students examine plants with magnifying glasses and talk/write about what they have seen and thought.

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