Here is an interesting program that I have used in the past. It’s called Wordle and it takes all the words on the main page of this blog and creates them into the illustration below. The more frequently a word is used on the page, the bigger the word is displayed.

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!

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For several weeks we have shared a VoiceThread presentation of a child acting as the Star of the Week. The rotation for the Star is over but we have not celebrated each child with their own VoiceThread. So let us complete our reflections with the last student in the spotlight. This week we will hear a bit more about Our Buddy Ryan.

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