Select a Room button to enter!
Then, let the Daily Agenda on the Whiteboard guide you to the FUN!
A Great Place to Start
The Scribble Room is a great place to begin the year. A story from the Little Spots helps students get comfortable with their new peers.
Visit the Cow Art to listen to songs about your favorite color. Print the lyrics, under the record, and sing along.
Then find the freebie under the printer and grab your playdough to mix secondary colors.
Later, use Library Mouse and have students illustrate their own foldable book.
TRY IT!
CLICK the button, EXPAND the room, CLICK the clipart!
"Use my Rooms as centers, or to balance one-on-one instruction time."
Inside the Room
Daily Agenda: A Picture-Perfect Guide
This digital classroom utilizes a user-friendly system of clip art icons to guide students through their daily agenda. Icons displayed left to right, make it easy for students to follow the planned activities.
Connect similar icons ( i.e. star, lightning bolt ) to pair the lesson with the activity.
Offline Activities Online Support:
Printables: Look for the printer icon! It signals an engaging offline activity you can complete with the help of a paired instructional video.
Growth Mindset
Watch the play button on the whiteboard to explore ClassDojo's video library focused on character development.
Interactive Art:
The classroom walls come alive with interactive art lessons! Students can explore these activities independently and at their own pace.
A Fun and Engaging Learning Environment
This digital classroom offers a variety of interactive resources to support students in all areas of literacy and beyond!
Building Strong Readers:
Belly Boy: Explore a world of picture books with read-along options, perfect for developing reading fluency.
Library Mouse: Dive deeper into a captivating book series with engaging activities connected to Library Mouse.
Grammar Champions:
Wonder Wendy & Couch Potato Kid: Reinforce grammar skills and the joy of learning through interactive exercises and targeted writing revisions.
Creative Writers:
Mouse Books: Unleash creativity with year-long journaling opportunities. Students can write and share their "Mouse Books" with loved ones.
Journaling Journey:
Book Creator: Extend the journaling experience by seamlessly connecting notebook entries to a digital platform.
Sing Along & Learn:
Moving Microphone & Printable Lyrics: Enjoy a library of engaging songs! Print lyrics with a click to promote active participation.
Interactive Math & Science:
PhET Computer: Explore real-world science concepts and cause-and-effect relationships through engaging simulations.
XtraMath Practice: Master math skills with this free, family-friendly program (MUST DO before MAY DO activities).
Project-Based Learning:
Plant Activity & Microscope Videos: Challenge your mind with hands-on projects. Dive deeper into science concepts with informative microscope videos.
Blue Journal & Garden Project: Embark on a year-long garden project! This program fosters observation, research, and documentation using Book Creator (an external app).
Teacher's Note: This project requires guidance to ensure vocabulary development and scientific understanding. Pre-planned resources include essential questions, research prompts, and observation logs. Please encourage students to reflect on their discoveries in a science journal.
Secondary Student Learning: Hone critical thinking skills by navigating the platform to find information – a valuable skill for supervised web exploration.
Research Powerhouse:
getEpic!: Supercharge research with getEpic!, a digital library with curated collections. Teachers can assign books and students can easily access relevant content across subjects. (getEpic! is a fee-based resource, not affiliated with Edtechfarmgirl.)
Weekly Reflections:
The Mirror: Cultivate self-awareness through weekly reflections in an independent journal. Please encourage students to document their learning, thoughts, and feelings about different subjects and activities. Remember to date each entry for easy reference.
Exit Ticket Option: Reflections can serve as daily exit tickets for inquiry lessons. Prompt students to use new vocabulary in these reflections. Younger students can use drawings or simple sentences to showcase their understanding.
This engaging digital classroom empowers students to become confident readers, effective writers, and critical thinkers!
One-stop FUN! Just click!
Additional Tips for using the classroom
Set clear expectations. Make sure students know what they are supposed to be doing when they are using the website.
Provide regular feedback. Check-in with students regularly to see how they are doing and provide feedback on their work.
Vary the activities. Keep students engaged by providing a variety of activities to choose from, during inquiry lessons.
Journal always! Encourage the use of paper and pencil!
HAVE FUN! The clickable classroom should be a fun and engaging learning experience for students to enjoy!
The classroom pdf is not meant to replace curriculum but to manage engagement while you balance the teaching of individual learning concepts. We strongly encourage students to connect the lessons in the platform to paper and pencil to ensure understanding and promote practice.