Thursday, September 27, 2012

Math Game: Dice are Nice

We are back at school and learning lots!  Here is one of our fun math games called "Dice are Nice". 

Materials:
gameboard
die
bingo chips or other markers (different for each player)

How to Play:
First player rolls and covers the matching number on the board
Second player rolls and covers the matching number on the board
Players continue taking turns until all of the squares are covered
The winner is the person with the most squares covered at the end
If all of the spaces for a number are covered, the player loses their turn. 

Variations:
Play to get 3 in a row

To print your gameboards, copy and paste the image below into a word processor.  Resize as necessary.

Monday, June 25, 2012

QR Codes explained

If you want to learn more about QR codes, the Grade 1s and Kindergartens watched this interesting video today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VsZDIoCfsc

Friday, June 22, 2012

More awesome reminder stickers!

We were excited to design more reusable bag reminder stickers today!  See our design below and feel free to download our PDF version from SkyDrive so you can print your own using Avery Labels #06499.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Reminder Stickers with QR Codes

This morning we started designing our reminder stickers to help people remember their reusable bags.  The stickers were one of the solutions the Grade 1s came up with when we found out from the RCMP officer that hanging things from our rearview mirror was not legal or safe.

We used the Avery website to design our stickers and students chose the colours, images and messages to include!  We followed the criteria that students had set for reminder tags and stickers.

While we were designing, I noticed that QR codes were an available option, so I explained to the students that QR codes were like barcodes that they have at the grocery store.  Everyone was very excited to include a QR code and the students decided it should link to Mrs. Caldwell and I's blog about the project. 

Please check out our reminder stickers and print yourself one or a whole sheet to share (we used removable Avery Labels # 06499).

You can download the PDF file of the stickers here.


Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Math Game: Pairings


We make our gameboards reusable by laminating them so we can use dry erase markers to play, then erase to use the board again and again!

Reminder tags

Our friends in Kindergarten at Oak Lake Community School did an investigation and found out that a lot of people at their Co-op were forgetting their reusable bags.  We decided that we could help by making reminders for people, so we have been busy designing and creating reminder tags.   Students came up with lots of great ideas and we can’t wait to get our reminders out into the community and world!  Below are 3 samples of our digital designs.  Please feel free to print one for yourself (maybe on recyclable paper) and help contribute to our goal of increasing reusable bag use!  We’d love it if you left us a comment telling us where you will put your reminder and if it helps :)



CDW Teaching with Technology Contest Winners!

We are the 2011 CDW Canada Teaching with Technology Video Contest Winners!  Check it out at:
http://www.teachingwithtechnology.ca/winners.php