Here’s the bad news: Looks like we’ve got six more weeks of winter ahead of us.
Here’s the good news: Our wintry sentence was conveyed by a most charming messenger–Punxsutawney Phil, the nation’s most celebrated groundhog.
Here’s the even better news: We’ve got some Groundhog Day fun facts to help you celebrate this, one of the more obscure American/Canadian holidays, with your students. Here they are:
When students struggle to read, they struggle to succeed. Watch this short video to find out how Imagine Learning is changing that for students at Eisenhower School.
Last year we shared a Wordle based on the president’s State of the Union address, and I thought it would be fun to do so again this year.
Show this Wordle to your students to start a discussion about current civic issues. Based on the word cluster, what topics and issues were emphasized during the president’s speech? Is his administration focusing on the right things? What do your students think?
Wordle lets you create “word clouds,” or visual representations of text that give prominence to words that occur more frequently. If you don’t have an hour to spend watching the whole State of the Union address, you can get an idea of the main points pretty quickly by looking at the Wordle.
Did you watch the State of the Union address? If you missed it, it’s not too late– watch the speech here:
This year, instead of committing to 365 days of staying organized, responding to emails within 24 hours, or grading assignments within three days, try something that’s more likely to lead to success: simply commit to one goal for 30 days. It just might revolutionize your teaching. Here’s why:
Imagine Learning is excited to announce the release of Bookster 3.0, the latest and greatest version of our app for early readers. Here are a few of the great new features you’ll find in this latest version of Bookster:
New books for beginning readers: We’ve added two new books in Bookster 3.0. Not Mice! and What a Bike! bring the grand total of available books up to 11. And while the original 9 books were ideal for young children to read along with the narrator, these new books are specifically designed for beginning readers who are starting to read independently.
Unlimited recordings: Now you can save more than one Bookster recording. In fact, you can save as many as you’d like! Have your kids read the pages as many times as they want and pick their favorite takes, or save a version of mom or dad reading the book for the kids to listen to later.
Create your own movie: With Bookster 3.0, you can create and share your very own video of any book you choose. Your child can read the book and record his or her own voice, and then share the book by creating a movie and emailing the video file to friends and relatives.
Limited-time offer: These new features combine to make Bookster 3.0 the most powerful and exciting version of our app yet. And through the remainder of January, all Bookster books (with the exception of Moving and What if?, which are free) will be available for only 99 cents each. So if you’re still missing some books from your Bookster shelf, get them this week while they’re on sale!
If your school is using iPods or iPads, we’d love to have you try Bookster. If you don’t have mobile devices in the classroom, please download Bookster for your kids, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, etc. It’s a lot of fun!
We’d love to hear your feedback about Bookster 3.0. If there are ways we can improve this app to better help your struggling readers, English learners, early childhood students, or students with disabilities, let us know by leaving a comment below.
To download Bookster, look for it in the iTunes App Store or click here.
For more information about the app, click here.
