The world of virtual reality

Professional development can be tedious at times but today I absolutely loved it! Virtual reality was the topic and how we can use it for education. I have officially learned how to use them and it won't be long and I will have a borrowed set in my classroom. Sure some things VR are just for fun but making connections is a teachers best quality! 

I explored some museums and historical landmarks. I went sky diving and rode a roller coaster. I even created a three-d world with buildings and people and even animals. The app bubbli can even paint your world into a 360 image to share with your family and friends. I can't wait to make my lesson plan and get started. I have chosen an expedition about the bridges of Great Britain. Currently I am teaching a new stem unit about engineering and building bridges so this expedition will fit into it perfectly. Unfortunately I probably won't get it in the next four weeks while we teach it. I truly enjoyed exploring VR today! 

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New year challenges! Using gimme 5! 95% begins!

Sometimes just being challenged to do something can get you going. A. J. Juliani challenged others to write everyday and blog more this year. I accepted the challenge and so here I am! (#30daysblogging)

This post is about an attention grabber called give me 5. 

The first day back from break I started re-teaching classroom expectations by reminding student what give me five looks like when sitting on the floor. We talked about each finger and what they mean-  

pinky= eyes

Ring = ears

Middle= mouth

Index= hands

Thumb = feet

Tomorrow we will talk about at seat expectations, especially working time and how to ask for help.

Academically we started 95% this week with closed syllables. I just have to make sure it takes only 10 minutes and doesn't take too much math time. All of the words are fake words and that always confuses the kids at first because it is like you are teaching a foreign language to them. 

Update on how my results were on 95%: 

I had about 60% passing scores after teaching it for three days. Not too bad! I wanted 80%, but it is just a beginning and it was the first week back from break. 

I will let you know what next week brings! Have a great one!