"Old-School" Interactive Whiteboard

Today at Community Day, we transformed our interactive whiteboard into an old-school library tool: the flannel board.  Ruby and her mom cut figures and props from classic folktales out of felt squares.  They are going to sew a big piece of pale blue flannel onto the SmartBoard cover, turning it into a dual-purpose tool.  Our inspiration for the figures are Judy Sierra's 1987 Flannel Board Storytelling Book.  (Of course, the SmartBoard will still be used when we are in "digital mode").  Children will be using the flannel board to perform stories for their classmates.

Farm Animals and Figures from The Three Billy Goats Gruff

 

What does reading aloud mean to you?

Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illiterate.   

Imagine a world where everyone can read…

World Read Aloud Day will take place on March 6th

Please check back in to hear about what we're planning!

Using Skype to Learn about a Rural Community

American Gothic House

Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930
Art Institute of Chicago

Soon the second graders from Ms. Farkas and Mrs. Madigan's class will travel to Eldon, Iowa--by Skype--to meet second graders in Ms. Greiner's second grade class.  Eldon is home to the Gothic House featured in Grant Wood's famous painting American Gothic.  Both classes are developing questions to ask the other.  We're so excited!