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Klipfel & Kids has entered the twitter world and boy did we start with a home run.  On Friday, we tweeted out our Red Sox beard picture and look what happened...

The official Boston Red Sox and 1st baseman, Mike Napoli, retweeted our picture!  We're taking this retweet as an official nomination by the Red Sox Organization as the Best Red Sox Nation Teacher and Class.

Not only will Klipfel & Kids be learning the twitter lingo but we will be using twitter as a way to tweet globally with authors, illustrators, other classrooms and maybe the occasional Boston sports team.  Please feel free to check us out on twitter: @missklipfel.

In other exciting news, Kate Messner, author of Marty McGuire posted a video answering questions from Global Read Aloud readers.  After skyping with our friends in Texas on Friday, we checked out Kate's videos and were shocked to hear her answer our question.

Check out Kate's Video here, our school name and class is mentioned in the first few minutes.  1st graders loved hearing Kate talk about revising and editing her work.  We revise and edit too, just like real authors!

iHeart iPads

Of course, 1st graders are LOVING the iPads! We have been using the iPads as digital learning tools for so many different learning opportunities.

First, we used it as a white board and practiced writing (with our finger-of course) different letters and numbers we've been learning.

Some other highlights were taking a picture to use as our background and writing our name using multi-colors. We even learned some iPad tricks which take just a little bit of Miss Klipfel magic.

1st graders also learned how to locate and sign into IXL all by themselves.  Now we're ready to explore some more apps!

Skype

We can officially say we have a friend in Texas, well twenty-one friends actually.  As part of the Global Read Aloud project, Klipfel & Kids virtually met another group of 1st graders in Texas.  

We had a wonderful experience skyping together.  First, we got to know about their school and classroom.  Students then shared predictions and asked comprehension questions about our shared story Marty McGuire.  We are all looking forward to another skype date soon.

Technology

I tell the boys and girls I don't just like the Smartboard, I LOVE the Smartboard!  The boys and girls are loving it too!  So far we have used the Smartboard for getting to know each other, practicing our letter formation, calendar work, writing, reading, math and the list goes on and on and on.


Adding money to our piggy bank during
morning calendar.

Practicing the letter "q" with the creative pen.

  Using the Smartboard for morning calendar.

Playing hang mouse on the Smartboard.
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We not only love our Smartboard but we really LOVE the iPads!!  Today we finally got them in our classroom!  First, we used it as a white board and practiced writing (with our finger-of course) different letters we've been learning.  Some other highlights were taking a picture and making it our background and writing our name using multi-colors. We even learned some iPad tricks which take just a little bit of Miss Klipfel magic.