[Tech Highlights] State Testing and STEM Integration – Week 24

CN Area Elementary Teaching Team:

Week 24 (February 15 - 19)

Weekly Giggles:               What musical instrument is found in the bathroom?
                                          A tuba toothpaste.

ELPAC & State Assessment. For children who have personal devices, families will need to head here in order to download the Secure Browser in order to test. Feel free to share this with parents in your weekly newsletters. Again, this is for personal devices only. For personal Chromebooks…this will not work. Children would need to use a CUSD device if they have a personal Chromebook.

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State Student ID. We cannot email State ID information to students. Here is a video that helps families discover their child’s SSID. VIDEO LINK

STEM Integration. Want to bring more STEM into your classroom? HERE’s A LINK to a growing document where I drop in artifacts. Feel free to use this video content or text-rich content for classroom purposes. You can use this in math, engineering, science, computer programming, art, creative writing, opinion writing, or reading. Explore vocabulary, writing strategies, and communication strategies using these items. When possible, I try to make kid-friendly versions of the original links so it’s easier to share in Google Classroom—and so the language is easier to explore from a child’s perspective.

3D Printed Houses. It sounds like a Si-Fi movie, right? Nope. It’s for real. In New York, there is a house for sale that was constructed using a 3D Printer. Real house. Cement walls. VIDEO LINK HERE. Any budding engineers in your room? This would be a great journal topic, classroom discussion, or quick write. Or tun it into a math discussion: perimeter, size, estimate, time, area, cost per square foot.

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Kindly,
Melissa Culver