I’m looking forward to sharing a presentation today for Global Maker Day 2016. The title of my presentation is “iPads in Maker Studio.” The description is: Learn how our third and fourth grade students use their iPads in our maker studio to document their learning and share both inside and outside our classroom. See how … Continue reading iPads in Maker Studio: Global Maker Day 2016
Today was the first day of “Maker Studio” for my 3rd and 4th graders. Over the Christmas holidays my husband and I setup five different stations for them to experience, in an empty room in the church next to our school. “Getting Started with Maker Studio” (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer Before going over to our Maker … Continue reading Introducing Circuits and Electricity in Maker Studio
On Friday, January 17, 2020, we had our second “Immersion Day” at Casady School. In our Lower Division (grades 1-4) we focused on “Inventions” and used the resources from the Invention Convention Worldwide website to provide students with a variety of opportunities to explore what makes something an “invention,” learn about invention history, and meet … Continue reading Invention Immersion day
This past Saturday, I had an opportunity to share my passion for helping students love learning with the “Classroom 2.0 Live” Community. The hour long recording is available on YouTube. It is a big challenge to balance building relationships with my students, providing engaging learning lessons, and effectively using technology to showcase our learning. Building relationships … Continue reading Helping My Students Love Learning
Thursday of last week was the first day of school for my third and fourth grade students at Positive Tomorrows. This is my fourth year back in the classroom after working about 7 years in preschool ministries at our churches in Texas and Oklahoma, but 30 years since I graduated from college and starting teaching elementary school … Continue reading The First Weeks of School
Shelly Fryer enjoys presenting keynotes, workshops and breakout sessions at educational conferences. As a 3rd and 4th grade classroom teacher, she has the most availability to present at conferences during the summer, but also has limited availability during the academic year. A list of past and upcoming presentations by Shelly is available on her classroom website. Learn … Continue reading Speaking
There are many ways to measure our success as teachers. In public schools today, some argue teachers should be measured by the test scores of their students. Others look at the “A-F Grades” assigned by our state to individual schools to measure success. Still others look at things like ACT scores and college acceptance rates. … Continue reading Why My Students Love School
We had a great first couple of days at school. I had 12 students on Thursday and 15 on Friday. We spent the first two days enjoying our classroom and getting to know each others’ names. Some of the students’ favorite things to do were Maker’s Studio, DEAR time, and playing name games. by shellyfryer … Continue reading Our First Two Weeks of School
We have been having a great time in our Makers Studio time learning about electricity. Several of my students have really learned about circuits by using the LittleBits to create their own machines. Kevin and Heaven made this automated Hand to wave to all of their friends. I’m amazed at how quickly they have figured … Continue reading Getting Started with LittleBits
Creating family traditions for the students in my class is an exciting and important activity during the holidays. For the second year we have studied and learned about the history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade with the books “Balloons Over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet and “Milly and the Macy’s Parade” by Shana Corey and Brett … Continue reading Creating Family Thanksgiving Traditions