ALL: Think Through Math Goals Completed! 05/31/17

Congratulations to the students and teachers from these campuses who set and met their class goal in Think Through Math!!

Campus	Class/Teacher	Goal Completed
Frazier Elem	Perez, Taylor	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Vega	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Duron	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Payne	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Vega	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Duron	Papa John's Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Payne	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Stark	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Blevins	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Duron	Papa John's Party - $50
Laura Welch Bush Elem	Stark, Velez	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Aguirre	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Aguirre	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Martinez	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Martinez	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Aguirre	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Aguirre	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
Miller Intermediate	Mellen	Pizza Hut Party - $50
South Houston Elem	Barrera	Domino's Pizza Party - $50

ALL: Free Stuff To Do This Summer! 05/31/17

Enjoy budget-friendly sights for little or no cost!

Houston for Free

Houston on the Cheap - 95 Things to Do in Houston
(Summer 2017)

5 FREE Things To Do In Galveston, Texas

Free Admission to SeaWorld in San Antonio

For the rest of 2017 (not good for Aquatica)

Go to SeaWorld of San Antonio

Log In or create an account in Id.me

Fill out form (You can upload a screenshot of your SBEC teacher certificate as proof)

NOTE: 

You can get your teacher certificate verification at SBEC Online  

EL/MS/INT: Istation This Summer! 05/31/17

Students have access to Istation this summer and can log into it from home, from the public library, or any mobile device (except Kindle Fire). They can click on the Books/Libros tile in the Istation App to open up hundreds of books in English and Spanish (depending on the grade level).

So, encourage your students and their parents/guardians to read all summer with the books available in the Istation Application.

What do teachers need to do?

Turn off the password protection for the Books/Libros in Istation: Instructions for Campus Managers

Istation - Home Use (English)
Istation - Home Use (Spanish)

Download Istation

Enable the Parent Portal and access the parent letter using your Istation Account: Instructions

Contact any of these people for more information.

• Your campus ELAR Peer Facilitator
• ELAR Instructional Specialists
• Emily Bourgeois 

ALL: Web 2.0 Tools 05/31/17

Looking for some new Web tools to use with your students or to create more engaging presentations?
Need something to do over the summer vacation?

Try looking into some of these Web 2.0 tools.  You might find one that you want to use next year!
Disclaimer: I don't know much about these and some require the user to be a certain age and/or get parent permission to use.  Read the Terms of Use!

OurBoox
Ourboox.com - Simple platform for creating online eBooks.

Sample ebooks -
Eco Friendly Actions E-Book
The Restaurant
Mi Vida del Futuro

Terms of Service - You must be 18 years of age or older or have the permission of your parent or guardian to use the Site or the Services. In the event such use is made by minors in connection with school assignments, you can also have the permission of your school teacher and use the Site or the Services under his/her supervision.

Tolks
Tolks.io - Free siet to easily and visually put talks, conversations, stories and scenes online.

Requires logging in using Facebook or Twitter account.

Sample - Cyberbullying by Expert Eyes


Explania
explania.com - Watch hundreds of animated explanations, interactive tutorials and instructional videos, and feel free to embed them on your own web pages.

Sample animations - 
The Human Heart
Renewable Energy


Seesaw and Seesaw Plus (new)
web.seesaw.me - Elementary teacher looking for a way to engage your students using a variety of electronic devices (iPads, Kindle Fire, Chromebook, Android, Laptops, etc.)? If you haven't tried Seesaw yet.....don't miss out on an opportunity to learn about it this summer!  

See All The Features - Digital Portfolios for any Classroom

Seesaw Plus! - Now there's Seesaw Plus, with greater assessment capabilities for a relatively small price per year.

MS: Istation Spanish Updates 05/31/17

New updates to Istation Spanish for 4th and 5th grade!

Istation has added new content to its “World of Genres” within Lectura Avanzada (4th and 5th grade) with several new lessons and games available for students and teachers!

What’s new in Lectura Avanzada (4th and 5th grade)?

In March we introduced the “World of Genres” within Lectura Avanzada to teachers and students. As students explore the Past Land (Pasado), they will be exposed to four different genres now: Plays, Biographies and Autobiographies, Myths and Legends (new with May release), and Informative Articles (new with May release).

A typical lesson structure for students goes through these stages:

1. Intro to Lesson with visuals
2. Teach with audio and visuals
3. Guided Practice with short reads
4. Independent Practice and Quiz
5. Reteach with a new selection and game

Read about each stage in the lesson structure in more depth here.

Print out a colorful page of the May Spanish release here:

English version

Spanish version