Social Media. That is what has been running through my mind the last week or so. I’ve been contemplating whether Intermediate students (ages 8 to 11 year olds) are ready for social media. I ...Read More
This week will be a “testy” week. The 3rd and 4th graders are scheduled to take the Math and Reading TAKS test on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the 5th graders will be taking the Science TAKS...Read More
In celebration of Earth Day April 22nd, the fourth and fifth graders have been interacting with the activities at the Environmental Education for Kids (EEK!) website to challenge them to think about h...Read More
The 4th grade classes have been researching people who contributed to Texas history. Each of the five classes drew one of twenty names to research. They searched the internet to find the date of birth...Read More
An exciting change happened to the computer lab over spring break. Using a wii remote I brought from home, an infrared light pen I purchased off the internet, and free software I downloaded from Johnn...Read More
Sixty-Seven!!! That is the number of doodles I received for the Doodle for Google contest that ended today. Each school that registered with Google was allowed to submit up to six doodles. The judges ...Read More
Finally, here are the videos of the 4th grade teams that won for the best summarization strategy presentation. All of the classes did an outstanding job of presenting their strategies, and it was very...Read More
I have registered White Oak Intermediate School to participate in Google’s contest to design a logo with the theme, “If I could do anything, I would…” The contest rules allow e...Read More
Through the hard work and direction of third grade teacher Stephanie Hunter, thirty-one third graders have completed and presented to the community their research on famous people by posing “in ...Read More