Interactive 100 Chart from ABCya.com

Students in Mrs. Enoch's second grade class have been using an interactive version of a 100's chart from ABCya.com. Students in this class used the chart on their daily math problems and were also encouraged to use this resource on their final test. The chart opens and allows the user to manipulate the chart to solve problems. Students can also select their color options, include their name, and print if needed. While visiting their classroom I saw many students using both their fingers and the painting option to discover their answers to math problems. This is a great tool to help our visual learners understand math computation facts.

Click on the link below to start using an Interactive 100 Chart in your classroom today!
http://www.abcya.com/interactive_100_number_chart.htm

LifeSkills Students Using iPads

Not all students at Bon Air’s One-to-One Technology School have laptop computers!  The younger students in the Life Skills classes have been making great strides in their learning with the introduction of less complicated and extremely appealing IPADs.  With a simple finger swipe to the touchscreen, students can easily interact with free or inexpensive downloadable applications that improve not only academic skills, but communication, fine motor, self-help, visual and social/behavioral skills.  Some favorite apps of our students include “Match It Up” 1, 2 &3 (from My First Apps), Dexteria Jr. (from Binary Labs, Inc.) and the Peekaboo apps (from Night and Day Studios, Inc.)

-Article submitted by Janet Harrison, Life Skills teacher

Doughnuts with Dad

The line spanned nearly down an entire hallway as dad's, stepdads, uncles, and grandparents joined their student for a morning filled with fun! Students entered the cafeteria to celebrate together by enjoying a doughnut and juice. After breakfast they worked as a team on various paper airplane designs. After some brainstorming on the perfect airplane model and some precision folding they took their planes to the old gym to test their flying capability. Students climbed step ladders and tested their planes to try and acquire the longest distance. Some planes flew over 16 feet across the gym! Once flight testing concluded, groups got their pictures taken together and showed their guests their classrooms. Below are some pictures from the event. Mom's mark your calendar, Muffins with Mom's starts this Thursday May 9th. :-)

 

 

 

Bubbles for Autism

Giggles, cheers, and laughter filled the air, along with thousands of bubbles, at the Bon Air Elementary playground area Monday afternoon (April 22nd) as 531 students and staff joined a nation-wide effort to set a Guinness World Record for Autism Awareness by blowing bubbles.

Bon Air Elementary School students and staff were part of a national effort spearheaded by Faces 4 Autism, a non-profit organization in New Jersey, which wanted to spread hope to families and individuals with Autism by blowing bubbles.

“Smiles were in abundance on the faces of the students and staff as we enjoyed our sun-filled event outside blowing bubbles,” Mrs. Monica Schuck, who organized the event at Bon Air Elementary, said. “The bubble event was the first of a week-long of activities planned to help increase our students’ understanding of people with Autism.”

Mrs. Schuck, who is a special education teacher in the Autism support classroom at Bon Air, noted that April is Autism Awareness Month.