Welcome to Mr. Giebler's Class!

Hi everyone! I'm Daisy! I'm the friendliest bearded dragon lizard you'll ever meet. I'm just as excited as you all are to be in a new school building this year! You can stop by Mr. Giebler's classroom to visit me sometime if you'd like. Also, if you'd like to play my favorite game called Feed the Beardie! just click on my picture, wait to go to the game site, then STUFF MY FACE WITH SOME CRICKETS!!!! YUMMY! See you later. Love, Daisy
Class Pledge - It is my right to be respected, to be accepted, to be heard, and to learn. It is my responsibility to respect others, accept others, listen, and let others learn.

"Why Can't I Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?"

Let's figure it out -- mathematically!

Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week.

Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all!

Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.

Student A reads 20 min. x 5 times a week = 100 min./week.

Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes

Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month.

Student A reads 400 minutes a month.

Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months/school year.

Student A reads 3600 min. in a school year.

Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.

The Results:

Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year.

Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.

By the end of 6th grade if Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.

One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?

Some questions to ponder:

  • Which student would you expect to read better?
  • Which student would you expect to know more?
  • Which student would you expect to write better?
  • Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?
  • Which student would you expect to be more successful in school....and in life?
Class Pledge
It is my right
to be respected,
to be accepted,
to be heard,
and to learn.
It is my responsibility
to respect others,
accept others,
listen,
and let others learn.

Helpful Links:

Reading and Writing

Making Words - magenetic words can be manipulated here to practice sentences, spelling or writing skills. - www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/mag/spelling.html

Arcademic Skill Builders make learning fun! These online educational games offer a powerful approach to learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary and thinking skills. Go to this site to play "Word Frog," "Verb Viper," and "Word Invasion." These games provide support and enrichment with synonyms, antonyms, homophones, different verb tenses, and types of speech. - http://arcademic.altec.org/

Interactive Literacy Activities (phonics, spelling, writing, grammar) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/index.shtml

Interactive Literacy Activities - http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html

Kid'z' Club--Talking Online Books

Level 1 - http://www.kizclub.com/Sbody.html

Level 2 - http://www.kizclub.com/level2.htm

Level 3 - http://www.kizclub.com/level2.htm

Online Talking Stories--Modeling for Fluent Reading - http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm

Compact for Reading--Excellent help for parents to use to assist their children with their reading skills. This site allows you to print out worksheets that match specific reading objectives. - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/table2.html

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Building - fun activities that help build vocabulary and reading skills. - http://www.vocabulary.co.il/

Fake Out - another vocabulary site for a bit of a challenge. - http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

Merriam-Webster's Word Central--look up words, hear words pronounced, build your own dictionary! - http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html

Interactive Vocabulary Site - http://www.vocabulary.co.il/

General Info

Surfing The Net For Kids - a place where parents or students can go to ensure safe internet surfing for your child. - http://www.surfnetkids.com/

KidsClick - websearch for kids by librarians. - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Math

Virtual Manipulatives - go here to experience some hands on use of math manipulatives to help your child solve problems or explore new concepts. - http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

A Plus Math Help - This is an interactive site where you can go to get help with homework, practice math facts, play math games, or print off some math worksheets to use. - http://www.aplusmath.com

Number Time From BBC - A fun, interactive site for math activities that aid in number sense, numeration, fact practice and general math concepts. You can also find things to print and do! - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/index.shtml

http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/virtualmedia/elementary/math/2-3math.htm

Interactive Math--Number Sense, Problem Solving, Measurement, etc. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/

Teach R Kids Math--Interactive Math Drill and Practice, Measurement, Problem Solving, etc. - http://www.teachrkids.com/

Interactive Place Value Practice--Explore with base 10 Blocks - http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html

Second Grade Interactive Math Skill Builder Site - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd.htm
Spelling

Look, Cover, Write, and Check - a great site for spelling and fun! - http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html

Spin and Spell - a fun site to practice word families and other spelling activities. - http://www.spinandspell.com/

Online Interactive Editing Practice--Power Proofreading - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm

Handwriting Resources

Make custom handwriting worksheets at the click of a button! - http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/
Just for Parents

Parents guide to Kansas Curricular Standards - http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1641

Parent Guide for Discipline Help - http://www.disciplinehelp.com

www.readingrockets.org
General Educational Sites for Kids

1,000s of links to the best games, songs and stories for young children

http://www.kindersite.org/Directory/DirectoryFrame.htm