Open House, Curriculum Night...and all that other stuff!

I know this is REALLY late for most of you.  It has been a super busy start to the school year! I'm sure you have already had Open House or Curriculum night....but maybe you can save these ideas for next year!

The theme at my school this year is "Sweet on Success."  So all the decorations have something to do with candy.  On our first day we made this lollipop to get to know eachother a little bit.  We hung it up in the halls for open house.

Lollipop

 

 

 

During the first week, we made a getting to know you banner.  Each student completed a piece of the banner.  I added their picture to the top.

 

Banner

 

 

This is what it looks like all put together!

 

We did a getting to know you activity the first week of school with the iPads.  This was my favorite!  It turned out so cute.  We used a new app I found called Tellagami.  I will definitely be using this again for research, book summaries and anything else I can think of.  The kids LOVED it!

 

Here is the app:

 

Tellagami

This is a FREE app!

 

First, I paired up the students in my class and they interviewed eachother.  We used this form to write answers.

 

Interview Form

 

Then, the students used Tellagami to record their answers from their notes.  As a background, they took a picture of their partner.  The app has a character on there that you can edit by changing their facial features and clothes.  We presented the finished Tellagami projects to the whole class.  It was so cute!  You need this app!

 

Check out this finished example that I made.  ( I used my daughter. ;)

 

 

I plan to use this app for MANY activities throughout the year!