New iPads and Christmas Art

So our final 10 iPads came in today which brought our total to 15, and so naturally I used them with my class as soon as they were all ready to go! We had so much fun, though they were a little sad they had to share! It was so nice to share new technology with some of them but it didn't surprise me that most of them knew how to use it already. One comment I heard, was "oh, this is just like a big iPhone" which is so funny to me because that is what I said as a reason for me not to buy my own personal one! So we checked out some of the apps, and they practiced some math skills. The apps we used were, Splash Math: Grade 2, Penguin Jump, Motion Math Hungry Fish, Kaleidoscope Drawing Pad (which is pretty cool but not "educational" per se) and Chicktionary which was hard for them.

We also started one of our many Christmas art projects, our paper nativity scenes. These are always cute, and easy and this is the first year no one drew faces on Mary, Joseph or Baby Jesus. So that was a plus! They did however, use the scraps of paper to make mustaches and beards, and tape them onto their faces and then asked to be called Mr.Beard (who is out PE specialist). So it was a typical Friday in Grade 2!!