Hello Kindergarten Parents!
As most of you may have heard/seen by now from previous blog posts, the students have completed a few activities in class using a computer application called, Flipgrid.
A few of the students have expressed interest in using Flipgrid for activities at home as well, as they often use their Ipads/Laptops for educational activities.
In response to this, I’ve created a Flipgrid called, “Books I’m Reading at Home”.
With your assistance, students can sign into Flipgrid using the information provided below. They can then enter the Flipcode to open the, “Books I’m Reading at Home” grid, and record grid videos about some of their favourite stories.
Go to: https://flipgrid.com/
Enter Flipcode: ojcskindergarten
Select: Login with Google
Enter: Email – flipgridkindergarten@theojcs.ca
Password – flipgrid4k
Select: “Books I’m Reading at Home” grid
Tap to Record (the green + icon at the bottom of the grid)
Record a video about your favourite book to share with your classmates!
Here are some of the questions I have posted to help the Kindergartens talk about their favourite books once they have finished reading:
1. What was your favourite part of the story and why?
2. Are you like any of the characters in this book?
3. If you were the author how would you change the story?
Once students have posted their vidoes, other students in our K1 and K2 classes can view their classmate’s videos to see what their favourite books are, hopefully inspiring them to read these books as well!
I’m hoping this activity will build on student comprehension, as well as make reading interactive and fun for each and every student!
This is such a great project! Is there a way (assuming parent permissions) to select a few highlights from the Flipgrid and show them here in the blog? I’m sure there is an app or tool that would allow for you to do that and it would be great for folk to see a sample of how great this project is?
Great idea!