Music is in the COMPUTER?

Our very own Murray Weaver, All School band teacher, was featured in the South Bend Tribune. Mr. Weaver's classes use the program Smart Movie to help students practice. Students are then assessed by the program and it alerts them to what they need to work on!

Read all about it here!

Eleanor & Park Book Trailer by Orabelle

by Orabelle

The WDMS students created slideshow book trailers as part of their final grades.  Each student could choose any book they wanted, as long as I'd read the book. Up to 2 students could read the same book.  

The project was inspired by Jennifer Fountain of Fountain Reflections.  I created a rubric and modified Jennifer's directions to fit my students and our equipment.  Let me know if you want to see those items!

13 Reasons Why Book Trailer by Alex and Jordyn

The WDMS students created slideshow book trailers as part of their final grades.  Each student could choose any book they wanted, as long as I'd read the book. Up to 2 students could read the same book.  

The project was inspired by Jennifer Fountain of Fountain Reflections.  I created a rubric and modified Jennifer's directions to fit my students and our equipment.  Let me know if you want to see those items!

by Alex

by Jordyn

Hoosier Family of Readers - an IDOE initiative

Glenda Ritz, Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana, has initiated a great reading program; 

Hoosier Family of Reading. 

This includes authors and organizations coming together to illuminate the joy of reading.  The Hoosier Family of Reading includes access to over 3,000 e-books! Many of the books are downloadable to personal devices. Each book has almost unlimited access!! This is amazing! Take a minute to watch Dr. Ritz's video and then check out the resources. 

MyOnBooks - http://www.myon.com/login/Hoosier/ 

School: Hoosier Family of Readers, Indiana Department of Education
Username: read
Password: read

 Don't forget to "like" the IDOE Facebook or follow them on twitter for more updates!
IDOE Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HoosierFamRead
IDOE Twitter - https://twitter.com/HoosierFamRead
Hoosier Family of Readers Resources - http://mustang.doe.in.gov/dg/reading/welcome.html

Getting Ready For ISTEP

Music teacher made this fun ISTEP prep video with a few teachers!

One Book, One School 2013 Kickoff

Friday, we kicked off our Third Annual One Book, One School reading!
Students got to spend 15+ minutes reading as part of our Friday Reads initiative!

We will have daily trivia questions, weekly selection quizzes, several game shows, some minute to win it games, and a Battle of the Book.  This year we will also culminate with an author visit! So exciting!








Here are some pictures of students enjoying this book:

The only unfortunate part of this is the cover change.  The old cover was so much better!!

Oh, I got to meet Kenneth Oppel at NCTE in 2011.  Here he is signing my book!

Oh what fun we will have!

WDMS Students (Harlem) Shake it Up in the Library

The WDMS students visit the library. Those books must be fantastic!