InterACTIVE May the 4th Activities!

InterACTIVE May the 4th Activities!

@TheMerrillsEDU share interACTIVE activities for May the 4th, aka Star Wars Day. Check out recommended books, a Star Wars video production app, Seesaw activities, Flipgrid Photo Stickers and resources from @Erintegration!

InterACTIVE Activities for Mae Among the Stars

InterACTIVE Activities for Mae Among the Stars

“Mae Among the Stars” is a beautiful picture book for sharing and marking special occasions such as graduation, inspired by the life of the first African American woman to travel in space, Mae Jemison. It has quickly become a “must read” in many elementary classrooms - including our own! So, here are some ways we are using it!

How to Use LightSpace to Turn Your Classroom Into an Infinite Augmented Reality Whiteboard

How to Use LightSpace to Turn Your Classroom Into an Infinite Augmented Reality Whiteboard

@TheMerrillsEDU introduce how to use the iOS app LightSpace. LightSpace transforms your surroundings into an Augmented reality digital whiteboard. You can even walk through your own creations! Learn how it all works and pick some lesson ideas here!

Desk to Digital: Math Facts

Desk to Digital: Math Facts

From Desk to Digital is a series of mini blog posts where @TheMerrillsEDU share ways to transform your students education into an interACTIVE experience. Whether substituting a worksheet or trying something new, these activities are easy and can be implemented into your classroom tomorrow! In this post, learn how the website Solvemoji.com can engage your learners with fun math fact fluency.

InterACTIVE Activities for Remote Learning in Book Creator

InterACTIVE Activities for Remote Learning in Book Creator

Book Creator is an incredibly valuable tool that may be used whether you are teaching remotely or in-person. But, we understand that everyone is incredibly busy. So, we’ve decided to share three of our favorite ways to use it with you! Download them inside now!

Virtual Snow Globes in Buncee

Virtual Snow Globes in Buncee

A traditional classroom favorite activity is to place your students into a snow globe. In the past this has been done by capturing a photo of your students, then shrinking down the photo’s size, and possibly even cutting out the background. But, now there’s an easier way - just in time for the virtual learning holiday season.

12 Days of Reading

12 Days of Reading

The weeks after Thanksgiving that lead up to Christmas are always the hardest for teachers. Students are out of the normal routine after the extended fall break and are now excited and eager for Christmas to follow in the weeks to come. It can be hard to keep students focused and get all the planned curriculum and lessons in efficiently.