Laurie Ashley

I am a library-teacher-techie....This year is going to be fun as we learn to do multiple things in the elementary school library!

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Stop motion photography is so fun! We illustrated nursery rhymes using iMovie in the library! @pps_edtech @PlymouthSch @FFESPlymouth

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Today we researched the differences between frogs and toads and then made jumping origami frogs! @pps_edtech @PlymouthSch @FFESPlymouth

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Writing our own fractured fairytales with kindergarten! #CrayolaCreativityWeek

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Really Amazing Professional Development! We are learning so many new uses for technology (and we get to try it!)

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Our second graders were busy engineering with K'NEX trying to build something that spins! @PlymouthSch @pps_edtech @FFESPlymouth

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

This week at FFES, students are using their engineering and constructing skills with using rectangles to make cylindrical shapes and alphabets with Legos! @PlymouthSch @pps_edtech @FFESPlymouth

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Mrs. Newhouse showed students how to help plan and rebuild cities with Ms.Piccirilli's 2nd grade class. They listened to the book, "What is a Refugee?" by Elise Gravel and then used Merge Cubes and iPads to engineer new cities!
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[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Students at FFES learned about PIXELS and screen resolution. We plotted out a PacMan Ghost, Minion, and turtle using coordinates for each color. Next week, we will use Google Sheets to construct Mystery Pixel Art Challenges! @pps_edtech @PlymouthSch @FFESPlymouth

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FFES students recently learned about powerful moments & important figures in Black history through a great gallery tour of primary sources and listening to Ellen Levine's 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺'𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘰𝘹 with LIT educator Ms. Ashley. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/Xn92vOZnua

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

This week the 4th & 5th graders are trying to convince the audience to move to their state.We are using #DoInk to superimpose their video over a picture of their state and then editing it. @pps_edtech @PlymouthSch @FFESPlymouth

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

This week, students learned about layering images. We worked with the green screen and superimposed themselves in a picture of what they did for fun in the blizzard! @PlymouthSch @pps_edtech @PPS_ELA

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Look who came to visit our kindergarten! It is Ms. Maddie from the Plymouth Public Library!!! She read us her favorite book, "I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen. @PPS_ELA @pps_edtech @PlymouthSch @PlymouthLibrary

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

This week students are learning about the elements of fables. The then recreated one using the app iMotion on the iPads! @PPS_ELA @pps_edtech @PlymouthSch

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Our culminating activities from working with Code this month! We are coding the robots. This is get the wild animals back in their cages safely, put out the forest fires before they burn the house and trees, and plow the roads!
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[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Our culminating activities from working with Code this month! We are coding the robots. This is "clear the snow from an avalanche!" @pps_edtech @plymouthschools

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Look out "Hour of Code!" We are READY!
..."Computer programming is telling a computer what to do and how to do it!"...~With Ms. Spencer's Kindergarten class today in the library. @pps_edtech @PlymouthSch @FFESPlymouth

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

It's STEM Week! We are crafting boats and discussing displacement in the water. We are launching balls with the potential energy within popsicle sticks and elastics by making catapults. We are creating with Strawbees! @PlymouthSch @ppsedtech #MassSTEMWeek @FFESPlymouth

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

Our library is abuzz with discoveries and excitement! We joined "First Book" and heard Andrea Beaty read her book, "Ida Twist, Scientists" in a webinar. It was so cool to then watch the Netflix premier of "Ida Twist, Scientist: The Why Files" @FFESPlymouth @PlymouthSch

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

We are learning the difference between Artificial and Virtual Reality using the program Quiver EDU! @ppsedtech @PPS-Supt @FFESPlymouth @PlymouthSch

[Laurie Ashley @MsAshley_FFES]

I just printed our first creations with our Dremel Digilab 3D40!!! It is super cool and the 5th graders will be starting their own creations this coming week. I downloaded a ghost from Thingiverse and was printing it a few minutes later. The students can't wait to try it!🥰