Saturday, January 26, 2013

Google Chrome Laptops!! Social Skills Books for Kids!

I'm SUPER excited!!! Yesterday as I was about to start writing time with my kids, the tech guy walked into my class with FIVE brand new Google Chrome laptops!! Never in my 7 years as a teacher, have I ever gotten 1 new computer, let alone 5!!!! My class and I were beyond happy!

It's a brand new style of operating system, so I'm still figuring it all out. It works on the Cloud system so it saves everything as GoogleDocs and stuff. So apparently I can set up the kids computers to link to my school email and be able to access all their work from anywhere I can access the internet and my email. I should have brought one home this weekend to play around with, but I forgot in the midst of grabbing everything I need to do report cards this weekend.

The kids played around with them yesterday afternoon. I put the kids on ScootPad and a few other learning websites we love to use. We're in the process of testing them out to help determine if the school should get more of them for other classes on campus. 

My friend teaches the class one level older than mine and her computers were even worse than the crummy ones I had. So I surprised her with my old computers since I have new ones.

Social Skills Books!
So my little guys seriously lack social skills! Each week my friend the speech teacher and I talk about the things they need to work on, and somehow the list never gets any shorter! I have 2 in particular...maybe 3... who am I kidding?? They ALL need some serious social skills work! 

So I made my read aloud theme of the week "social skills books!" I always pick a theme (sharing, the nearest holiday,  a specific author, etc.). This week my author was Julia Cook. Her social skills books are amazing! Below are the ones we read this week. Click her name in this paragraph to get to her Amazon page with all her books. My kids loved them so much that one little guy begged me to order more! Now if I kid with Autism begs for a social skills book, do you really think I'm going to say no?! Two more are on the way! There is a widget below so you can scroll through all of her books and buy them from Amazon for pretty cheap!
The Worst Day of My Life Ever! (Best Me I Can Be)
Listening and Following Directions
I Just Don't Like the Sound of No! My Story About Accepting No for an Answer and Disagreeing the Right Way! (Best Me I Can Be)
Responding Appropriately to "No"
Making Friends Is an Art!
Making friends, and understanding it's okay to be different
Personal Space Camp
Spacial Awareness

These are the new ones coming in the mail on Tuesday:
Teamwork Isn't My Thing, and I Don't Like to Share! (Best Me I Can Be!)Sorry, I Forgot to Ask!: My Story About Asking Permission and Making an Apology (Best Me I Can Be)


6 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, these books look AMAZING!!! I'm so glad you shared them. I'm going to order some TODAY! Goodness knows, my kids need some help in this department.

    Angelia
    Extra Special Teaching

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  2. Ok, I just ordered 4 of them. LOL. I hope they ship fast!

    Angelia
    Extra Special Teaching

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    1. I'm so excited these will help you out! I actually discovered there is one about treating "boogers with respect" which I think the kids could totally use. One small problem... there is NO WAY I could read that out loud without cracking up laughing during the entire story!

      Lisa

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    2. Lisa - Did you see the No Nose Picking sign that The Teacher Wife made back in the fall? I printed that sucker off so fast and we had a whole mini-lesson about my class being a no nose picking zone the next day. It really made a huge difference!

      Angelia
      Extra Special Teaching

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  3. WOW...you are very blessed! Enjoy your new classroom tools!

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