February 2019

Cotulla ISD

February Tech/PBL Teacher

Ramirez Burks Elementary second grade teachers, Mrs. Brady

Kuenstler, Miss Raney Hanks, Ms. Belinda Carrillo, Ms. Lucia

Muller & Mr. Chad Vrana have been chosen as the Tech/PBL

Teachers for the month of February for their “Rock” the Garden

PBL.

Their driving question was: “How can we, as students, use our

knowledge of earth materials to observe and describe rocks by

size, texture, and color in order to make our school community

more attractive?”

Students created a model rock garden that the school could

use to beautify the entrance of RBE. They used their knowledge

of rock sizes, shapes, textures, and colors to create their model.

They also incorporated their social studies knowledge of

manmade vs. natural resources to show the use of rocks in con-

crete walkways and rock or brick walls.

IMPORTANT DATES:

February 15, 2019: Teacher

Inservice/Student Holiday

February 18, 2019: SCHOOL

HOLIDAY

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February Tech/PBL Teacher

Mr. Gabriel Perez, Life Skills teacher at Newman Middle School, was also selected as the

February Tech/PBL Teacher for his PBL titled, “Bill of Rights.” The driving question was: “How

do we, as LIFE SKILLS students, learn, comprehend and reteach for retention, the first Ten

Amendments of the Bill of Rights.”

Mr Perez taught his students the Bill of Rights through hand signs. Each hand sign entailed a

visual that would help the student remember each amendment. Students also made posters to

help them comprehend the vocabulary of the amendments.

Students then presented the hand signs and posters to show proof of comprehension and re-

tention of what they had learned.

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“My computer could be more encouraging. You know, instead of ‘invalid password’, why not something like, ‘Ooooh, you’re so close!’” —Lisa Porter

Hopster: Learn & Watch Kids TV

Elephant Learning

Penguin Addition

Times Tables and Friends

Hello Numbers

Toonia Colorbook—Educational Colouring game

for Kids & Toddlers

CHROME APPS & EXTENSIONS

EDUCATIONAL APPS FOR STUDENTS

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Earth View from Google Earth

ImTranslator: Translator, Dictionary, TTS

Awesome Screenshot: Screen Video Recorder

SketchPad

Tic Tac Toe