Once Again Every One Great Job

April - 4th Grade Character Setting and Reading Comprehension- I really liked the story telling rope work sheet that you had under modification.  The visual aid would be a great help for students in need of modification. It would also be a great way to introduce the concept of characters, settings, and reading comprehension to earlier learners.

Karen- Firework Song Figurative Language- Music is a great way to help students remember. I like that you hare using it as not just an aid but as the source of your lesson. It will be relevant and fun for your students.

Marley-Cloud in a Bottle- Oh my goodness this would be so much fun.I like the idea that you are giving your students pieces of the puzzle and letting them think while also giving your time to get things set up. I also like that through out the lesson you pause and give your students time to think. It gives them time for the information to sink in and allows their minds to create hypothesis about what will happen next.

Me- Solar Oven-I am so glad I am finished presenting. I was so nervous. I have learned so much listening to each of you present. I am a bit disappointed that I wont be hearing more of your great ideas.

Have a Great Thanksgiving Everyone! 

Great Job!

Once again you all hit it out of the park. I am loving getting to take a this class with other future teachers who really seem to have a love for what they are doing.

Jacob Plumer- Identify Figurative Language- I liked the idea that your students will look for poems or poets that speak or resonate with them. This will make this lesson so much deeper and personal for your students.

Allison H. Retelling Stories- I 💗 the idea that you included circle time in your anticipatory set. I think that circle time is a great way to start a lesson especially for your younger learners. I like the idea of putting the pictures in the right order to retail the story.

Miranda Needy- Counting Coins- The truth is kids don't see $ exchanged much any more let alone the smaller ȼ. I like the idea of actually having a hands on activity with the store.

Scott Hill- First of all WOW Man! ALL 10 Finished! You are AWESOME! I am in fact in awe. 
Lesson plan over 13, 14, 15 Amendment-I like the idea of using a post it note for a formative review check. I also really liked your civil war political cartoon idea. I almost would have made a lesson plan around that or made my Performance task a review of one. That would be so cool to find and to brake down the thought process behind.

Kim G. - Punctuation- I loved your punctuation fill in the sheet. It was so colorful and would definitely get your students attention. I also loved the use of songs. Then you also included a scavenger hunt. You are making sure that you are diversifying your teaching so that you include all of your learning styles. I think that is very important.

Once again everyone, GREAT Job!

This Weeks Blog is a Shout Out to all of the Students Who Presented First This Week!

Way to GO!

Great Job!

Andrew H.- Letter to History-I love the idea of writing to a person in the from the past kind of like a reverse time capsule. I used to pretend to do this when I was a kid. I always wondered if anyone else did. Now I think that at least someone else played the same pretend game. It is kind of cool to think what parts of history you could change if you could just let someone know a vital little part of history. If you just keep going up the hill they only have 100 troops to your 500  or all sorts of little things through out history like that. I love the idea it make history personal.

Jessica K - Dates and Addition -I like the idea that you looked at morning work or bell ringers. This is a part of the school day that I plan on making routine in my classroom. I think that it is great that you are already thinking about it and how you will implement it. I am working on lesson plans for 1st grade. I observed a 2nd grade class this semester and hope to get into a 3rd grade class next semester but my heart is for Kindergarten or even better stay at my Pre-school. I want to know though that I can do the others because we all know that in the end when the job opening comes open we will take it. So I have bell work for my preschoolers that I have gathered over the years while working with my teacher and a lot of times she lets me plan morning work, but I have not thought of working on them for other grades. 

Ali G. - Recycle -I wish that I was better at recycling. I really do care about it but our town charges me extra for pick up or I have to drop off my own and I neither have the time nor honestly the desire (I used to but the dump smell stayed in my car for days). I like some of your upcycling ideas. I am always impressed with the ladies that I see at the store who bring their own bags. I have even bought the bags to "remember to bring" but seldom (never) do. I am big on using anything my kids make me so I would probable use a bag that the kids made me at school. I think most moms would. (My kids are mostly adults and they still know mom will keep it and use it if we make it for her. I am a bit worried because my son has picked up the hobby of weaving while he has been deployed. I have no idea what wonderful scarf I will be wearing next winter.)

Tiffany-Weather Note Book Journal-I like the idea of journaling at any age. We journal in our Pre-k classroom. It is a unique way for visual learners to see what is going on. Journals can look different for each student and you will quickly learn who your visual learners are through this tool. Even for your students who are not visual learners it is a good task. See it Hear it Do it are usually good keys to helping students learn material. In case you didn't get the link this really is a great song for weather.

Angela Jackson- Light and Dark-I am afraid that pencil is over looked way to often but what a simple a direct way to get your students to see and under stand the contrast and the value difference between light and dark then with pencil and shading. It might be a lot of fun to also work with black construction paper and a white pencil. I might have to get out my art note book this week end really feeling like doing some shading now. Kids are often afraid of art. They can't draw. The truth is neither can I but I can shade and I can texture. As kids work on simple stuff like this then they can see things in the picture and suddenly the kid has made art and it doesn't matter that they can't draw. 

                                          

Once Again GREAT Job!

Thank you so much for going first guys.