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Here’s a link to this week’s newsletter.
News October 2, 2009
We also enjoyed this site this week. It is a video from Oprah with very lively audience partition to go along with it. It was posted on Facebook so you may need to login yourself or through a friend.
Black Eyed Peas on Oprah
Here is a link to this week’s newsletter.
News September 25, 2009
Some of the newsletter pictures are in fact videos. Let’s take a look!
We love to go out for recess and the weather has been splendid! Many children head for the swings as soon as they arrive on the playground. It reminds me of a poem we will illustrate come springtime by R L Stevenson, The Swing.
The Swing
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air
and over the wall
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
Here’s a link to this week’s newsletter :
Microsoft Word – news0918
The following video was taken after these girls asked me to make a movie of them. They had been exploring the shells and sorting them in a number of different ways. Since language skills are a big focus in kindergarten, I am always happy to put their skills to work by formulating their thoughts and ideas into a story.
(www.OneTrueMedia.com)
I asked the children to brainstorm with me about some of the things we have learned this year. This VoiceThread is a sample of just a few of those things. Feel free to add your own comments with the links at the bottom of each picture. You can do this either by webcam, audio only, text, or telephone.
Each day starts with the children taking out their writing folders, perusing their in-progress work and deciding just what they need to do next. I ask each child in turn to report what they need to do for the session – write, illustrate, edit, read to an adult, or read to the class. I put their name on the white board chart under the required task.
The following video shows the final part of a project and it highlights the work of two typical students. Writers Workshop will continue in much the same fashion through grades one and two. Every child is unique in the lessons they need to work on each day. For some, it’s composing an interesting story. For others, it’s breaking the words into parts and then individual sounds and finally letters. Everyone is a better writer because of this daily practice.
Click on the green arrowed box for a larger picture.
