MW 3321 Book/Author

For my last author profile entry I thought it would be fitting to post a book about Christmas. The book is called:

The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever
Author: Steven Kroll

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1598

Illustrator: Jeni Bassett

Ages 4-8

Paperback7.9(L) x 7.9(W) x 0.1(H) inches

It's the day after Thanksgiving, and Clayton and Desmond feel the chill in the air. The cool weather makes them think of Christmas . . . and Christmas makes them think of Christmas trees! Who'll find the biggest one? In the newest installment of this beloved, bestselling series, Clayton the town mouse and Desmond the country mouse team up to bring the spirit of Christmas to Mouseville-in a BIG way.

I also found this website that give some ideas for activities for this very special season

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Christmas.htm

MW 3321 Presentations (12/2/09)

I really loved the first presentation today. It kept my attention and sometimes that is a hard thing to do. I thought it was a great idea to incorporate two books into the lesson. The first one, The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle which was a great introduction then the next book called The Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger I think, gave us alot of facts. I learned alot and definitely will "Borrow" this presentation for my classroom.
The next book was interesting. I am not going to be teaching high school, but the beginning of the presentation makes me want to go out and get those books to read for myself. They did not get to finish the presentation but I am looking forward to seeing it on Monday.

M & W 3321 Presentation(11/30/09)

Today my group presented on the Empty Pot by Demi. I am very happy with the outcome and I think our preplanned get together's helped us achieve a smooth transition from one person to the next which led to a successful lesson plan. I loved working with Elizabeth, Monica and Steve and would definitely do it again.
The second presentation was on the book, Pink and Say. It was a very good book and it gave us some insight to that era. It is a very touching story and the movie maker was a great idea so we could see pictures while we were being read to. I also liked how they separated the room to do two separate activities.

M & W 3321 Presentation (11/23/09)

I had alot of fun with today's presentations.
The first presentation was based off the book, "Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky" by Elphihstone Dayrell. There were lots of great ideas that I learned, for instance using the milk cartons for masks. The house made out of cardboard, and getting the classroom involved was great. They were very creative in their presentations. Job well done!!
The second presentation was about the "10 thinks I can do to help my world" I do recycle and know alot of information about this subject. I like how they came up with that PowerPoint presentation. The music was perfect for the subject. I think it can get some of the kids in the classroom to gear up and recycle. I also like the posters. It gives the students to use hands on activities to engage in and help keep them focused.

MW 3321 Author/Book

I have been wanting to read this book and found out it is coming to the movies in Feb. 2010
Now I know what I will be doing over the Christmas break!
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1) by Rick Riordan
(Paperback)
Age Range: 9 to 12
Pub. Date: April 2006
392pp

Here are some ideas for lesson plan

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=10864&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.scholastic.com%2Fbrowse%2Fsearch%2F%3FisParent%3DY%26query%3Dthe%2Blightening%2Bthief%26Ntt%3Dthe%2Blightening%2Bthief%26Ntk%3DSCHL30_SI%26Ntx%3Dmode%2Bmatchallpartial%26y%3D4%26N%3D0%26x%3D49%26_N%3Dfff%22+class%3D%22endecaAll%22%3EAll+Results%3C%2Fa%3E

MW 3321 Author/Book

Charlie and Lola: I Am Too Absolutely Small for School

Lauren Child
Ages 4+

32 pages

Paperback

Lola is not so sure about school. After all, why would she need to count higher than ten when she never eats more than ten cookies at a time? And why write letters when you have a telephone? Once again, it's up to ever-patient big brother Charlie to persuade Lola that school is worthwhile - and that her invisible friend, Soren Lorensen, will be welcome, too.

Charlie and Lola is a series of picture books made by Lauren Child and now is a children's TV show. Each half-hour format show contains two segments with different plots, each starting off with Charlie saying, "I have this little sister, Lola. She is small and very funny."

I also found this website http://www.charlieandlola.com/ it has information on the seris and games that kids can play online.

Genre Presentation Research

We are having a lot of fun working on our Genre Project. I have found several websites that have help guide our group to hopefully a successful Lesson Plan. One of the sites that I found very helpful is the Educators Publishing Service on Guided Reading Strategies from Hand prints. www.epsbooks.com
It is a two page walk through on how to guide your students before the reading, during the reading as well as the after the reading.
We also were able to order supplies for our project using www.amazon.com and Oriental Trading company at www.orientaltradin.com which had loads and loads of stuff. It was really hard to narrow down items we wanted to use. I did register at the http://rubistar.4teachers.org and played with a rubrics.
The lesson plan we found at www.bu.edu
we did modify the lesson plan but it was very helpful.