Thursday, June 20, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
How to "Grow" a Reader
"You become a reader because you saw and heard someone you admired enjoying the experience, someone led you to the world of books even before you could read, let you taste the magic of stories, took you to the library, and allowed you to stay up later at night to read in bed." - Jim Trelease (20th century). The New Read-Aloud Handbook, ch. 1 (1985).
For children in grades K-5
“The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.”
― Jim Trelease, The Read-Aloud Handbook
Recommended series books:
Amelia Bedelia, Flat Stanley, Henry and Mudge, Magic Tree House, Magic School Bus, My Father's Dragon Trilogy (we are reading book 1 this week!), Rainbow Fairies, A to Z Mysteries and whatever books your child self-selects!
Good Reads 2nd Grade Reading List
Education.com Summer Reading List
The Best Books on Reading I've Ever Read (For Parents!)
The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
and Read All About It! (book excerpts and reviews for teens and preteens).
Sunday, May 19, 2013
STEM In Class Activities
Recycling old crayons
(Solids to liquids to solids--
Energy in the form of HEAT makes the change possible)
Just out of the oven...The class loved their mini cupcake crayons!
Ordering animal tails in inches from least to greatest and greatest to least...
Ask your child if they remember the animal tails they had and how their lengths.
Did you know a bobcat's tail is only 8 inches long?
A lion's tail is 36 inches!
Fountain Rock Field Trip!
Living Organisms Program
May 2013
Ms. Alice discussed the walking stick's adaptations with us. It's hard to see, but it's on her palm!
We observed the toad eating and the food chain in action.
Rosy the tarantula
Having fun on the pond observation deck!
Observing the quarry pond organisms...we could see the turtles, but not much else due to the algae.
Ms. Terri had us demonstrated the food chain with puppets.
We touched a snake!
Thank you parent chaperones!
Monday, April 8, 2013
March Book-It Awards
Way to go March readers!!
(Parents use the certificates before they expire on May 11, 2013.)
More March Book-It participants!
Friday, March 22, 2013
The Traveling Trunk - Past and Present Unit
Learning about the Past through Family Antiques
Feed sacks, plain and colorful, were reused and repurposed. Some were used to store vegetables or fruit in root cellars or colorful sacks could have been made into kitchen dishcloths, dresser runners, or even clothing. Kitchen tools could have been made from wood like the masher above and a little metal pail could have been a lunch pail and even used for collecting berries or grapes.
Wooden cutting board with woodburning design on left. In the middle is a metal bread plate on which a loaf of bread would have been wrapped in a cloth. The inscription on the plate says "Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread". On the right, aluminum plates and candy dishes were popular in the 1930's.
Quilts were made with material from old clothes, feed sacks, or excess fabric and had many different patterns. On the rocking chair is a double wedding band design and is a family heirloom. Women would sometimes have quilting get togethers as well as trade material. Porcelain enamel bowls, pitchers and tableware were popular in the earlier 1900's. Before indoor plumbing, pitchers and bowls would have been used to wash off your face in the morning and night.
Darning Egg Wood Sock Mending Tool on the far left (even socks were mended after getting holes, very little was wasted long ago) and a oil glass night light lamp.
Embroidery, crochet, and lacework were all sewing methods mothers would teach their daughters.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)