1. Name the title of a book you read from the LMC this month.
example: I read _______________ .
2. Tell me if you liked it. Why or why not?
example: I liked the book because it was ______________ . I connected with the __________ because _________ .
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
5th Grade Bilingual Book Reflections
1. Name the title of a library book you read this month.
2. Did you like it?
3. Why or why not?
2. Did you like it?
3. Why or why not?
Thursday, October 25, 2007
4th Grade Reflections
August 27-31
1. Explain how to be RESPECTFUL to books and people in LMC.
2. Explain what the Dewy Decimal System is.
September 3-7
3. Why do we celebrate Labor Day?
September 10-14
4. Why do we celebrate Constitution Day?
September 17-21
5. Recall one event that you learned from studying the Titanic.
September 24-28
6. Name a computer program that can be used to draw pictures.
October 1-5
7. Why do we celebrate Columbus Day?
October 8-12
8. Name at least three things you need to live in space?
October 15-19
9. What information can you find when using Google Earth?
10. Name the title of a book you read from the LMC this month. Tell me if you liked it. Why or why not?
1. Explain how to be RESPECTFUL to books and people in LMC.
2. Explain what the Dewy Decimal System is.
September 3-7
3. Why do we celebrate Labor Day?
September 10-14
4. Why do we celebrate Constitution Day?
September 17-21
5. Recall one event that you learned from studying the Titanic.
September 24-28
6. Name a computer program that can be used to draw pictures.
October 1-5
7. Why do we celebrate Columbus Day?
October 8-12
8. Name at least three things you need to live in space?
October 15-19
9. What information can you find when using Google Earth?
10. Name the title of a book you read from the LMC this month. Tell me if you liked it. Why or why not?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
5th Grade Reflections
August 27-31
S.T.A.R. behavior for the LMC
1. How do you RESPECT books and people in the LMC?
2. Explain how and why the DEWEY DECIMAL system is used to organize books in the LMC.
September 3-7
3. Why do we celebrate Labor Day?
September 10-14
4. Why do we celebrate Constitution Day?
September 17-21
5. How many blue ribbons do you have in Study Island? Do you like using Studyisland.com?
September 24-28
6. Did you enjoy using the National Math Manipulatives website? What did you learn?
October 1-5
7. Why do we celebrate Columbus Day?
October 8-12
8. Will you use the read write think timeline to study? What do you like or dislike about the timeline tool?
October 15-19
9. Explain how Google Earth can be used for learning.
October 22-26
10. Can you find information using the encyclopedia, books and Internet? When should you use encyclopedia? Internet? Books?
Extra Credit! Name the title of a library book you read this month. Did you like it? Why or why not?
S.T.A.R. behavior for the LMC
1. How do you RESPECT books and people in the LMC?
2. Explain how and why the DEWEY DECIMAL system is used to organize books in the LMC.
September 3-7
3. Why do we celebrate Labor Day?
September 10-14
4. Why do we celebrate Constitution Day?
September 17-21
5. How many blue ribbons do you have in Study Island? Do you like using Studyisland.com?
September 24-28
6. Did you enjoy using the National Math Manipulatives website? What did you learn?
October 1-5
7. Why do we celebrate Columbus Day?
October 8-12
8. Will you use the read write think timeline to study? What do you like or dislike about the timeline tool?
October 15-19
9. Explain how Google Earth can be used for learning.
October 22-26
10. Can you find information using the encyclopedia, books and Internet? When should you use encyclopedia? Internet? Books?
Extra Credit! Name the title of a library book you read this month. Did you like it? Why or why not?
Thursday, October 18, 2007
October 15-19
Celebrating Hispanic American Heritage!
We read The Crying Mountian, a Mexican legend retold by Patricia Almada. Then, the students played with GoogleEarth. They looked at Mexico and all the volcanoes! Even Popo and Ixta!
We also explored other Hispanic countries. Then, we learned that many US states have a Hispanic influence. Can you guess these states?
We read The Crying Mountian, a Mexican legend retold by Patricia Almada. Then, the students played with GoogleEarth. They looked at Mexico and all the volcanoes! Even Popo and Ixta!
We also explored other Hispanic countries. Then, we learned that many US states have a Hispanic influence. Can you guess these states?
- to blush , go bright red
- flowery, upper crust of society
- "good oaks", aritz onak
- mountain
Can you name these cities and state?
- named after Saint Anthony de Padua
- village
- Holy faith, to testify
K -3 can learn more about Mexico at http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/about/html/home.html
Grades 4-5 can learn more about Latinos at http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/hispanic.heritage/
October 8-12
1st Grade: Using starfall.com and books, we read fiction and non fiction pumpkin stories. Everyone drew pumpkin patches using KIDPIX.
2nd Grade: Read outloud Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon. Then, everyone diagrammed a bat using Excel. We compared bat parts to human body parts. Bats are the only mammal that can fly! For more bat information checkout http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/ .
3rd Grade: Discussed the history of the compass rose. Originally, the compasss points were not N,S,E,W. The compass points were named from the winds.
The students read and followed directions in order to draw a symmetrical compass rose using KIDPIX. More compass rose information at http://pages.prodigy.net/pizzabagel/CompassRoses_Links.htm
4th Grade: Read the interactive Living in Space website with partners. We learned how to design a space station.
5th Grade: Continued researching explorers and recording findings using the readwritethink.org online timeline. We practiced using multiple texts and recording the main ideas.
5th Grade bilingual: Continued researching the CAUSE and EFFECTS of volcanoes. Information is gathered using books, encyclopedias and Internet. Using Kidspiration, a mind map is created. Then, notes are turned into a paragraph writing piece.
2nd Grade: Read outloud Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon. Then, everyone diagrammed a bat using Excel. We compared bat parts to human body parts. Bats are the only mammal that can fly! For more bat information checkout http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/ .
3rd Grade: Discussed the history of the compass rose. Originally, the compasss points were not N,S,E,W. The compass points were named from the winds.
The students read and followed directions in order to draw a symmetrical compass rose using KIDPIX. More compass rose information at http://pages.prodigy.net/pizzabagel/CompassRoses_Links.htm
4th Grade: Read the interactive Living in Space website with partners. We learned how to design a space station.
5th Grade: Continued researching explorers and recording findings using the readwritethink.org online timeline. We practiced using multiple texts and recording the main ideas.
5th Grade bilingual: Continued researching the CAUSE and EFFECTS of volcanoes. Information is gathered using books, encyclopedias and Internet. Using Kidspiration, a mind map is created. Then, notes are turned into a paragraph writing piece.
October 1-5
Kindergarten: Introduce www.starfall.com website. Students will explore ABC's Let's Get Ready to Read and the Calendar story.
1st and 2nd Grades: Discussed who Christopher Columbus was and why we honor him on Columbus Day. "He never gave up in what he believed even though others disagreed". We played the Rhyming Christopher Columbus powerpoint poem. Read about Columbus . Then, we colored online Columbus pictures.
3rd Grade: Practiced reading maps using online Mapping Information and Activities.
4th and 5th Grades: Research Christopher Columbus using a reader's theatre play, encyclopedias, books and Internet. Record findings using an online timeline.
5th grade performed the play to some 1st and 2nd grade classes!
1st and 2nd Grades: Discussed who Christopher Columbus was and why we honor him on Columbus Day. "He never gave up in what he believed even though others disagreed". We played the Rhyming Christopher Columbus powerpoint poem. Read about Columbus . Then, we colored online Columbus pictures.
3rd Grade: Practiced reading maps using online Mapping Information and Activities.
4th and 5th Grades: Research Christopher Columbus using a reader's theatre play, encyclopedias, books and Internet. Record findings using an online timeline.
5th grade performed the play to some 1st and 2nd grade classes!
Monday, October 1, 2007
OCTOBER
My LMC Blog is at http://lmcsmithchatter.blogspot.com/. Check here weekly for details of what is happening in the LMC. Feel free to comment and discuss in my new blog!
Everyone is learning about another National Holiday! This week we discussed Columbus Day.
We also discovered some MYSTERY books in our school library. What is a mystery? Try this THINKQUEST website to learn more about mysteries. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002344/index.html
Be a detective. Check out this awesome mystery science website and practice solving mysteries!
Read Mystery of Eatum's Hall online story at TUMBLEBOOKS.
Try this Library of Congress Research site for more science mysteries http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/archive.html#geography .
October is a FUN month.
Check out my Space Camp blog!
"There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand." (Charles Kettering)
Everyone is learning about another National Holiday! This week we discussed Columbus Day.
We also discovered some MYSTERY books in our school library. What is a mystery? Try this THINKQUEST website to learn more about mysteries. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002344/index.html
Be a detective. Check out this awesome mystery science website and practice solving mysteries!
Read Mystery of Eatum's Hall online story at TUMBLEBOOKS.
Try this Library of Congress Research site for more science mysteries http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/archive.html#geography .
October is a FUN month.
Check out my Space Camp blog!
"There will always be a frontier where there is an open mind and a willing hand." (Charles Kettering)
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
September 24-28
Kindergarten: We looked at books about apple trees. Mrs. Baumert read out loud The Apple Pie Tree, by Zoe Hall. Then, we drew apple orchards using our oval, rectangle solid and outline tools in KIDPIX.
1st Grade: Mrs. Baumert introduced the author Norman Bridwell. His last name begins with B and that is important if I want to find his books in the "Everybody" section. We learned that Mr. Bridwell writes the Clifford books. Clifford was going to be called "Tiny" but Norman's wife encouraged him to change the name to Norman's imaginary friend. That is how the big red dog got his name! Checkout Clifford's online books!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
2nd Grade: We discussed the parts of a tree using the Trees are Terrific website. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees1/
Then, we diagrammed parts of a tree using MS Word and the callout tool.
3rd Grade: We took a walk in the woods virtual trip. The children were encouraged to explore Nature Notes to learn more. After the field trip, the students discussed a MAIN IDEA and some DETAILS for the topic woods. Some main ideas were plants in the woods and animals in the woods. Checkout the website for details. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/woods/
4th Grade: Mrs. Baumert read outloud Polar the Titanic Bear, by Spedden. The book included actual photographs of the Titanic. We learned that these photographs are also called PRIMARY SOURCES. The students visualized one part of the story and drew a picture using KIDPIX.
5th Grade: We discovered the National Manipulatives Math website. Everyone learned how to find activities for their personal math practice.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
1st Grade: Mrs. Baumert introduced the author Norman Bridwell. His last name begins with B and that is important if I want to find his books in the "Everybody" section. We learned that Mr. Bridwell writes the Clifford books. Clifford was going to be called "Tiny" but Norman's wife encouraged him to change the name to Norman's imaginary friend. That is how the big red dog got his name! Checkout Clifford's online books!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
2nd Grade: We discussed the parts of a tree using the Trees are Terrific website. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees1/
Then, we diagrammed parts of a tree using MS Word and the callout tool.
3rd Grade: We took a walk in the woods virtual trip. The children were encouraged to explore Nature Notes to learn more. After the field trip, the students discussed a MAIN IDEA and some DETAILS for the topic woods. Some main ideas were plants in the woods and animals in the woods. Checkout the website for details. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/woods/
4th Grade: Mrs. Baumert read outloud Polar the Titanic Bear, by Spedden. The book included actual photographs of the Titanic. We learned that these photographs are also called PRIMARY SOURCES. The students visualized one part of the story and drew a picture using KIDPIX.
5th Grade: We discovered the National Manipulatives Math website. Everyone learned how to find activities for their personal math practice.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Monday, September 24, 2007
September 17-21
Kindergarten continued practicing mouse skills using KIDPIX.
1 st grade reviewed the American flag and compared it to the Mexican flag. They explored other Hispanic flags and countries using the Almanac and books. They drew Hispanic flags and stamped flags using KIDPIX.
1 st grade reviewed the American flag and compared it to the Mexican flag. They explored other Hispanic flags and countries using the Almanac and books. They drew Hispanic flags and stamped flags using KIDPIX.
2nd grade reviewed what a country is. They then learned about continents and oceans using the http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm website.
3rd grade reviewed Houghton Mifflin adventure stories. They then created acrostic poems with the http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ tools. Some examples were MULAN, FLOYD, and WENDELL.
3rd grade reviewed Houghton Mifflin adventure stories. They then created acrostic poems with the http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ tools. Some examples were MULAN, FLOYD, and WENDELL.
4th grade researched Titanic using http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ and http://home.interlynx.net/~dclarke/Titanic.html. We discussed what their Titanic models should include.
5th grade began using http://www.studyisland.com/ for ISAT practice. We took the reading pretest.
September 10-14
Kindergarten worked on mouse practice skills using the DOT to DOT templates in KIDPIX.
1st grades learned about the American flag and drew the flag using KIDPIX rectangle tools.
3rd - 5nd grades discussed that America had 50 states and explored "Place the State" internet activity. We also looked at USA Atlas.
1st grades learned about the American flag and drew the flag using KIDPIX rectangle tools.
3rd - 5nd grades discussed that America had 50 states and explored "Place the State" internet activity. We also looked at USA Atlas.
Friday, September 7, 2007
September 3-7
Monday was Labor Day so we all stayed home and celebrated with our friends and family! This week in the LMC we discussed our holiday weekend and family traditions for Labor Day.
Using the Index, we found information about Labor Day in the National Holidays book.
Some second, all of third, fourth, and fifth grades wrote an electronic postcard honoring a worker. We honored workers in the classroom, school, home and the community.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/postcards/index.asp
Kindergarten and first grades listened/read stories about Community Workers! They also had fun taking a quiz after each story.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
Everyone is evaluating the books we read last week. When the students return books, they classify them by LIKED, DISLIKED or DON'T KNOW. Most of the students made good choices and LIKED their library books. Keep up the good work.
Using the Index, we found information about Labor Day in the National Holidays book.
Some second, all of third, fourth, and fifth grades wrote an electronic postcard honoring a worker. We honored workers in the classroom, school, home and the community.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/postcards/index.asp
Kindergarten and first grades listened/read stories about Community Workers! They also had fun taking a quiz after each story.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
Everyone is evaluating the books we read last week. When the students return books, they classify them by LIKED, DISLIKED or DON'T KNOW. Most of the students made good choices and LIKED their library books. Keep up the good work.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
August 27 - 31
We are having a great week in the LMC even though it is pretty hot in here. All the 1st-5th grade students came to the LMC this week.
1. We reviewed and discussed LMC S.T.A.R. rules and the class routine.
2. We looked for library books and found over $10,000 worth of new books!
3. Everyone checked out books.
1st and 2nd graders completed an "All About Me" Kidspiration activity.
Below is Mrs. Baumert's "All About Me" example.
Can you tell I like to read? I also like to find information using books and computers while I am at school. I enjoy playing volleyball, listening to piano music, using computers, and eating Mexican food. I have 4 daughters, one husband, my mother and a dog who live with me. I am good at volleyball, cooking and using computers. I do not like snakes and rats.
Can you find the picture that is used in school, things I like and things I am good at?
Can you make a personal connection between things I like and things I am good at?
Practice making your own "All About Me" Kidspiration and then writing about yourself. Feel free to post individual or class writing samples. That way, I will be able to get to know each class and students at Smith School a little bit faster.
3rd, 4th and 5th graders participated in the "Dewey Decimal Classification Tour".
Resources for Dewey Decimal Classification
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tutorial/kids_tutorial_0606.ppt OCLC Kid's powerpoint
http://www.mikids.com/Dewey.htm Online matching quiz
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml Do we really know Dewey?
1. We reviewed and discussed LMC S.T.A.R. rules and the class routine.
2. We looked for library books and found over $10,000 worth of new books!
3. Everyone checked out books.
1st and 2nd graders completed an "All About Me" Kidspiration activity.
Below is Mrs. Baumert's "All About Me" example.
Can you tell I like to read? I also like to find information using books and computers while I am at school. I enjoy playing volleyball, listening to piano music, using computers, and eating Mexican food. I have 4 daughters, one husband, my mother and a dog who live with me. I am good at volleyball, cooking and using computers. I do not like snakes and rats.
Can you find the picture that is used in school, things I like and things I am good at?
Can you make a personal connection between things I like and things I am good at?
Practice making your own "All About Me" Kidspiration and then writing about yourself. Feel free to post individual or class writing samples. That way, I will be able to get to know each class and students at Smith School a little bit faster.
3rd, 4th and 5th graders participated in the "Dewey Decimal Classification Tour".
Resources for Dewey Decimal Classification
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tutorial/kids_tutorial_0606.ppt OCLC Kid's powerpoint
http://www.mikids.com/Dewey.htm Online matching quiz
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml Do we really know Dewey?
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