Blog

﻿ Hey Guys, Welcome to my blog.

9-26-10 Looking on emetric told me that my lowest standard was 5r3. So I made a pretest using the achievement series and found out that on reading standard 5.r3.1 the students answered 73%correctly, standard 5r.3.2 69% answered correctly, and standard 5r3.3 only 57% of questions were answered correctly. So, I need to teach this standard. My English book mentions similes, metaphors, and personification in one lesson. I couldn’t find any mention of alliteration. The reading series doesn’t mention them at all. I have few resources to teach these skills. So it is a good thing I am taking this class. I searched Thinkfinity using the SD Standard 5r3.3 as my search and came up with six results. The first resource was from readthinkwrite. It is a basic outline for teaching alliteration. I may not follow her ideas but it was interesting. Another was from readthinkwrite teaches personification. These search results were encouraging but I think I will have to look some more before I decide on a unit. January 6, 2011 How do I change color and font on this? I don't feel black and white today. Tomorrow I teach lesson 3 of my project. I am not sure how it is going to go. I'm just going to throw it out there and see what happens. I hate teaching by the seat of my pants!

Hey, I learned something already! 

﻿﻿Jan. 10, 2011 It was really hard for my students to find poems they liked on the internet. So many of the sites wanted to sell books, not let us view poems. Some students used the books I had checked out of the library.

Jan. 12, 2011 Students read poems they had found. Only one student had a poem that we couldn't understand. He is looking for another. One girl wrote her own poem!

Jan. 17, 2011 Onomatopeia - Students watched the you tube videos. They worked in teams of three to generate lists of words. They used wordle to create posters using their lists. Students liked using wordle. They found it easy and fun to use.

Jan. 31, 2011 Students struggling with personification. Hard for them to think of their own examples. Worked on it all week.

Feb. 4, 2011 Our tech coordinator came down after school to see how my project was developing. He suggested that I make slides in power point and move them to photo story. He showed me how to do this and I practiced until 5:30. We figured out how to use the microphones on our laptops.

Feb. 7 Our tech coordinator came to my room and showed the students how to make a slide using power point and move it to photo story. They have never worked with either program. I thought they were bored and not listening but after he left, they talked about it like they understood. They planned their presentation.

Feb. 8. <span style="color: #4800ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jennifer came to visit. The students did a good job making their slides and moving them to power point. The microphones did not work and I could not remember how to fix them. I called our techie and he figured it out quickly. There was a screen that asked if the microphone should be tested and you have to click no. Such a simple solution but I couldn't find it.

<span style="color: #4800ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Feb. 9 <span style="color: #4800ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Borrowed microphone headsets from the resource room. They worked much better. Students recorded their voice overs and played with transitions. <span style="color: #4800ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They are done but want to play one more day. <span style="color: #4800ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What will be our next project?