Get Readddddy….
I’ve got some adorable Christmas Crafts comin’ at cha. And here is our first. Ms. Nagashima’s elves wrote back to students from Wilson Elementary’s first grade class. They were Captains of Creativity invoking the most wonderfully elfy characters. I couldn’t be more proud of the results. Well done, Buddies.
OKIDOKI!!! Here’s the rest. We are having SO MUCH FUN! Not learning a thing!!! Wa-hoooo!!!
Deb was right…
I love teaching Social Studies. It is so much fun. Plus, I can totally get all into it with my knowledge of history. Here are some continents we created to learn about landforms. Cutest things ever. Some kids made food inspired ones, others made sports themed ones, one even made a Team Jacob one. ALL adorable.
Sclock it out.
Sonic’s Wrong…
Here’s some false advertising some sixth grade teachers found on TV. It also goes to show the lack of understanding in measuring here in these good, ol’ United States. I showed my kids… who spent some time wondering why I was showing them a foot long hot dog during math. See if you can figure it out. xoxo The Measuring Princess
I won a Million Dollars!!!
Just kidding. But I did win $50 to spend on my classroom. How do I get the most bang for my buck? I’m thinking – air fresheners. Any thoughts??
Animoto What?
http://animoto.com/play/OtKA3tkgwgVobw4mgAypCw?utm_content=main_link
Me, I’m super fly. Super-duper fly. Watch this cool video I made with the pictures found on my school computer. I’m teaching my Enrichment class how to make their own tomorrow. They’re going to be the bombest-igity book reports EVER! Peace.
Letters About Literature
A great idea for a class. Review letter writing. Send an actual letter. Think outside your classroom. AND read. What more could one ask for? Little.
Read what our awesome librarians wrote about the initiative below (Thanks Norma Jean and Gretchen!) :
Last year a young woman from Moscow, Idaho, wrote a very personal letter to Dr. Seuss about his books – how they entertained her as child but how years later she began to see another level of meaning in his work. Her letter was so well-written that she was one of six national winners in the 2009-2010 Letters About Literature contest, sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. We received 70,000 entries last year–but can you believe it, less than 75 of those letters came from Idaho children? Even though Kaitlyn Kressalt of Idaho Senior High School took one of the top prizes (and earned a $10,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant for her school), the submissions from Idaho last year were disappointing. This is due, in part, to the fact that the Idaho State Center for the Book does not sponsor the contest. But that doesn’t mean that Idaho children can’t enter.
This year, we want to increase the number of entries from Idaho in a big way. We could use your help to increase awareness of the program among classroom teachers as well as librarians. Just word of mouth, or a short piece in a library blog or newsletter goes a long way in getting the “call for student entries” out. All the necessary information, including the how-to-enter guidelines plus our 36-page teacher’s guide, is available at our website: www.lettersaboutliterature.org. Kaitlyn’s letter is published on that site.
