Assigment, Friday, December 11th

Happy Friday!!!

Gosh I miss each of you so very much!  New York is amazing!  I have pictures to show all of you!!  I have learned some fun things that I am looking forward to adding to our classroom!

I hope you have had an awesome week!  I hope you are behaving and doing your best on everything that Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Cogan has asked you to do!

I can not wait to see each of you on Monday!  I am looking forward to hearing all of your amazing holiday songs and see your musical talents shine!

So, now for your blogging assignment:

1.)  Blog 3 December poems.  They can be about the holidays or the month.  However, the entire poem has to  be about the same topic.  So, write something amazing!  I will be sharing your poems with other teachers in New York tomorrow!!

2.)  Blog a slice of life!  I have missed you, so catch me up about what you have been doing without me there!

3.)  Blog about your reading this week!  What are you reading?  What did you love?  What did you not love?

4.) Finally, a free blog!  Write about anything you would like to share!

I miss you so much!

I will see you on Monday!

I am proud of you!

Assignment, December 4, 2015

Good Morning Writers!!!

I am extremely proud of each of you!  You have done a fantastic job working on your expository essays this week.  Perseverance has been a key component to completing these essays!  You are writers!!!  I can not wait to see how your writing changes and grows the rest of the year!!!

Today, you have at least 4 blog posts to complete this week!  Remember my expectations for your blog writing!!  Do the writing first, and then you can change the font, color, and add pictures.

1.)  Write a poem about December.  You can use your journal to write it on paper, first. However, you do not have to!  

2.) Write about a slice of life.  There are so many little moments that we encounter every day!  Pick one small moment and write LONG about it!

3.) Write a blog about your reading!  You have finished so many wonderful books!  I can not wait to write about the Island of Dr. Libris. (by the way, the words are underlined because they are the name of the book....hint, hint.)

4.) Free write blog!  Compose a blog about a central idea that you pick!  You can choose any type of writing and share it!!!

I hope you have a super day of blogging!  I will have my ipad at my meeting.  I will be checking your blogs and commenting!  

Have a great day!

Thankful

Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Little fingers are quickly filling blogs with words that share thoughts, emotions and feelings.  I love our Fridays.  It delights my soul to see these writers emerge as bloggers.  They are challenged to make each post unique and a reflection of their personality.  At the beginning of the year, they have few words.  By now, each is beginning to get the hang of this challenge, and their words are flowing a little easier.  

This process is beautiful!  This day is such a blessing.  

I am so thankful for the amazing kiddos who are in my classroom right this minute.  They are writers, 
and readers, 
and scientists, 
and historians, 
and athletes, 
and artists,
and anything thing they want to be.

They are truly the reason for what I do!

I love being their teacher!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am THANKFUL for you!

Assignment November 20, 2015

Good Morning!

Today, you have at least 5 blogs to write!

1.) Share you poem about November that we wrote on Monday's journal.

2.)  Blog your poem about rain or weather that you wrote on Tuesday in your morning journal.

3.)  Write your poem about something that is important to you.  This is the poem that you created on Wednesday in your writing journal.

4.) Post the journal entry that you wrote on Thursday about a person, place or thing that you are thankful for and why you are thankful for them.

5.) Slice your life.  This week pick one small moment out and share it with us!  Be sure and make it come alive like a movie.  Share every detail so we can create a picture in our head!

After you have finished those five, you may write a blog about anything you would like to share.  It could be about your reading, your dog, a thought, a wondering, or even another poem that dances in your heart!  You pick!

Writers, 
I love reading your words!  Thank you for sharing them with me!  I am thankful for each one of you!
Happy Blogging!!

Assignment November 6, 2015

Good Morning, Writers!!!

Blog #1 - Title:  Slice of Life Story November 6th

• Choose an every day moment from you life this week
• Focus on the details that made it stand out to you:
• people - just the main characters
• action - what stood out -most important part
• dialogue - show the character's voice
• feelings - show the feelings don't just tell them
• setting - try to tell about specific details
• Begin "in the moment" and try to share the scene exactly as you saw it
• As you write, use specific nouns (Red Ferrari instead of car) and vivid verbs (raced instead of run)
• Think of your slice of life as a scene from a book or a movie ...make your readers relive the scene!!

Once you finish your slice of life post, you may post on other classmate's blogs.  This is how I want you to post on your friend's blogs!

I am so proud of each of you for sharing this journey with me!  I love reading your words!!

Have fun sharing your slice of life!

Slice of Life October 23rd

    "I have been waiting for this day all year," I exclaimed.  They sat in their seat with their focused eyes following me around the room.  I couldn't wait to unveil this amazing journey we were about to embark on as a class.  I have seen how life changing this process can be.  I could feel their nervous excitement as I shared my experience with SOL.

     The light soared and brought the projected image to life!  The large orange slice of life logo became part of my our environment.  "Today, you will write your first Slice of Life Blog,"I shared with my class.  "You have learned how to write a personal narrative, and now, you will get a chance to share your amazing life with our readers."  The students' mouths fell open and their eyes bulged.  So, I continued,  "I have created posters, and I am sending them to our parents so they can share your words with others." "WHAT!?!?" they exclaimed.  "Yes, the world will know what amazing authors you are!!" I joyously sang out!  "I am so excited!"  They stared at me like I had a bug crawling out of my nose.   I could tell each of them had a million questions in their mind, but all that arose was a sigh that could be heard all the way to the moon.

This is going to be fantastic!

Assignment, October 23, 2015

Good Morning!

I am thrilled to share Slice of Life with you!

Blog #1 - Title:  Slice of Life Story October 23rd

Once you finish your slice of life post, you may post on other classmate's blogs.  This is how I want you to post on your friend's blogs!

I can NOT wait to read your posts!  You are all fabulous authors and I know they will be amazing!

Have fun sharing your slice of life!

Assignment: October 16th

Good Morning!

1.) Blog number 1 will be titled: Curiosity Reflection:  Answer one of the following:

• After discussing the posters in the hallway, write your favorite quote, what that quote means to you and why you chose it as your favorite.

2.) Blog number 2 will be title Curious About Reading

Write about a book that you have read this year.  Answer one of these questions in your description.

• Did it make you want to read more books by that author?  
• During your reading were you curious about what was going to happen next?
• Do you still have questions in your mind that you wonder about?

Happy Blogging!  

I can not wait to read your posts!!

October 2nd Assignment

Happy October!!

1.)   Write a new blog post that has your  October Acrostic in it.  You will need to press the enter key to take you down to the next line.  Title this post:  October Acrostic   After you have typed your poem, you may add clip art.

2.) Blog number 2 will be titled: Imagination Reflection:  Answer one of the following:

• In what ways are you creative?
• Do you spend time with other creative people?
• Do you play, laugh, and use humor to enhance experiences?
• Do you express your own creative talents?  Do you paint, cook, sew, write, draw...?

3.)  You have read some very imaginative books this six weeks.  Write your third blog post describing your favorite book from the 1st six weeks.  Was the setting amazing?  Did the character react in ways that you could understand? Were you able to imagine being a part of the story?  

Remember, all of your posts should be written with complete sentences, capital letters, and punctuation.  I can not wait to read your words and share them with the other teachers!!

Happy Blogging!

Imagination Reflection

I use my imagination to help me look at the world in a different way.  I hope to find ways to capture people, places, and ideas from new and unique perspectives.  I strive to use my imagination every day in our classroom.  Students deserve role models and new ideas to push them to be successful.

Using my imagination makes me feel special and unique.  I love thinking and dreaming.  Like most little girls, I dreamed of the fairy tales for my life.  Those dreams haven't ended.  I feel strong and creative when I use my imagination.  I absolutely LOVE 

Imagination Assignment 9.25.2015

In today's blog, I want you to use one of the following sentence starters to begin a reflections about your imagination:

I use my imagination to help me...

Using my imagination makes me feel . . .

I believe I am imaginative because I. . .

Who is the most imaginative person I know or have read about? A technique the individual uses to stay imaginative and creative is . . .

I look forward to reading your posts!!!

Happy Blogging!

Maiers, A. (n.d.). Imagination. In Classroom Habitudes. Bloomington, IN.

Assignment 9.4.2015

1. After reading chapter 4 of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, write a blog post that tells a summary of what you read. Title your blog "A Summary of Chapter 4"

2.    Your second blog post should be titled "My Reading August 31-September 4".  In this post, you will write a summary of what you have read during the week.



3.  After you have finished the two blog posts, I want you to check out these web pages.  We have an exciting project to talk about.

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Last 4th Grade Assignment for the 14-15 school year!

I am so sad to say that this is our LAST blog to complete together in B-1.  I absolutely LOVE being your teacher!  I am proud of you , and I want to challenge you to make these two your best ones!!

Blog #1 - Write about your favorite 4th grade memory.  Was it mastering multiplication?  Was it finishing a great book?  What was the most memorable thing about our year?

Blog #2 - Summer Reading plans!!  One of the things I LOVE about summer is the freedom to read many different books at a variety of wonderful locations...like the public library...snuggled up on my couch....at the pool....and at the beach!!!  I can not wait!  What books do you plan to read this summer? Where are you going to read them?