Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
What Did I MISS?
207-A had something special that we did with with our BFF’s this past week. It was called MISS, or Most Important Special Sentence. It was were we had to write a sentence about a book we read with our BFF (Book Friends Forever) and we had to find what sentence we felt was the best, coolest, or most explanatory of our book. When we found our MISS, we were to make a presentation about it then share it with the class 201’s 1st graders. Part of this project that was memorable was the fact that we really got to talk and really find out what our BFF’S think about books, we also get to know our BFF’S a little better and it helped us realize what things about books appeal to them. Another small idea that we got out of this project is how to animate a presentation which we can use in projects ahead of us.
The main thing we learned is that a sentence can completely change a book, or even the world!
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Doctor Seuss
If you can dream you can achieve it - Random
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein
Houston, we have a problem.-James A. Lovell.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.- Abraham Lincoln
A room without books is like a body without a soul- Cicero
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Literature Circle Background
We Love Our Literature Circles!
Eighteen years ago I read a book that changed the way I taught literature in the classroom. Harvey Daniels' book Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom. In the book, Daniels shares the experiences of 22 classroom teachers, grades K through college that moved their reading instruction from being teacher led to becoming student driven. The communities created via literature circles (LC) are drastically different from traditional classroom reading experiences where reading is treated as a solitary venture. LC provides 207A students the chance to collaborate, react and evaluate their texts. Or in the words of a current LCer, Joe...Literature Circles are the best!
They help you get better at writing tests.
Reading, writing, everywhere.
They're even better than underwear.
I say, "L!"
You say, "C!"
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"L!"
"C!"
"L!"
"C!"
"L!"
"C!"
Three words, reading, writing and social communication.
Our Present Roles
Monday, September 22, 2014
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