Australia Animal Word-O-Rama:
Scroll down to Australia Geography Games and click into Australia Animal Wordsearch. Use this with Finding Home; a story of a koala mother and baby, displaced by bush fires in 2009.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Learning Games for Kids
Where the Sidewalk Ends Story Blanks:
Author study of Shel Silverstein. This is a "Mad Libs" style of fill in the blanks for creation of a story. Please use appropriate language and be ready to read your work out loud if called upon.
Author study of Shel Silverstein. This is a "Mad Libs" style of fill in the blanks for creation of a story. Please use appropriate language and be ready to read your work out loud if called upon.
Learning Games for Kids
Animal Games
Go to Octopus, and watch video of Smart Octopus.
Use with Octopuses, Squids and Cuttlefish. Watch a video of "Smart Octopus" and write a story from the perspective of the octopus. How did the octopus get the jar open? What was it thinking? Could it see the meal inside the jar? How did it figure out which end to open? Enjoy being creative writers by taking the part of the octopus!
Go to Octopus, and watch video of Smart Octopus.
Use with Octopuses, Squids and Cuttlefish. Watch a video of "Smart Octopus" and write a story from the perspective of the octopus. How did the octopus get the jar open? What was it thinking? Could it see the meal inside the jar? How did it figure out which end to open? Enjoy being creative writers by taking the part of the octopus!
Learning Games for Kids
US State Games
Choose Vermont.
Go to Word-o-rama game.
Use with Vermont history and study of state facts and symbols.
Choose Vermont.
Go to Word-o-rama game.
Use with Vermont history and study of state facts and symbols.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Literature circles
Students in the Literature Circle discussion groups will post their information to the blog, as each job is completed.
Discussion Director
post 2 thoughtful questions here:
1.
2.
Vocabulary editor
Page #; Paragraph # Word:
Definition:
Sentence from text:
page #; Paragraph # Word:
Definition:
Sentence from text:
Character Mapper: list changes in character that you will share with the group.
Literary Luminary
page # and paragraph # of text you will share.
List your reason(s) for choosing this passage.
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
Discussion Director
post 2 thoughtful questions here:
1.
2.
Vocabulary editor
Page #; Paragraph # Word:
Definition:
Sentence from text:
page #; Paragraph # Word:
Definition:
Sentence from text:
Character Mapper: list changes in character that you will share with the group.
Literary Luminary
page # and paragraph # of text you will share.
List your reason(s) for choosing this passage.
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
Monday, April 2, 2012
Beginning a blog is a powerful feeling. Communication that can reach places you could only imagine. This blog is going to list some of my favorite books for kids, some other sites to find synopses for books and recommendations for young readers. As a librarian in Vermont, I've included the Red Clover and DCF book sites for K-8 students. This blog will be focused on younger students, so a link to the Green Mountain book award (for high school students) is not included.
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