Storytelling Unit Wrap-up

Think about the stories you have read in the Storytelling unit. We read A Story A Story, The Carving Pole, The Brothers Grimm, Oral History, Aunt Flossies Hats, The Keeping Quilt, and Home Place. What was your favorite story and why?

Cesar E. Chavez Day

We celebrated Cesar E. Chavez day today. We spent the morning learning about Cesar E. Chavez life. We used a great packet developed by the Los Angeles County Library. We read stories, did a play, and completed a crossword. After Recess we set up the LCD projector and watched a documentary / Biography on Cesar E. Chavez from the UFW (United Farm Workers) Website. We also used a timeline on the life of Cesar E. Chavez and listened to an NPR (National Public Radio) news report given in 2004 in observation of Cesar E. Chavez Day. After lunch, to Wrap up our day, we did a Read Aloud; Harvesting Hope. Finally we read The Historical Life of a Farmworker a great coloring book found in the elementary campaign pdf from the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation. NOW we’re ready for Spring Break!

Infotech 2007

We are competing at Infotech 2007!  We created a digital story about storytelling.  In our presentation we looked at how technology can open the doors to our imagination.  We looked at how story telling has changed and the role technology has had in this.  Check out our quicktime movie.

Storytelling

We’ve been busy this month learning about storytelling. We just recorded our stories. Check out our podcast feed. We are also competing at Infotech this year, a computer conference in LAUSD  (Los Angeles, CA).   We created a Digital story about storytelling.   Look for our quicktime movie, coming soon.

Feels like Spring

Hi everyone. Spring is just around the corner! Our plans include starting the typing tutor program in the computer lab. The Picasso head was kind of cool. We just started a new unit on Storytelling. I was thinking of having the students create a few digital stories. I am not sure what format to use yet. Does anyone have any ideas? Not having computers in the classroom that work, really limit what we can do. We have access to the computer lab and I use my personal laptop and digital camera.  I could check out a  projector for limited use. Oh well, that’s life in the Big City.

What we are up to

We started our Language Arts unit on Imagination this month.   The stories have been easy to get through.  In math we are practicing multiplication.  We are trying to use multiplication with two digits.  We started a unit on the Moon and on Native Americans.  Visit us soon to see our projects.

Week at Open Court Reading Training

I spent the last week at training. Some new information some old. It was a good overview of the program. Our instructor managed to keep us engaged throughout the week. As I return, I want to focus on how to teach new vocabulary to students. I am also going to look at the best way to implement Independent Work Time (IWT). There was a brief overview of the English Learner Support Guide. I need to go back and review all this new learning and see how it best fits my classroom. Mr. R

Using BubbleShare to Post Student Work

I used Bubble Share to share student work. www.bubbleshare.com You can upload pictures and create an album. You can then share your album by email or by posting on your blog. This is our first attempt!

In our Friendship stories the students were asked to write about a memorable time they had with their friend. I am going to play with the best way to post student writing. Please be patient!

We are studying about multiplication. As you can see we are working on arrays to understand how multiplication and repeated addition are related. We also explored the order property of Multiplication.

bye, Mr. R.

Room 36 Seal

Check out our seal.   Go Eagles !!!!!!

Welcome Everybody!

Hi, this is Mr. R! I teach third grade in Los Angeles. I will use this blog to share the learning that is going on in our classroom. We got a late start this year. Our class has only been together for two weeks. Come visit us soon. We will post our Friendship stories this week. Also look for our Room 36 podcast!