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Multigenre Pictures

pisbell76 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:44:02 +0000

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Multigenre Project

pisbell76 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:09:53 +0000

Check out my project!!!!!

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Student Poetry

pisbell76 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:49:35 +0000

Here are a few poems that the students that I worked with in fourth grade wanted to be published

Check them out!!!!

I was very impressed with all the students work and effort!

Hope you enjoy!!!!!

“I Am’’ poem

by: Lydia robles

I am color and I have lots of feathers

I wonder if my feathers will stop growing

I hear the leaves crunching

I see lots of leaves

I want my feathers to stop growing

I am colorful and I have lots of feathers

I pretend that I’m not a peacock when people come to the forest

I feel scared when people come to the forest

I touch lots and lots of trees

I worry that one day I will get hurt

I cry when a lot of animals get shot

I am colorful and I have lots of feathers

I understand that one day I will get hurt

I say that I wish people wouldn’t hurt animals

I dream ht one day I will be important

I try to help other animals when there in danger

I hope to help different animals

I am a peacock

I Am Poem

By: MARAH CLINE

I am a bottlenose dolphin

I wonder where my babies are

I hear the other fish whispering

I see the sun though the ocean top

I what to see the world with land

I am a bottlenose dolphin

I pretend to be on land

I feel good with warm waters around

I touch the ocean floor

I worry that something bad is going to happen

I cry when I think of something sad

I am a bottlenose dolphin

I understand I can’t go on land

I say I will live for ever

I dream of land

I try to my best

I hope I will see land one day

I am a bottlenose dolphin

I am Poem

By D’onna Duncan

I am medium size

I wonder if I will have babies

I hear birds singing

I see worms from the earth

I want to fly

I am red

I am medium size

I pretend to be died

I feel my fur in the wind

I touch my eggs

I worry if a hawk will eat me

I cry when I am scared

I am a little bird

I am tan or red

I understand that I can fly

I say I am cute

I try to stay safe

I hope to stay away from hawks

I am a cardinal.

I AM POEM

BY; LILLIAN BURHANS

I AM BROWNISH WHITE.

I WONDER ABOUT MY WIFE AT THE NEST.

I HEAR OTHER BIRDS IN CHERPING IN TE DISTANCE.

I SEE OTHER BIDS FLYING PAST ME.

I WANT A BIG DINNER.

I AM BROWNISH WHITE.

I PRETEND TO SWIM WHILE FLYING.

I FEEL THE WIND BRUSHING MY WIDEST CLOUD IN THE SKY FEATHERS.

I TOUCH THE.

I WORRY ABOUT MY YOUG AT THE NEST.

I CRY WHEN AIR GOES THROUGH MY EYES.

I AM BROWNISH WHITE.

I UNDER STAND OTHER ANIMALS.

I SAY CAWCAW CAW.

I DREAM ABOUT MY FUTURE.

I TRY TO SEE MY NEST.

I HOPE I WILL FIND A TASTY DINNER.

I AM A BALD EAGLE.

“I Am” Poem

I am a newt swimming in a pond.

I wonder if I’m the only one.

I hear the trickle of water going into the pond.

I see a predator approaching quietly.

I want to explore my environment.

I am a newt swimming in a pond

I pretend that I am a big juicy fish.

I feel my cold slimy dinner.

I touch the fish that I am eating.

I worry when I may be someone else’s dinner.

I cry when I cannot find my next dinner.

I am a newt swimming in a pond.

I understand that I am very lonely.

I say that I need other relatives.

I dream that I can live forever.

I try to stay under the water forever.

I hope I will never die.

I am a newt swimming in the pond.

I Am Poem

By Alexis Hines

     I am slow and mean

I wonder if I will get my meal

    I hear my meal swimming

I see the blue sky

I want to run

I am slow and mean

    I pretend I’m grass

I feel the wind

I touch the grass

I worry about my meal

I cry for my mom

I am slow and mean

I understand that I have to wait

I say I’m hungry

I dream I am at home

I try not to think of it

I hope my dream comes true

I am slow and mean

I Am” Poem

Demarkus Moore

I am scary and pointy

I wonder why I have a sword for a nose

I hear a boats horn above my head

I see a hammer head shark approaching

I want to disappear into a sunken ship

I am scary and pointy

I pretend I am a human swimming

I feel the water pressing up against my fin

I touch seaweed as I pass

I worry I will be caught in a fisherman’s net

I cry when others get scared at my sight

I am scary and pointy

I understand why people are scared of me

I say, “Don’t be scared I won’t hurt you”

I dream that one day I will have lots of friends

I try not to scare others when they see me coming

I hope that one day everyone will be my friend

I am a swordfish

Poetry Assignment

pisbell76 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:17:54 +0000

Check out my poetry assignment!!!!!

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Multigenre Project Presentation

pisbell76 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:47:41 +0000

Tonight was wonderful!!!!!!! Everyone did a wonderful job!!!!!! I could tell that everyone made such a great effort on all projects. It was amazing to see all the research that took place on all the projects. I know that with my own project I was able to take ownership and find lots of things that I could relate to Juliette Gordan Low. Although she never had children the girl scout troops were her children. I know that the girls in my own feel like my children. So I can relate to her in that she wanted to make a difference in all girls life.

I really enjoyed all the project. I learned all about people and places I had never heard of before. I really liked Robin’s alphabet pictionary it was amazing. I thought that Jamie’s topic was the most unique! I never knew about the wedding dress color and how that color expressed your feelings on the day of your wedding. Really neat. I can tell that everyone is so creative!!!!!

Weekly Reflection on Cassidy,Reese articles and Ch. 3

pisbell76 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:00:25 +0000

I read the articles first and they really intrigued me. I use wordless book in my classroom alot. I use them for vocabulary and getting ideas from pictures. My students like to make up the story as we go along. I had never thought about wrting down our story and sharing it with others. I know that sounds awful but at the beginning of the year we are lucky if we can sit for 15 minutes without requiring a break. But now I have students that get really into our whole group writings. I feel that this activity may be good for the ones who enjoy it and allow the others to complete something different during that time. I have a dear friend that teaches first grade and I made a copy of the articles for her to read. Once she read them she was amazed at what the 2nd grade students could do with the activity. She told me that she was looking for something to do with her students to keep them focused during all this warm weather that we are having and she said that she may have found her activity. Iwould have love to see the books that they created.

The chapter was a great resource to show the various ways and stages that children use during storytelling and writing stories. I know that looking back over some of my own children’s writing the difference I can see through length but also adding great details. I really like the ideas of teachers allowing students to partner write. This is a great concept for a student who struggles with writing stories but has great ideas as long as someone else is writing. allowing students the opportunity to see how other writers solve problems within the stroyline and also seeing transitions is a great way to learn and use them as examples in their own writing.

Weekly Reflection On Ch.13 and Writing w/o Boundaries

pisbell76 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:52:19 +0000

Ch. 13

This was a very hard Chapter for me to read. I guess because my background is strictly in Birth-Kindergarten and I don’t have to face this in the classroom on daily basis. In my classroom we are drawing pictures to creat e a story or a sentence about a topic. I know from my own personal experience in my education I always have struggled with writing assessments so I can relate to the scenario. As a teacher myself, I feel bad for the teachers who battle this dilema on a daily basis. The demands are so intense for educators that I can see why some have to leave the career after so many years. I firmly believe the statement on page 268, “Writing is a performance task that requires substantial effort, motivation, persistance, strategic planning, and skill, as well as knowledge about a topic.” I feel that constantly modeling the skills to students is one of the best way to teach writing skills.

Again, this topic is very new to me so it will be interesting to see what Dr. Frye’s Blog will say about this chapter. If anyone takes notes please pass them my way.

Writing w/o boundaries

The rest of the book was very informative and has helped me in preparing my own reflections. I loved seeing the examples of the students work. Ialso liked how the authors of the book encouraged the readers to utilize the units required by the state curriculum. I feel this project is a great way for students to work on different types of writing and learning to reflect on their own writing and assess their work.

Weekly Reflection On Multigenre PRojects

pisbell76 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:52:54 +0000

This weeks reading in Writing Without Boundaries made the multigenre projects more clear and a better understanding in implementing them into the classroom setting. I really liked the goal sheets to use to keep the students on schedule with the project. The sheet taught them the importance of time management in creating a creative project. I feel like I could benefit from trying to use these sheets myself. I really liked how the text encouraged peer conferences with the students. I know alot of times students can take criticism and ideas from peers better than teachers or other adults. I also liked the concept of individual conferences to complete with the students. This is a great time for teacher to assist students with help but also a time where the teacher can gauge whether the student is struggling with the project or a particular genre. I feel the teacher should provide the students examples of genres so that they can compare and use these examples in completing their own creation of that genre.

The ideas that I have thought of for my own project are:

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Benjamin Franklin

Penguins

Rosa Parks

I think this is a great project for us to complete so we can show off our creative side!!!!!!

Moulton Article

pisbell76 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:37:48 +0000

The Moulton article on Multigenre Paper was very interesting. The entire process really intrigued me to want try it on students to see if they enjoyed completing a paper in a different format. The process seems to be easier because the student is able to make more choices in deciding on how to present the information. The student is able to complete genres that interest them and they are able to show their own strengths in other areas while presenting the accurate information. I do feel that the teacher can use this activity to give the students the opportunity to be creative and expressive through their work. I am excited about completely my own multigenre project.

“I” Poem

pisbell76 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:57:39 +0000

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Here is my “I” poem please let me know what you think.