Spelling: test on your 6 words
Reading: be prepared to give a talk for at least one minute about your character.
You will be describing them in a new book talk video.
Social studies: Look up and write a definition for:
Proposal, initiative, law, legislation.
N.B.We will be working with pen and ink tomorrow so
it is a good idea to wear clothing that can get dirty.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Bamboo Pens
We will be drawing in pen and ink. I found a source for bamboo that had been cut but was not being used at the Arnold Arboretum. Students who would like to may have some bamboo to make their own pens under supervision at home. Directions here: http://members.aol.com/phyllosulcus/
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Video Book Reports - FEB 15th
( Below this post you will find a post with all the student's reflections on the Rock Opera - scroll down)
During Independent reading this week, the students were asked to think about being able to say something specific that they liked about their books. It could be a plot element, a character or a description but it had to be specific. Two days later, I had the brainstorm to record these comments. In other words, I sprung the idea on them. We didn't have time for many retakes and no one was able to review their video.
The class seemed to enjoy the process. They were mostly quiet and respectful while classmates sat in the front of the classroom and recorded into my laptop. Understandably, a few students could not overcome the strangeness of watching themselves on the screen while being filmed. We are working on that. We used the built in iSight for ease of set up so we could get the most learning about books from the process and minimize futzing with the technology. Hope you enjoy the show! The music is from British musician and visual artist Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam aka "M.I.A" .
Have a great vacation!
Norah
During Independent reading this week, the students were asked to think about being able to say something specific that they liked about their books. It could be a plot element, a character or a description but it had to be specific. Two days later, I had the brainstorm to record these comments. In other words, I sprung the idea on them. We didn't have time for many retakes and no one was able to review their video.
The class seemed to enjoy the process. They were mostly quiet and respectful while classmates sat in the front of the classroom and recorded into my laptop. Understandably, a few students could not overcome the strangeness of watching themselves on the screen while being filmed. We are working on that. We used the built in iSight for ease of set up so we could get the most learning about books from the process and minimize futzing with the technology. Hope you enjoy the show! The music is from British musician and visual artist Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam aka "M.I.A" .
Have a great vacation!
Norah
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Reflections on The Green 13
These are student's reflections on our work. All students are represented...
I learned about dry ice. Hot water makes it steam more. I learned about saws. I liked to saw stuff. The spotlight was really fun to run and easy for me to do. Making things for the play was fun. The play was fun, easy and a little hard to do. Mainly it was fun and cool. - Eric H.
I liked learning about dry ice. And I loved learning about machines and making the dry ice machine. I liked pulling the pulleys and singing the songs. I think the best part was the finale and the I like bicycles. I liked the way we worked together. - Courteney D.
During the rock opera I learned about teamwork and more about performances. I learned that if you don't have teamwork, it won't be good. I mean, you can do it by yourself but if you have a team and team work it will be a lot better. I learned about performances after I came to America. In Korea we don't do performances. I learned that in performance you have to be really fast and and not be shy of all the people.
- Mark S.
I liked using the pulleys and finding the rays [parts of the set were missing Ed.note]for the good guy and repairing him. I liked learning about dry ice, doing the Punk News and finding a costume. I liked singing the 3 Rs and Bicycle. I don't drink as much bottled water and I sometimes walk to the diner. - Ilana H.
I really liked making up the dance for Bicycle, a lot. A lot! I liked making my costume. People said I looked "gothic". I learned never to hold dry ice because I burned myself.I really liked the singing and the dancing and the acting a lot. I learned to work together because when you do it works and it looks really good. - Shayna B.
I learned to help and to listen to others and to wait and listen for my cue.I really liked learning about punks and the stuff they wear. I really enjoyed working with Shayna and Mark. I also found the ideos to be very funny, mostly. I liked pulling up the bad guy. - Harriet T.
I have learned a lot of things while working on the rock opera. I learned about cooperation and teamwork. I also learned about performing.I really liked figuring out what I was going to use for my costume. I also loved the run throughs. I think the rock opera was a great production.I also think that the parents,and other students andteachers really appreciated our effort. Here are some things I am going to do to stop global warming: 1. Turn off my DVD player and TV when I am not using them.
2. Use canvas bags at the store. -Alie R.
I liked the pulleys,fixing the ramp [it needed to be rebuilt before the show and Sophie helped hammer it back together Ed. note]dry ice, wearing a costume, singing the 3Rs and sliding down the ramp after the show was over. It was really fast and awesome. I do not drink bottled water and I bring canvas bags to the store. - Sophie N.
I liked working with power tools because it is faster, Another thing I enjoyed was making videos because I was very relaxed and you didn't have to be perfect. It was personally hard for me to cooperate with all the ideas.I enjoyed learning about dry ice and about the fog machine. A funny incident happened when I was told to dump dry ice down the toilet And it started bubbling. - Eli B.
The rock opera taught me that anyone can cooperate if they try to. I learned about how you blunt nails by hitting them on the floor before nailing them in. This way you don't crack the wood as much.
- CJ Corrigan
I learned that working with a team to do something is a lot easier than doing it alone. We did stuff as a team but it was still really hard . I mean we can do stuff when we put our minds to it. We worked really hard on the rock opera and I am pleased with the way it turned out. I want my mom and dad to start doing more about global warming that they are already doing.. we are doing as much as we can to stop global warming or at least hold it off. ...-Asha D.
What I learned doing Green 13 is that I can make props and characters. I learned about dry ice. And I did the voice of the sun. I did a last minute part because someone was late. People said I did good but I only had 30 seconds to practice. I made my costume by myself. I already recycle all our bottles at home
Cole B.
Even while we were sharing facts we learned some facts ourselves. I loved all the songs at first. I am very proud of everyone, even the teachers. I also learned about using canvas bags,which are so much better for the environment.
Isabel D.
I learned about dry ice. Hot water makes it steam more. I learned about saws. I liked to saw stuff. The spotlight was really fun to run and easy for me to do. Making things for the play was fun. The play was fun, easy and a little hard to do. Mainly it was fun and cool. - Eric H.
I liked learning about dry ice. And I loved learning about machines and making the dry ice machine. I liked pulling the pulleys and singing the songs. I think the best part was the finale and the I like bicycles. I liked the way we worked together. - Courteney D.
During the rock opera I learned about teamwork and more about performances. I learned that if you don't have teamwork, it won't be good. I mean, you can do it by yourself but if you have a team and team work it will be a lot better. I learned about performances after I came to America. In Korea we don't do performances. I learned that in performance you have to be really fast and and not be shy of all the people.
- Mark S.
I liked using the pulleys and finding the rays [parts of the set were missing Ed.note]for the good guy and repairing him. I liked learning about dry ice, doing the Punk News and finding a costume. I liked singing the 3 Rs and Bicycle. I don't drink as much bottled water and I sometimes walk to the diner. - Ilana H.
I really liked making up the dance for Bicycle, a lot. A lot! I liked making my costume. People said I looked "gothic". I learned never to hold dry ice because I burned myself.I really liked the singing and the dancing and the acting a lot. I learned to work together because when you do it works and it looks really good. - Shayna B.
I learned to help and to listen to others and to wait and listen for my cue.I really liked learning about punks and the stuff they wear. I really enjoyed working with Shayna and Mark. I also found the ideos to be very funny, mostly. I liked pulling up the bad guy. - Harriet T.
I have learned a lot of things while working on the rock opera. I learned about cooperation and teamwork. I also learned about performing.I really liked figuring out what I was going to use for my costume. I also loved the run throughs. I think the rock opera was a great production.I also think that the parents,and other students andteachers really appreciated our effort. Here are some things I am going to do to stop global warming: 1. Turn off my DVD player and TV when I am not using them.
2. Use canvas bags at the store. -Alie R.
I liked the pulleys,fixing the ramp [it needed to be rebuilt before the show and Sophie helped hammer it back together Ed. note]dry ice, wearing a costume, singing the 3Rs and sliding down the ramp after the show was over. It was really fast and awesome. I do not drink bottled water and I bring canvas bags to the store. - Sophie N.
I liked working with power tools because it is faster, Another thing I enjoyed was making videos because I was very relaxed and you didn't have to be perfect. It was personally hard for me to cooperate with all the ideas.I enjoyed learning about dry ice and about the fog machine. A funny incident happened when I was told to dump dry ice down the toilet And it started bubbling. - Eli B.
The rock opera taught me that anyone can cooperate if they try to. I learned about how you blunt nails by hitting them on the floor before nailing them in. This way you don't crack the wood as much.
- CJ Corrigan
I learned that working with a team to do something is a lot easier than doing it alone. We did stuff as a team but it was still really hard . I mean we can do stuff when we put our minds to it. We worked really hard on the rock opera and I am pleased with the way it turned out. I want my mom and dad to start doing more about global warming that they are already doing.. we are doing as much as we can to stop global warming or at least hold it off. ...-Asha D.
What I learned doing Green 13 is that I can make props and characters. I learned about dry ice. And I did the voice of the sun. I did a last minute part because someone was late. People said I did good but I only had 30 seconds to practice. I made my costume by myself. I already recycle all our bottles at home
Cole B.
Even while we were sharing facts we learned some facts ourselves. I loved all the songs at first. I am very proud of everyone, even the teachers. I also learned about using canvas bags,which are so much better for the environment.
Isabel D.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Study Update
We are beginning our study government and watching the primaries.
Here is a source for results:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/10/delegate.map/index.html
This week students thought about laws and continued our studies of the states. Students created national maps showing the primary results they were interested in.
Here is a source for results:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/10/delegate.map/index.html
This week students thought about laws and continued our studies of the states. Students created national maps showing the primary results they were interested in.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Update for FEB 11th
Look in your email for a health update from Dan and Steve Middlebrook soon
What a great job the Inventors did in performance on Friday! Nearly all the parts of our complicated high tech/low tech hybrid project come together as Dan had planned in what we sincerely hope was as enjoyable for audience to watch as it was for us to perform. Students were happy to share reflections on their learning during the process of creating the show and had an ice cream party, compliments of Toscanini's and Norah.
In the past week, in addition to practicing for our performance, in math we worked on perimeters and converting feet to inches then to centimeters which dovetailed nicely into our previous study of multiplication of 2 and 3 digit numbers. We also studied spelling, grammar and learned about the Western states. All students did very well on their geography test although the spelling of state's names will need some work. This past week in science we studied 3 states of matter and evaporation, sublimation, condensation using CO2 in solid form. We then made a dry ice fogger.
Copies of the Green 13 video segments will be available . Some parents made a video of the actual performance which I will try to edit ASAP. We may decide to reschedule our visit the MIT museum. Please look here for info.
See you soon, norah
What a great job the Inventors did in performance on Friday! Nearly all the parts of our complicated high tech/low tech hybrid project come together as Dan had planned in what we sincerely hope was as enjoyable for audience to watch as it was for us to perform. Students were happy to share reflections on their learning during the process of creating the show and had an ice cream party, compliments of Toscanini's and Norah.
In the past week, in addition to practicing for our performance, in math we worked on perimeters and converting feet to inches then to centimeters which dovetailed nicely into our previous study of multiplication of 2 and 3 digit numbers. We also studied spelling, grammar and learned about the Western states. All students did very well on their geography test although the spelling of state's names will need some work. This past week in science we studied 3 states of matter and evaporation, sublimation, condensation using CO2 in solid form. We then made a dry ice fogger.
Copies of the Green 13 video segments will be available . Some parents made a video of the actual performance which I will try to edit ASAP. We may decide to reschedule our visit the MIT museum. Please look here for info.
See you soon, norah
Friday, February 1, 2008
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