I had my students make a homemade present for their parents. I printed out a monthly calendar for 2012 on cardstock and binded them into a book. Each student drew pictures for each month. For example, for the month of September, they drew apples, fall trees, a school, school bus, school supplies, etc.. Many of the students really took their time and showed alot of effort on wanting to do a great job on drawing and coloring for their parents.
This project went along with my AR and gave the students lots of practice with drawing different objects. I got a few positive comments from parents after they recieved their gift. The parents said that their child was really proud to show the gift to them because they made it all by themselves.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Breakthrough!
Yea! I had my students do a dot-to-dot when they arrived at school. It made a gingerbread boy. The picture already had the details on the gingerbread boy so all they had to do was color them. But I heard a few students say, "Remember to color all of the details." I was so happy that they are remembering!
We are working on the parent gift right now. I am having them illustrate a calendar. I ran the calendar on cardstock and then put a binding on it. On the front, I am going to take a picture of each student and create a frame to go around it. This project gives the students a chance to practice drawing different pictures that go with each month. For example, May-I talk about what usually happens in this month and the student gets to decide what he or she wants to draw. They can draw flowers, sun, grass, write Happy Mother's Day or I Love You Mom!, etc. Some students are taking their time and filling the whole page but some are still struggling with drawing!
Hopefully parents will enjoy the calendar that is illustrated personally for them!
We are working on the parent gift right now. I am having them illustrate a calendar. I ran the calendar on cardstock and then put a binding on it. On the front, I am going to take a picture of each student and create a frame to go around it. This project gives the students a chance to practice drawing different pictures that go with each month. For example, May-I talk about what usually happens in this month and the student gets to decide what he or she wants to draw. They can draw flowers, sun, grass, write Happy Mother's Day or I Love You Mom!, etc. Some students are taking their time and filling the whole page but some are still struggling with drawing!
Hopefully parents will enjoy the calendar that is illustrated personally for them!
Friday, December 9, 2011
AR Reflection
For my action research this week, I did a few things to help my students with story telling, drawing and writing. I made sure I talked with the students about adding details to a story when sharing out loud. I asked, "Would the story makes sense if details were missing?" Many replied no. I should have asked, "Could you follow along with the story if an author forgot to write a part of the story?" I need to remember that one!
I also made sure to talk about the pictures in the stories I read this week. In one of the articles from Time for Kids, they had a photo of a girl getting to school by a zip line because she lives in the rain forest. In the background, it was all trees but blurry. I asked if they could tell if the girl was going fast or slow. They replied, "fast", why? because the picture is blurry. Then I said could you draw a picture of a person or animal moving fast like the girl, they said yes. Then we talked about how they could draw blurry pictures.
Today, I had my students make another class book about our Unit 3 theme Transportation. The sentence was I like to ride a ____________. They needed to draw a picture of a vehicle that can get them from one place to another. I had a sub in my AM class, so I left a note to remind students of drawing picture first, add details and to use realistic colors. The sub did talk to them about these three things and 10 out of 18 students did what was asked. By looking at their page, I am able to see what their vehicle of choice is and then they were able to sound out most of the word on their own. My PM class, 14 out of 18 did the same thing. I might have had a few more in the PM class because I was there and not a sub or parent giving directions and watching them!
I just figured out how to do some data collection and I don't know why I didn't think of it before! I am going to go back and look at all of the class books that we created together and make a chart and graph to see if there is progress-I can see it but want data to back it up!
I feel that I am not using the Drawing & Writing Books justice! I think I might just have them out during free time for the students to draw on their own and if they want ideas to help with their drawing then I will be able to help specific students. Just an idea? I will try it next week to see if it will work!
During the month of December, I am having my students create a homemade calendar for the parents for Christmas gift. This is giving them a chance to draw things that go with the specific month. This is another reason why I will not have time to use the books!
I have grad school tomorrow, and I am bringing the latest class book to show my colleauges if they can tell what they drew and wrote! It should be fun!
Check back to see the results of the adults view of the pages!
I also made sure to talk about the pictures in the stories I read this week. In one of the articles from Time for Kids, they had a photo of a girl getting to school by a zip line because she lives in the rain forest. In the background, it was all trees but blurry. I asked if they could tell if the girl was going fast or slow. They replied, "fast", why? because the picture is blurry. Then I said could you draw a picture of a person or animal moving fast like the girl, they said yes. Then we talked about how they could draw blurry pictures.
Today, I had my students make another class book about our Unit 3 theme Transportation. The sentence was I like to ride a ____________. They needed to draw a picture of a vehicle that can get them from one place to another. I had a sub in my AM class, so I left a note to remind students of drawing picture first, add details and to use realistic colors. The sub did talk to them about these three things and 10 out of 18 students did what was asked. By looking at their page, I am able to see what their vehicle of choice is and then they were able to sound out most of the word on their own. My PM class, 14 out of 18 did the same thing. I might have had a few more in the PM class because I was there and not a sub or parent giving directions and watching them!
I just figured out how to do some data collection and I don't know why I didn't think of it before! I am going to go back and look at all of the class books that we created together and make a chart and graph to see if there is progress-I can see it but want data to back it up!
I feel that I am not using the Drawing & Writing Books justice! I think I might just have them out during free time for the students to draw on their own and if they want ideas to help with their drawing then I will be able to help specific students. Just an idea? I will try it next week to see if it will work!
During the month of December, I am having my students create a homemade calendar for the parents for Christmas gift. This is giving them a chance to draw things that go with the specific month. This is another reason why I will not have time to use the books!
I have grad school tomorrow, and I am bringing the latest class book to show my colleauges if they can tell what they drew and wrote! It should be fun!
Check back to see the results of the adults view of the pages!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Thanksgiving Station Day
Second time typing this! Wonderful technology!
On the day before Thanksgiving, I had station day. This is when I am able to have parent volunteers in to help with four activities that have to do with a certain theme. One station was create a page for our classbook, "I am thankful for...". I was able to be at this station for the AM class but not for the PM class. I really took the time to talk with each of the four groups about thinking of an idea, what were they going to draw, what colors were they going to use, to add details to make sure others would be able to look at the picture and know exactly what it is of, and take time to sound out the word that they were going to write to describe the picture. After each student was done, I had them hold their picture up to the others in the group. The students had a chance to tell what was the picture of. Many were able to tell what the student drew and to read the word out loud.
When the students wrote out the word for what they were thankful for, I felt that the students really concentrated and sounded out each letter and were able to write the word on their own. I was really happy and proud of them and I could see that the students were too!
I wish I had the same opportunity to do this with my PM class. I did talk with the parent who ran the station. The parent said that they really rushed through drawing the picture and coloring. I went back and looked at the two classbooks and I can see a big difference in the two classes. I feel it had to do with who was at the station. But the parent really tried to talk to them about what I was trying to have the students do.
On the day before Thanksgiving, I had station day. This is when I am able to have parent volunteers in to help with four activities that have to do with a certain theme. One station was create a page for our classbook, "I am thankful for...". I was able to be at this station for the AM class but not for the PM class. I really took the time to talk with each of the four groups about thinking of an idea, what were they going to draw, what colors were they going to use, to add details to make sure others would be able to look at the picture and know exactly what it is of, and take time to sound out the word that they were going to write to describe the picture. After each student was done, I had them hold their picture up to the others in the group. The students had a chance to tell what was the picture of. Many were able to tell what the student drew and to read the word out loud.
When the students wrote out the word for what they were thankful for, I felt that the students really concentrated and sounded out each letter and were able to write the word on their own. I was really happy and proud of them and I could see that the students were too!
I wish I had the same opportunity to do this with my PM class. I did talk with the parent who ran the station. The parent said that they really rushed through drawing the picture and coloring. I went back and looked at the two classbooks and I can see a big difference in the two classes. I feel it had to do with who was at the station. But the parent really tried to talk to them about what I was trying to have the students do.
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