March 2nd, 2010
Category: Literacy
Tags: at, Class, i need to write a short story, Literacy, Short, Story, Write
I decided my lead character is an 8 year old girl who is smart, kind, sarcastic, and funny I have the setting already in my mind. Or I want to write a short scary story but just kind of tweak the character does anyone have any plot ideas to give me a kick start.
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February 4th, 2010
Category: Children Literacy
Tags: about...any, at, Class, Dont, how to write a persuasive speech for kids, Ideas, industrial hemp, Know, literacy rate, literacy rates, persuasive, persuasive speech topics, Speak, Speech, Write
yea, i have no clue. I was thinking about water birth and child literacy rates…but i have to find a way to make it persuasive.
the first speech I wrote was about Industrial Hemp and the second was about Globalization and Consumerism. I don’t know what to write about. I dont want to do anything religious because I dont want to offend anyone in my class by bashing their views.
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January 27th, 2010
Category: Literacy Activities
Tags: at, bank, bank field trips, Class, Field, field trip to the bank, Grade, Planning, trip
Does anyone have any guidelines or ideas for activities (specific) for the students while we are there. This is the first time this bank is having a class visit and we are developing a curriculum. All our field trips have to be standards-based and I want to incorporate our standards for math (identification and exchange of money) and social studies (personal spending literacy and producers/consumers). I’m in Georgia if you want to check our standards (www.georgiastandards.org). If you are aware of a resource, online or otherwise, please forward that information. I can figure out the basics ideas like tour the…
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December 26th, 2009
Category: Teaching Literacy
Tags: Activity, at, Class, cll, cll ideas, Ideas, Interview, Literacy, Minute, Phonics, reception, teaching
HELP!!!!
I have an interview this thursday, and I am fresh out of ideas!
The remit I have been given says that I will need to teach a whole class of reception children for 15 mins, within the subject area of communication, language and literacy.
The only things I have thought of so far are either some kind of phonics game or a story related activity.
The trouble with the phonics idea though is that I clearly wont know the children, or the levels to pitch at. And besides that I don’t know that many phonics games anyway.
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Please!
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