Monday, December 13, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Personification
Good Morning Boys & Girls,
This morning we will meet a Kookaburra, which is a bird native to Australia. This bird is known for its song which resembles that of a laugh! I think you will find this bird lives a very "playful" lifestyle! In our practice of alliteration, we will gather words that begin with the "k" sound to write silly sentences for our Handwriting Alliteration ABC books!
We will continue our author studies of E.B. White and Beverly Clearly. We have been discussing the author's style of using personification. Personification is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).
For example: The window winked at me. The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is a non-living object. Let's explore some activities that will further our investigation of personification. I challenge you to speak or write a few personification statements. Will the learning train whistle blow for you?
Personification sentences
Personification Practice
Quick Overview
Remember...someone is keeping a watchful eye upon you! Secret Students will be revealed tomorrow!
Shelby, we wish you the best of luck in your new school and home out west! Please be sure to keep in touch!
Love your teacher,
Miss O'Brien
This morning we will meet a Kookaburra, which is a bird native to Australia. This bird is known for its song which resembles that of a laugh! I think you will find this bird lives a very "playful" lifestyle! In our practice of alliteration, we will gather words that begin with the "k" sound to write silly sentences for our Handwriting Alliteration ABC books!
We will continue our author studies of E.B. White and Beverly Clearly. We have been discussing the author's style of using personification. Personification is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).
For example: The window winked at me. The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is a non-living object. Let's explore some activities that will further our investigation of personification. I challenge you to speak or write a few personification statements. Will the learning train whistle blow for you?
Personification sentences
Personification Practice
Quick Overview
Remember...someone is keeping a watchful eye upon you! Secret Students will be revealed tomorrow!
Shelby, we wish you the best of luck in your new school and home out west! Please be sure to keep in touch!
Love your teacher,
Miss O'Brien
Monday, February 22, 2010
Welcome Back!
Good Morning,
Today is the 103rd day of Elementary School. I hope that you all enjoyed your wonderful vacation. This week we will begin a new activity named "Secret Student." Each member of the class will choose a classmate from the people stick jar. The job requires you to keep a watchful eye on that friend all week and note the positive actions and behaviors. At the end of the week, we will meet at our closing meeting and compliment our friend to remind them of their strong character traits. Remember the character traits we have studied to this point in the year; RESPECT, EFFORT, RESPONSIBILITY, ATTITUDE, HONESTY, and SELF-CONTROL. Which character traits do you possess? Be sure to demonstrate those great skills...after all, someone is always watching!
Let's have a wonderful week and remember to stay on top of your African American Heroes Project. Check out his great website for more research: click here.
Love your teacher,
Miss O'Brien
Today is the 103rd day of Elementary School. I hope that you all enjoyed your wonderful vacation. This week we will begin a new activity named "Secret Student." Each member of the class will choose a classmate from the people stick jar. The job requires you to keep a watchful eye on that friend all week and note the positive actions and behaviors. At the end of the week, we will meet at our closing meeting and compliment our friend to remind them of their strong character traits. Remember the character traits we have studied to this point in the year; RESPECT, EFFORT, RESPONSIBILITY, ATTITUDE, HONESTY, and SELF-CONTROL. Which character traits do you possess? Be sure to demonstrate those great skills...after all, someone is always watching!
Let's have a wonderful week and remember to stay on top of your African American Heroes Project. Check out his great website for more research: click here.
Love your teacher,
Miss O'Brien
Monday, February 8, 2010
AAHP Update
Good Afternoon,
Our African American Hero Projects are well underway! Eight scholars stayed after school to broaden their understandings of some African American Heroes. Some of the individuals studies this afternoon were; Ella Fitzgerald, Fredrick Douglass, Ruby Bridges, Wilma Rudolph, Condoleezza Rice, and Duke Ellington. This week, the Important Poems are due. Tomorrow in class, we will be going to the computer lab to begin our PowerPoint Presentations. The focus will be on the Important Poems. Important Poems are non-fiction paragraphs. You will write 5 different yet descriptive facts about this person’s life. Remember the reason you are studying this individual is that they greatly impacted the civil rights movement as well as overcame stereotypes and segregation. Follow the format below to help you:
The important thing about ________________________is that s/he____________________________________. S/He ______
S/He_______________
S/He___________________
S/He_________________________
But the most important thing about ________________is that
Remember the first and last lines will identify the exact same action! It is a repeated line!
You may visit Biography.com Black History or History Channel's Black History Website for more information about your hero. These websites offer streaming video to help you learn more about your hero!
Also, you may use this website and code to continue with your research from home or at school. Be sure you type in your first and last name! Discovery Education Webquest Research ToolsI hope you are enjoying your Learning Journey! I know I am!
Love your teacher,
Miss O'Brien
Keep up the great work
Our African American Hero Projects are well underway! Eight scholars stayed after school to broaden their understandings of some African American Heroes. Some of the individuals studies this afternoon were; Ella Fitzgerald, Fredrick Douglass, Ruby Bridges, Wilma Rudolph, Condoleezza Rice, and Duke Ellington. This week, the Important Poems are due. Tomorrow in class, we will be going to the computer lab to begin our PowerPoint Presentations. The focus will be on the Important Poems. Important Poems are non-fiction paragraphs. You will write 5 different yet descriptive facts about this person’s life. Remember the reason you are studying this individual is that they greatly impacted the civil rights movement as well as overcame stereotypes and segregation. Follow the format below to help you:
The important thing about ________________________is that s/he____________________________________. S/He ______
S/He_______________
S/He___________________
S/He_________________________
But the most important thing about ________________is that
Remember the first and last lines will identify the exact same action! It is a repeated line!
You may visit Biography.com Black History or History Channel's Black History Website for more information about your hero. These websites offer streaming video to help you learn more about your hero!
Also, you may use this website and code to continue with your research from home or at school. Be sure you type in your first and last name! Discovery Education Webquest Research ToolsI hope you are enjoying your Learning Journey! I know I am!
Love your teacher,
Miss O'Brien
Keep up the great work
February 8th, 2010
Dear Students and Parents,
Friday we will be celebrating our achievements and good behavior along with Valentine’s Day. You are welcome to bring Valentine Cards to share with your community. The Von George Family has graciously made a donation towards the February Reward. Below, please find homeroom lists for both Room 103 and 104. We are looking forward to a very exciting day! Please note, participation in this reward is relative to student behavior and homework habits throughout the months of January and February. Mrs. Chase and Miss O’Brien will meet to discuss if your child has earned this privilege on Thursday afternoon.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Chase &
Miss O’Brien
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
African American Heroes Project
Dear Parents;
As February fast approaches, it is time for us to honor and celebrate African American History Month. Your child will be responsible for completing a biography project on a famous person of African American heritage. Enclosed, you will find the directions for the project. Please note the due dates next to each section of the project. It is necessary that your child spend time on this project at home and/or after school as there will only be a limited time for independent study on this project during the school day.
I am available any day after school by appointment. Your child must stay after to complete the timeline and PowerPoint presentation. Please review the contents of this packet with your child and complete the contract below. Please return the contract tomorrow, February 3, 2010.
Thank you for your continued support and participation.
Sincerely,
Miss O’Brien
Be sure to check out our WIKI site for more resources and information.
SOME GREAT WEBSITES to help you with your research are:
Biography.com http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/index.jsp
History Channel http://www.history.com/
Time for Kids
Scholastic News http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/?ESP=Teachers/ib/20100129/awa/th_underground_railroad_3_5///thlp/tout////
http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/blackhistorymonth/
Black History Month Links
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
How to Celebrate the Life of Malcolm X
How to Create a Civil Rights Lesson Plan
How to Visit the Anacostia Community Museum
How to Celebrate the Life of Harriet Tubman
How to Visit the African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Black History Month Resources
http://www.ed.gov/free/bhm.html
Black History Month for Kids
http://www.sikids.com/news/blackhistory/index.html
From Sports Ilustrated for Kids
Black History Links from Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html
Time for Kids: Black History Month
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,97217,00.html
Surfing the Net With Kids: Black History Month
http://www.surfnetkids.com/blackhistory.htm
Black History Month from Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/
Annie's Black History Links Page
http://www.annieshomepage.com/blackhistorylinks.html
Black History Month
http://web.knoxnews.com/web/blackhistory/interactive.shtml
Interactive Site
African American Coloring Book
Celebrating Black History
http://www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4818,00.html?yah From Family Education
Black History Month
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/black_history_month.htm
From DLTK for Kids
Interviewing Immigrants (includes African Americans).
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/tpl-sweethomechicago/
Cathay Williams: Female Buffalo Soldier
http://www.buffalosoldier.net/CathayWilliamsFemaleBuffaloSoldierWithDocuments.htm
Cathay Williams or William Cathay (Cathey)
Private, Thirty-eighth U.S. Infantry 1866-1868
The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier
http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buf4.html
Daily Life on the Western Frontier
Powerful Days in Black and White
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
Images by Charles Moore (Eastman Kodak)
Photography: African-American Cowboys
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/tarver/
By Ron Tarver
**************************************
BLACK HISTORY RESOURCES
**************************************
"African-American Mosaic"is a guide for studying black history & culture. Topics include colonization & Liberia, abolitionists & slavery,
western migration & homesteading, Chicago & Nicodemus(Kansas), & ex-slave narratives. (LOC)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
"Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from Federal Writers' Project" presents 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery & 500 photographs of former slaves. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
"Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site" features two schools that played a role in the 1954 Supreme Court decision stating that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ka1.htm
"The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925" traces how Southern African-Americans experienced Protestant Christianity & trans- formed it into the central institution of community life. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/ncuhtml/csbchome.html
"The Frederick Douglass Papers" presents the papers of the 19th-century African-American
abolitionist who escaped from slavery & risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, & publisher. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html
"Jackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field"
includes telegrams, letters, & photos showing how Robinson,the first African American to play in the big leagues in the 20th century, pressed for civil rights. (NARA)
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/jackie_robinson/jackie_robinson.html
"Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site" features Atlanta's Auburn Avenue, the neighborhood where King was raised & which became the center of African American life
in Atlanta between 1910 & 1930. (NPS)
http://www.nps.gov/malu/
"Photographs of the 369th Infantry & African Americans During WWI" tells the story of the "Harlem Hellfighters," an all-black regiment that was one of the most highly decorated regiments during a time of segregation in the Army & other parts of society. (NARA)
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/wwi_369th_infantry/wwi_369th_infantry.html
"Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey"reflects on the life & legacy of this mediator & U.N. diplomat who was the first person of color anywhere in the world to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/
As February fast approaches, it is time for us to honor and celebrate African American History Month. Your child will be responsible for completing a biography project on a famous person of African American heritage. Enclosed, you will find the directions for the project. Please note the due dates next to each section of the project. It is necessary that your child spend time on this project at home and/or after school as there will only be a limited time for independent study on this project during the school day.
I am available any day after school by appointment. Your child must stay after to complete the timeline and PowerPoint presentation. Please review the contents of this packet with your child and complete the contract below. Please return the contract tomorrow, February 3, 2010.
Thank you for your continued support and participation.
Sincerely,
Miss O’Brien
Be sure to check out our WIKI site for more resources and information.
SOME GREAT WEBSITES to help you with your research are:
Biography.com http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/index.jsp
History Channel http://www.history.com/
Time for Kids
Scholastic News http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/?ESP=Teachers/ib/20100129/awa/th_underground_railroad_3_5///thlp/tout////
http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/blackhistorymonth/
Black History Month Links
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html
How to Celebrate the Life of Malcolm X
How to Create a Civil Rights Lesson Plan
How to Visit the Anacostia Community Museum
How to Celebrate the Life of Harriet Tubman
How to Visit the African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Black History Month Resources
http://www.ed.gov/free/bhm.html
Black History Month for Kids
http://www.sikids.com/news/blackhistory/index.html
From Sports Ilustrated for Kids
Black History Links from Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html
Time for Kids: Black History Month
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,97217,00.html
Surfing the Net With Kids: Black History Month
http://www.surfnetkids.com/blackhistory.htm
Black History Month from Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/
Annie's Black History Links Page
http://www.annieshomepage.com/blackhistorylinks.html
Black History Month
http://web.knoxnews.com/web/blackhistory/interactive.shtml
Interactive Site
African American Coloring Book
Celebrating Black History
http://www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4818,00.html?yah From Family Education
Black History Month
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/black_history_month.htm
From DLTK for Kids
Interviewing Immigrants (includes African Americans).
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/tpl-sweethomechicago/
Cathay Williams: Female Buffalo Soldier
http://www.buffalosoldier.net/CathayWilliamsFemaleBuffaloSoldierWithDocuments.htm
Cathay Williams or William Cathay (Cathey)
Private, Thirty-eighth U.S. Infantry 1866-1868
The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier
http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buf4.html
Daily Life on the Western Frontier
Powerful Days in Black and White
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
Images by Charles Moore (Eastman Kodak)
Photography: African-American Cowboys
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/tarver/
By Ron Tarver
**************************************
BLACK HISTORY RESOURCES
**************************************
"African-American Mosaic"is a guide for studying black history & culture. Topics include colonization & Liberia, abolitionists & slavery,
western migration & homesteading, Chicago & Nicodemus(Kansas), & ex-slave narratives. (LOC)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
"Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from Federal Writers' Project" presents 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery & 500 photographs of former slaves. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
"Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site" features two schools that played a role in the 1954 Supreme Court decision stating that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ka1.htm
"The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925" traces how Southern African-Americans experienced Protestant Christianity & trans- formed it into the central institution of community life. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/ncuhtml/csbchome.html
"The Frederick Douglass Papers" presents the papers of the 19th-century African-American
abolitionist who escaped from slavery & risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, & publisher. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html
"Jackie Robinson: Beyond the Playing Field"
includes telegrams, letters, & photos showing how Robinson,the first African American to play in the big leagues in the 20th century, pressed for civil rights. (NARA)
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/jackie_robinson/jackie_robinson.html
"Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site" features Atlanta's Auburn Avenue, the neighborhood where King was raised & which became the center of African American life
in Atlanta between 1910 & 1930. (NPS)
http://www.nps.gov/malu/
"Photographs of the 369th Infantry & African Americans During WWI" tells the story of the "Harlem Hellfighters," an all-black regiment that was one of the most highly decorated regiments during a time of segregation in the Army & other parts of society. (NARA)
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/wwi_369th_infantry/wwi_369th_infantry.html
"Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey"reflects on the life & legacy of this mediator & U.N. diplomat who was the first person of color anywhere in the world to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/
Celebrate Black History Month
www.biography.com is a great resource to help you complete your projects! Be sure to check this update to learn about great men and women who you can focus your projects on!
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