Students shared a story that they created with their pet rock as the main character.
You can read these stories on their personal blogs under Kidblog.org which can be reached by the link at the top, right of this page.
ENJOY!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Pet Rocks
As a lesson extension from our rocks unit, students got to be creative and invent pets and animals out of ordinary rocks that they found.
Students shared a story that they created with their pet rock as the main character.
You can read these stories on their personal blogs under Kidblog.org which can be reached by the link at the top, right of this page.
ENJOY!
Students shared a story that they created with their pet rock as the main character.
You can read these stories on their personal blogs under Kidblog.org which can be reached by the link at the top, right of this page.
ENJOY!
Rock Stories
Students were learning about rocks, how they formed, what they are made of and how they are used. They have also begun learning about how to organize their writing when writing fiction and non fiction. Here are stories, poems, and songs from students about a particular rock that they pick
Ben Stark
The rock of the night started as a pebble and grew and grew and it turned into a big rock. The next year a kid named Luis G. dug a hole in the ground and polished the rock.
Emmi Johnson - Song
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh there's a shiny rock as shiny as glass wooooooo its magic ya know.
Nothing better than this this this it's a rock, it's a rock , a rock, a beautiful rock.
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya!!
Odoll Aqwa
My rock is a mineral it's very shiny, old, sparkly. Its very dark black, its also a pretty mineral that looks like a million dollars. So be careful to take really good care of them.
Shayla Pelico-Pelico (poem)
Everybody has two rocks, two rocks, two rocks
Everybody has two rocks and the rocks are pretty
They are so shiny and it's cute.
Eduardo Sanchez
In Eddy's School we were studying about rocks. We has to have a rocks but nobody picked Johnny. Then Eddy picked up Johnny and that's when he call him Johnny. And they did experiments on Johnny. And they has to break open there rock. But Eddy didn't want to break Johnny. So Eddy put Johnny in his pocket. And he took him home. And he played with him. So he kept him.
THE END
Karina Gonzalez - song
Everybody has one rock and then you could be one
Yeah, you can be one tonight
Yeah, you can be one tonight
Yes, you can
No you can't
Yes, I can be one, a shiny rock tonight.
Octavio Sanchez
First a rock is buried in the dirt. Next the rock is a crystal. Then the rock gets a little bit of color to it. Last, the rock is all done, the people who find rocks get to build the buildings.
Luis Garcia
This story is about a black rock named Blacky. He is going on an adventure with a geologist named Junior. Junior studied about rocks. Junior didn't have a rock so he used Blacky.
Viviana Zavala
My rock is a rock that looks like a sea shell. My rock is black and has curves in it. My rock is also bumpy and sharp. It is the shape of a triangle.
Emanuel Catarino
My animal is a crab. My crab's name is Crabby. They have to claws. They live in the water.
Alayna Rice
The Little Black Rock
Once upon a time their was a rock, a little, blcak, smart rock her name was Carol. Carol was strolling around the back yard, suddenly a cry for help.
"Help!"
She looked left, then right...O man, Murtle! Carol ran to the beach, jumped in.
"PSHH" "Uh, uh!" "PSHH!" "M-Murt-t-t-l-e."
Murtle the turtle was in! She was a 95 mile per hour swimmer. She snatched Carol in fine minutes. Later Murtle returned to land. Carol Said "OMG are you OK?"
I'm ... O...K."
Lets go home you need some cocoa and a blanket!
Ben Stark
The rock of the night started as a pebble and grew and grew and it turned into a big rock. The next year a kid named Luis G. dug a hole in the ground and polished the rock.
Emmi Johnson - Song
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh there's a shiny rock as shiny as glass wooooooo its magic ya know.
Nothing better than this this this it's a rock, it's a rock , a rock, a beautiful rock.
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya!!
Odoll Aqwa
My rock is a mineral it's very shiny, old, sparkly. Its very dark black, its also a pretty mineral that looks like a million dollars. So be careful to take really good care of them.
Shayla Pelico-Pelico (poem)
Everybody has two rocks, two rocks, two rocks
Everybody has two rocks and the rocks are pretty
They are so shiny and it's cute.
Eduardo Sanchez
In Eddy's School we were studying about rocks. We has to have a rocks but nobody picked Johnny. Then Eddy picked up Johnny and that's when he call him Johnny. And they did experiments on Johnny. And they has to break open there rock. But Eddy didn't want to break Johnny. So Eddy put Johnny in his pocket. And he took him home. And he played with him. So he kept him.
THE END
Karina Gonzalez - song
Everybody has one rock and then you could be one
Yeah, you can be one tonight
Yeah, you can be one tonight
Yes, you can
No you can't
Yes, I can be one, a shiny rock tonight.
Octavio Sanchez
First a rock is buried in the dirt. Next the rock is a crystal. Then the rock gets a little bit of color to it. Last, the rock is all done, the people who find rocks get to build the buildings.
Luis Garcia
This story is about a black rock named Blacky. He is going on an adventure with a geologist named Junior. Junior studied about rocks. Junior didn't have a rock so he used Blacky.
Viviana Zavala
My rock is a rock that looks like a sea shell. My rock is black and has curves in it. My rock is also bumpy and sharp. It is the shape of a triangle.
Emanuel Catarino
My animal is a crab. My crab's name is Crabby. They have to claws. They live in the water.
Alayna Rice
The Little Black Rock
Once upon a time their was a rock, a little, blcak, smart rock her name was Carol. Carol was strolling around the back yard, suddenly a cry for help.
"Help!"
She looked left, then right...O man, Murtle! Carol ran to the beach, jumped in.
"PSHH" "Uh, uh!" "PSHH!" "M-Murt-t-t-l-e."
Murtle the turtle was in! She was a 95 mile per hour swimmer. She snatched Carol in fine minutes. Later Murtle returned to land. Carol Said "OMG are you OK?"
I'm ... O...K."
Lets go home you need some cocoa and a blanket!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
ROCKS ROCK!!
Students observing how water effects rocks (erosion). They have rocks they observe and record the changes they see everyday after they shake them in a container of water.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Guest Speaker-Water Pollution
Our students had a guest speak from out own Storm Lake today. They learned about how our lake gets polluted and how that affects the fish in the lake. They finished the presentation with a craft activity.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Show and Tell
At the beginning of the year, during a class meeting, our students decided and voted on having a show and tell portion of our week. The decision was made to let the Super Achiever from the previous week, bring any special item of their choice to share with their classmates.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Teaching Math...Is it Time for a Change?
I recently read a good article that was posted on my Twitter account. The article addresses the growing issue of how to better teach math in schools. Read it and see what you think!
*article*
Teaching math for the future
*article*
Teaching math for the future
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