On Tuesday we will all be witnesses to an historic event, the inauguration of America’s first African-American president. And how amazing that this is taking place the day after we celebrate and honor one of our nation’s greatest heroes, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. As you know we are starting our study of Forced Immigration too — a consideration of those who came to America against their will from the continent of Africa. All of these events seem to be coming together for us in a really unique and wonderful way.
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Ready to write your first post? I hope so.
So here is what you are going to do. First you are going to study one of last year’s student blogs. (You will be assigned one randomly.) Some of the things you might want to consider are:
What did they write about?
What can you learn about blogging from this person’s blog?
What did they use besides words?
How often did they write?
What sort of comments did they get?
What is one of your favorite posts and why?
What did you learn from this person’s blog that will help you when you do your own?
After studying this blog, your job is to write a good paragraph (or more, if you like) describing this blog and telling what you learned from it. It should have that a good topic sentence, at least three additional sentences, and a great concluding sentence. Then you should check for punctuation, sense, capitals, and spelling (and also use the spell check). Don’t forget to preview it!
Here are your blog assignments:
Today we were very honored with a visit from travel guide expert Pauline Frommer, mother of one of our classmates. Pauline did a fantastic lesson to prepare the class for their trip to the Lower East Side in a couple of weeks at which time they will be collecting data for their own onine guide.
After talking about what made a good guide book entry (verb over nouns, how to best write a recommendation, etc), Pauline asked the students to write a brief (two sentences) description of Edinger House for an audience of prospective parents, Here are the results.
Edinger House is big, colorful, and filled with books. It has a lot of ladybus and everyone is happy.
It’s fun because there are a lot activities going on and you get to know your classmates very well. Also there are a lot of books you can read and Ms.Edinger can help you find books. (She is also very nice.)
Edinger House is very colorful and when you’re here it sort of feels like home. Also it has lots and lots of books.
The room is filled with books and smells like not so fresh air. It looks like a classroom. It has all of our projects and our laptops so I think it is a wonderful classroom.
Ms. Edinger’s room is filled with books, kids, art work, and desks. Ms. Edinger is a spectacular teacher because whenever you need help with finding a book or anything at all she is on the job!
Room 909 has books everywhere you look. There are desks put together to look like tables. In the center of the room there’s a rug with a rocking chair.
Room 909 is on the 9th floor. There are a lot of books and ladybugs for good luck.
My classroom has a lot of books in it. My teacher always finds the right book for you.
It smells like erasers and its nice and cozy. It is filled to the top with education and reading. It is My Room.
The Edinger House is always full with fun projects of work on the wall. The theme is ladybugs which symbolize hope and peace.
Room 909 is a very energetic room. It is the perfect room for your child if your child is a very jumpy child that likes action.
Edinger House is a place where there is no limit to reading. Edinger House is where you can be creative. Edinger House is where books are everywhere you look.
This room has all the school supplies you would every need. It has atlases, many educational books, a schedule, a board that has lots of our homework on it so we don’t lose track, computers, a mural, a smartboard, and lots of teaching things. There’s a lot of learning in here.
The classroom is a room with a fair amount of space with a lot of fresh air. The room is full of books and ladybugs with a spot full of pillows.
When you walk in you feel like you’re home because of all the pillows and you get your very own desk. You can smell all the pages of the books and hear laughter through the walls.
The class has been studying the amendments in Law class with Dr. Stecher. Yesterday, the day after the election, Dr. Stecher invited the children to write to President-elect Obama, Joseph Biden, or another official from one of the three branches of government about their favorite amendment. Here are their moving efforts to our soon-to-be new president. (These were first drafts, from the heart, so please excuse spelling and other such errors.)
1.Listen to Ms. Edinger read the book Joseph Cornell: Secrets in a Box.
2. Explore the website, Navigating the Imagination and the exhibit’s web site.
3. Plan on paper your E. B. White box. Hopefully, you will try to come up with a theme that is in all the White books you read rather than just a scene from one of the books. ( You may want to work on this tonight as homework in order to be ready to begin your box tomorrow. Also, you may want to bring in materials to use in your box.)
4. Write a one paragraph explanation of what your box is to be in terms of E. B. White and his books. (You can write this on the same paper as your plan. Be sure to include thematic words: friendship. love, saving, life, death, etc.)
5. Once it is okayed by me you can begin your box. (You MUST have a clear sketch and plan for me to okay it.)
6. Before anything else cover all the sides inside and out.
7. Now you will want to put in the different parts, letters, words, things. Make it wonderful!!!
VSF reads from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download HF reads from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download ZT reads from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download SP reads from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAll from Trumpet of the Swan.
JL reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Another JL reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download NL reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download PM reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadLast Monday the students of Edinger House came back from PE to discover white bobble-head pigs. tiny spiders, and webs on their desks. They came in listening to E. B. White reading the first chapter of Charlotte’s Web. After settling in with treats and drinks, the children were privileged to hear Ms. Elish’s story. As a child she wrote E. B. White and he wrote back! She read and showed us her treasured letter from the famous author. Handwritten, no less! He mentioned working on a children’s book which we all guessed must have been The Trumpet of the Swan. What a treat!
Then came our readings. Each student had prepared a brief reading from either Trumpet of the Swan or Stuart Little. In this and then next few posts you can listen to podcasts of these readings. (Parents and children: I’ve used your initials so you will be able to figure which you are.)
The first set were readings from Trumpet of the Swan:
AM reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download CD reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download DB reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download DS reading from Trumpet of the Swan: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadTB remembers Ms. Edelson’s Halloween story (and, especially, the laugh!). She also remembers studying The Wizard of Oz and seeing the second Oz movie.
SB remembers cranberry jellybeans at Plimoth, immigration stories, Cindy stories, and the Pilgrim stories.
RB remembers the very l_o_n_g bus ride to Plimoth (which was just a bit boring:)
AC remembers Hobbomock’s Homesite and Black Rock Forest.
KD remembers it taking forever to write an Arch Day song that didn’t win:(
RC remembers her “wedding” with T ( our class mascot – a plush turtle). T remembers the man at Plimoth mentioning (horrors!) turtle soup.
TF remembers his podcast of Edgar from Good Masters Sweet Ladies!
HH remembers walking on a “yellow brick road” (to the song over the class loudspeakers) to a pile of brownies and books.
SH1 remembers making the Pilgrim stories.
SH remembers Ms. Edinger reading aloud I Am Not Joey Pigza.
CL remembers interviewing and making the oral history books and the wild arrival of the Dalton Myachis.
MM remembers dressing up and reciting poems for the Alice in Wonderland tea party and seeing our comics for the first time. She also remembers the skits at the final Literary Salon. And Ms. Edinger’s ladybug obsession and reading Ms. Edinger’s Margru story. And reading The Arrival.
KM remembers Candlelighting and the bouquet of paper flowers (which she taught the class to make secretly) the class made and gave to Ms. Edinger on Valentine’s Day.
TS remembers Myachi®!
AS1 remembers the puppet shows in art and various movies made in art and playstreet.
UW remembers the Lower East Side walking tour and eating pickles from Gus’ Pickles. She also remembers indoor playstreet on days were too hot or too cold.
CW remembers the first day of school and how little and afraid she felt.
Here’s the link to the book, The Young Visiters (and yes, that is the way it is spelled).