Wang Fu Jing

so we went on an adventure last saturday... first to the summer palace...with mark, mysan and abigail (pics coming later) then we had some yummy noodles...massively big bowl...i couldn't finish it...then katie, mysan, abby and i went to wang fu jing street...it's a street near the forbidden city that is basically just shopping, but they had an assortment of foods available see the picture...

Interpersonal Strategy

Interpersonal Strategy

Submitted by: Heidi Garber

Title of activity: Community Circle

Intended for grades: 4-12

Description of learning activity:

choose a topic arrange students in a circle. 10 or less is best allow each student to speak by moving discussion around the circle. not everyone has to speak may circle more than once after each time around review what has been said and look for patterns when finished help students make conclusions using synthesis and reflection questions help students take leadership by pointing out positives and negatives from the discuss

Source of activity:

Silver, H. F., Strong, R. W., & Perini, M.J. (2007). The Strategic Teacher, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Materials/Supplies needed:

a circle of chairs or large floor space to sit on.

Ideas for extension or other application

Literature circles Shared interest groups Writer's clubs Morning Meeting

Self Expressive Strategy

Self Expressive Strategy

Submitted by: Heidi Garber

Title of Activity: Mind's Eye

Intended for Grades: K-12

Description of Learning Activity:

To guide students in the process: Find/choose reading passage. Choose 20-30 key words from text. Is the word important to the text? Does the word offer information about meaning, themes, character, etc? Does word contain visual or sensory information. Do they together provide enough information to make quality predictions. Choose order carefully. Have students determine which end product they would like to do: Raw a picture on paper of the picture you formed in your head. Ask a question you may have. Make a prediction about the book. Describe your feelings. Read words slowly having students adjust image at each new word Have students draw, question, predict or describe. Read text. To have students do it on their own: Begin with simple, non textual image making. i.e. apple, beach, sweet and sour chicken. Have them layer visualizations, chocolate, nuts, raisins, lemon. Have students pre-read passage, help them ID words with visual and sensory information. Have them discuss words they chose in small groups.

Source of Activity:

Silver, H. F., Strong, R. W., & Perini, M.J. (2007). The Strategic Teacher, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Materials/Supplies needed:

List of words Book to read Paper Markers/Crayons

Ideas for extension or other application:

Only choose one end product Have students draw an image from the text. Exchange images with another student. Identify text for the new picture.

Sample

See powerpoint located here: Mind's Eye PowerPoint

Self Expressive Strategy

Self Expressive Strategy

Submitted by: Heidi Garber

Title of Activity: Mind's Eye

Intended for Grades: K-12

Description of Learning Activity:

To guide students in the process: Find/choose reading passage. Choose 20-30 key words from text. Is the word important to the text? Does the word offer information about meaning, themes, character, etc? Does word contain visual or sensory information. Do they together provide enough information to make quality predictions. Choose order carefully. Have students determine which end product they would like to do: Raw a picture on paper of the picture you formed in your head. Ask a question you may have. Make a prediction about the book. Describe your feelings. Read words slowly having students adjust image at each new word Have students draw, question, predict or describe. Read text. To have students do it on their own: Begin with simple, non textual image making. i.e. apple, beach, sweet and sour chicken. Have them layer visualizations, chocolate, nuts, raisins, lemon. Have students pre-read passage, help them ID words with visual and sensory information. Have them discuss words they chose in small groups.

Source of Activity:

Silver, H. F., Strong, R. W., & Perini, M.J. (2007). The Strategic Teacher, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Materials/Supplies needed:

List of words Book to read Paper Markers/Crayons

Ideas for extension or other application:

Only choose one end product Have students draw an image from the text. Exchange images with another student. Identify text for the new picture.

Sample

See powerpoint located here: Mind's Eye PowerPoint

Candy

then i did this one with just jadon in color... he was soooooo excited to get his hands on all those reese's...

Blue Candy

so i edited this way first.... cuz i liked the blue....

does it work?

what does it look like when i just email it in?
flowers from banquet
good bye nicole...

a day's worth of fun...

barefeet...

so this weeks theme at iheartfaces is all about feet and the soles for souls organization...a couple weeks ago at recess one of the kids needed to take their shoes of cuz they were wet or something like that and then it kind of snowballed and soon everyone had their shoes off. and now it is almost a daily occurrence that i get asked "can i take my shoes off" when we're at recess. some days i say yes, some days i say no this particular day i had said yes and it just so happened that all the girls took their shoes off but the boys left there's on. so i took a pic of shoed feet and unshoed feet.














yeah then i found another pic with feet...to play tag they put their feet together and say "tag, tag, tag." until there's a group and then they do enie minie mini mo to figure out who is it. so here's three girls getting ready to play tag...

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