When I Grow Up by Slidely Slideshow
When I Grow Up Slideshow (School Spirit Week)
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Empathy
empathy
noun em•pa•thy \ˈem-pə-thē\
: the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions : the ability to share someone else’s feelings
Below is the symbol for empathy. It shows that the world is interconnected. We are all connected and need to understand other people. It is important that we help each other learn to have empathy — to “walk two moons in someone else’s moccasins.”
In the book, Stand In My Shoes, Emily asks her big sister what the word empathy means, Emily has no idea that knowing the answer will change how she looks at people. But does it really matter to others if Emily notices how they’re feeling? Stand in My Shoes shows kids how easy it is to develop empathy toward those around them. Empathy is the ability to notice what other people feel. Empathy leads to the social skills and personal relationships which make our lives rich and beautiful, and it is something we can help our children learn. This book teaches young children the value of noticing how other people feel. Listen as the book, Stand in My Shoes by Bob Sornson is read.
Poetry
National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry introduced in 1996 and organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.
In honor of National Poetry Month, students created “Book Spine” poetry during their library lesson. Students arranged book titles to make a poem. Just like regular poetry, they created a poem that was serious or funny.
To make a “Book Spine” poem the students started by moving books around with their spines together so that the titles were like lines of a poem. Students moved books around into different stacks until they found lines that worked best together to create a poem.
Below are some of the “Book Spine” poems our class created.
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Fractions
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/fractions_shoot.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw42848
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/bowling_for_fractions/bowling_fractions_new.swf
http://www.hbschool.com/activity/cross_the_river/cross_the_river.swf
http://e-learningforkids.org/Courses/EN/M0901/index.html
https://jr.brainpop.com/math/fractions/basicpartsofawhole/
Measurement
It is “SNOW” secret, you are unique. Accepting others for who they are and even ourselves for that matter is a great quality. Watch this video and enjoy its message.
We need to celebrate our uniqueness as well as others. Consider participating in this year’s Snow-person Challenge. Create a snow-person from a recycled bottle. The size and shape of the bottle does not matter. This will make it more interesting.
Decorate the snow-person showing your uniqueness.
Download this Entry Form and complete the following information:
- Your Name
- Your Grade
- Your Teacher’s Name
- What makes you unique?
- How does this uniqueness help you?
- Explain how your snow-person represents your uniqueness.
All entries are due Wednesday, January 21st. No exceptions.
Have fun sharing you!
READ:
Thank You Sarah, The Women Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson. Use Sarah’s story as inspiration. Think about things you can urge others to do to make a difference in your communities. Brainstorm a list of ways that you can make the community better. Use the Letter Generator to write a letter urging action, just as Sarah Hale did 140 years ago.
Additional Activity Websites:
- Thanksgiving Timeline This site provides information about how Thanksgiving has been celebrated through the ages-including President Truman “pardoning a turkey” in 1947 and the Native Americans’ day of mourning in 1970.
- The First Thanksgiving Use this interactive website to explore what it was like to travel on the Mayflower and live in Plymouth.
What really happened at the First Thanksgiving? Become a history detective and find out! In this fun activity, take on the role of “history detective” to investigate what really happened at the famous 1621 celebration. Along the way, you will see a few primary source documents which include a letter written by an eyewitness to the event, Wampanoag traditions of giving thanks, and a visit to Pilgrim Mary Allerton’s home. As a final activity, you can design and print your own Thanksgiving exhibit panel. Click the image below to launch the activity.
The Unites States of Thanksgiving is a post from the NY Times that I discovered via the post The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving. Click through to see 50 Thanksgiving dishes gathered from each of the 50 unique states in the U.S. The cool thing is that it will show you your state first! Which dish will you help prepare for your Thanksgiving day meal?
Would You Rather?
Would you rather buy a package of waffle mix or a package of frozen waffles? Write down some question you have in your head. What information would be useful to figure this out?
 
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Which ever option you choose, please justify, tell me why. What is your thinking?
h/t @DaneEhlert
The Change Your Name Store
Ms. Eyer read, The Change Your Name Store by Leanne Shirtliffe (Author), Tina Kügler (Illustrator) Wilma Lee Wu does not like her name. So she marches to the Change Your Name Store where she meets Zeena McFouz, the outrageous owner. Soon Zeena convinces Wilma to try on new names in the magical store. Each time Wilma selects a new name, she is transported to the country from which the name originates. Will Wilma find a new name that she likes? Will she discover her real identity and where she truly belongs?
Students were asked to research their own name by interviewing their parents.
We also “Generated Ficticious Names” by asking students the name of their pet and pairing it with the name of the street they live on! they students tried on their fictiocious name just the character in the story did!
Click here to write about your ficticious character on Ms. Eyer's Blog! Have FUN!
Digital Citizenship
Day One: Using the internet is a privilege. It is important that you learn how to live in the digital world of internet websites, copy-righted images, and virtual friends. Just like a town has rules and laws so does the digital world. We have already discussed how to be a good citizen. Do you remember some of the ways we can be good citizens? What are the rights and responsibilities of being a "digital citizen" as a first grader? Click on the padlet below and write a rule that you think is important for being a good "digital citizen."
Look at the rules your classmates posted. How is being a digital citizen the same or different from being a citizen in the town you live in? Where is this digital town? What does it mean to stay safe when you're on the Internet? Do you think most students in your grade level understand how to be a good citizen online? Log onto Brain Pop and watch the video about "Digital Etiquette."
You need to get the username and password from your teacher. Watch any video from the list below and tell me ONE thing you learned in the comment section of our class blog. Click here to learn how to log onto our class blog. Choose on video from the list below:
- Bad Guy Patrol
- Computer safety—videos
- Surf Swell Island
- Clicky’s Quest—internet safety
- Clicky’s Web World—What to do
- Garfield—internet safety
- Internet Safety Site —Disney
- Looney Toons Teaches About the Internet
- My Online Neighborhood—video
- Princess who knew how to UYN—video
- Safe surfing ebook—read or read to you
- Webonauts
- Webville Outlaws—internet safety
Day Two: The class will create a Voki. A Voki is an online animated speaking character!