Hello! I am Megan Belsha. I am a sophomore at Saint Louis University and am studying to be an elementary teacher, with a psychology minor. One RSS feed I found inspiring was called "Teach It With Class". One article in this feed was called "Election Lesson Plans and Ideas" and provided resourceful information about tips with teaching your students about the election and using a visual representation to make sure they fully understand key concepts. One idea was to create a "Double Bubble map to show what [the students] learned. To create the Double Bubble map [they] used pictures and titles from Gladys Hooray for Election Day Unit" (teachitwithclass.blogspot.com). In this visual, they would put a picture of both the Democratic and Republican candidates and would create a bubble diagram around the pictures with key facts on both sides. Another article, called "Monsters Galore" had good tips for incorporating a monster theme to teach a first grade class how to use capital letters in sentences. The students would have to draw a monster and color it and then right 3-4 sentences describing their monster, keeping in mind when to add periods, commas, and specifically when to capitalize a letter (http://teachitwithclass.blogspot.com/2012/10/monster-galore-part-2.html).
The next feed I will talk about was called "The Elementary Art Room!". One article was called "Dhurrie Rugs/ Magic Carpets" and was a craft project to use for a third grade country project. The third grade class had been learning about India and were able to create these colorful rugs from what they learned about typical textiles and clothing types of India. The teacher brought in a variety of Dhurrie rugs for the students to use as examples. Then, the students created their own rugs, using colorful construction paper and yarn. They would cut strips of paper and put designs on their rugs, and then would tie the yarn on each edge of the rug, creating a rug's tassels (http://elementaryartroom.blogspot.com/2012/04/dhurrie-rugsmagic-carpets.html). Another article was called "Chameleon's Colors". In this article, a class of kindergarten students created colorful chameleon's after reading Chameleon's Colors by Chisato Tashiro. Students first used water colors to create a rainbow physique on their chameleon's and black marker for any additional characteristics. Then, the next day the students used "cut paper to make colorful flowers and leaves in the background" (http://elementaryartroom.blogspot.com/2012/04/chameleons-colors.html).
The last feed I will discuss was called "Kids and Glitter". One article that caught my attention was called "Storms". This could be used in a unit talking about weather and changes in weather. In this project, students first use lavender construction paper and then add a city scape or landscape using a black crayon (http://www.lbrummer68739.net/storms). The students then use a white crayon to draw details in the sky like lightening or gloomy clouds. If the student wishes to add some sparkle, they can also add some glitter on the lightening to create its bright effect it maintains in the sky during a storm. The next article was called "Headbands". In this project, the students were to create turkey headbands in the spirit of Thanksgiving. The students first color a coloring page of a turkey and then cut it out (http://www.lbrummer68739.net/headband). Then, they cut and glue two strips of orange, crinkled paper to the sides of the headband to create the turkey's legs. Once this project is completed you can take a picture of your class of turkeys.
APA citations:
GlitterQueen. (2012, November 06). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.lbrummer68739.net/headband/
GlitterQueen. (2012, May 19). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.lbrummer68739.net/storms
Randi. (2012, October 30). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://teachitwithclass.blogspot.com/2012/10/election-lesson-plans-ideas.html
Randi. (2012, October 23). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://teachitwithclass.blogspot.com/2012/10/monster-galore-part-2.html
Swartz, M. (2012, April 02). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://elementaryartroom.blogspot.com/2012/04/chameleons-colors.html
Swartz, M. (2012, April 05). [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://elementaryartroom.blogspot.com/2012/04/dhurrie-rugsmagic-carpets.html
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