Watching More Movies

Ashley Daley: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Book Trailer
I loved the narration! Sounded and looked like a professional movie trailer. The kids should be excited to read the book after watching it.

Stepanie Anderson: The Food Pyramid! Week 4
Great use of a song! It was very entertaining yet still educational. The pictures really enhanced the message. Well done!

Carem Heap Smart
She really brought the poetry to life! Well done! Clever pictures. I especially loved the blind man picture.

Ashley Howes: Recipie Poem
Nice narration! The pictures look delicious! I really like your picture of the oodles of peanut butter.

Kristin Wagner: A Family Story
What a happy story! You used your voice well to make the story interesting. The background music also added a lot.

The Four Seasons

Story Board

I can't wait! I am doing a mini documentary on the seasons. I can't draw that well, but the storyboard presents the general idea.

Here is the content I plan on teaching with this...

Kindergarten - Content	Back
Educational Links
Standard 3 Students will develop an understanding of their environment.
Objective 1 Investigate changes in the seasons.

Technology Adventures Continue...

What a busy week! First I created a class website to correspond to this blog, named similarly A Bouquet of Pencils.

I also subscribed to a great blog on google reader. Google reader is a great tool that I wasn't aware of even though I have been using gmail for years. The website is very user friendly.

I also joined Goodreads.com. I am actually quite excited about this website. It was very user friendly, and I am so excited to see what other books people love!

Lastly I learned how to use Diigo. This tool will be so useful for more than my teaching career. How useful!

Lastly I skyped with my roommate Stephanie and we discussed everything I have learned in this great class!

Of all of the web 2.0 tricks I learned, the most difficult was creating a web page on pbworks. It was challenging to find appropriate material on teachertube, and it had a lot of details that needed to be attended too. However, I also feel that the web page on pbworks was the most useful thing I learned as well. I can now create a class website for the students and parents that is far more sophisticated than a blog page.

Why I Love Education

First day of school. Ever. Do you remember it? I was in a brandnew pair black overalls, (spandex of course) with a ruffled white blouse bunched up underneath, and a flower headband adorning the head that had been kissed over and over again on my way out the door after a special breakfast. Dozens of kindergarteners clung to their mommies, but not me! I bolted in the door and pulled out my princess sparkle pencils. "I could stay here forever," I whispered almost too loudly.
In fact that became a prophetic statement, because now as I am finishing up my degree in Early Childhood Education, I am destined to be in school the rest of my life. I love the light of learning; its addicting.
I soon discovered that learning is actually quite similar to the gospel and chocolate cake-- its even sweeter when its shared!
So thats that-- why I love education.