Drama

Lights! Camera! Action!
Drama Fall 2012

My Family is my first passion in life...Teaching is my second...Musical Theater is my third!

The group of 65 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders that filled my fall PAL Drama program were amazing in their performance of Grease...The School Version. After 12 weeks of rehearsals...rehearsals...and more rehearsals, they performed for our community in six shows. They all did such a terrific job. I am so proud to have led such a nice group of kids through a very difficult production. This script was a very difficult one to begin with, that coupled with the very young age of our company, made this one of the biggest challenges I have ever faced in my quest as a Director of youth theater. These kids certainly rose to the occasion. My heart was swelling with pride as I watched these amazing young thespians thrill audiences with their superb talents! Great Job! 

Nonfiction Anchor Charts

Just a peek at some of the nonfiction anchor charts created in my classroom so far.
Enjoy!
Peace,

Carol

Weather

Hi Everyone…Just a share...Each week in our classroom, two students take on the role of our classroom meteorologist/weather reporter. In this role, students locate local weather conditions on the internet, using our classroom computers. Next, they record their findings in their personal weather journal and onto our classroom weather board. Finally, they report this information to the entire class during our Morning Meeting each day. It is a great way to keep student's motivated and learning!

 

                         

                          

                        

Throughout the year, our class weather reporters report on the weather and read one of their favorite books about the weather. Some of the titles have include Weather Words by Gail Gibbons and Is It Rain or Something Else?.

        

                               

PEACE,

My BOOK!

I am excited to announce the release of my first children's book, Sunrise, Sails, and Polliwog Tails. It is now available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com

 

Persuasive Unit of Study

Our next writing unit will focus on opinion writing with a persuasive twist. After lots of reading and research, I think I am going to focus on having my students work on book reviews and brochures. We are beginning our study of weather and I think it is so important to keep kids going with inquiry as well. We will start with a word hunt and a couple of  immersion activities this week. It will look a little like this:
Day 1: Introduce the "Weather" topic/theme…have students explore browsing baskets full of texts related to the theme. They will record what they notice.
Day 2: Content Word Hunt: Students will once again filter through texts in browsing baskets…they will locate "power" words that might "fuel" their work in the upcoming unit. These words will be added to our classroom "content" word wall.
Day 3: RAN chart…(Reading and Nonfiction) What I Know …Questions I Have