Multiple Intelligences Made Easy
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Learning Styles
Do you know about Multiple Intelligences? Do you know the way your child learns best? Take a look at these helpful online resources about the different learning styles to find out more!
Well, I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and videos from the Living Museum. Without a doubt, it was a huge success! Thanks so much to Dr. Wiggins who allowed us to have it, to the parents who provided great costumes, and the students who worked so hard on their reports. Most of all I'd like to say thanks to Sally Allen, my co-teacher, for sharing this idea!
Each student had to choose a famous American from the area of history, education, politics, sports, the arts, or entertainment, and bring resources to school about the famous person. At school, we used the resources to plan and write a first person narrative about the famous American.
On the day of the Museum, each child dressed up in his or her costume and became a museum "exhibit" of the famous American. The Museum was held on the sidewalk around the school courtyard, and the exhibits were posed until a paw print on the ground in front of them was stepped on. Once this happened, the exhibit would come to life and read the information they had written. After reading, the exhibit would go back into a pose.
Parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends were invited to attend as well as the whole student body of A.E. Phillips. This was a fun learning experience, and a great time was had by all!
Each student had to choose a famous American from the area of history, education, politics, sports, the arts, or entertainment, and bring resources to school about the famous person. At school, we used the resources to plan and write a first person narrative about the famous American.
On the day of the Museum, each child dressed up in his or her costume and became a museum "exhibit" of the famous American. The Museum was held on the sidewalk around the school courtyard, and the exhibits were posed until a paw print on the ground in front of them was stepped on. Once this happened, the exhibit would come to life and read the information they had written. After reading, the exhibit would go back into a pose.
Parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends were invited to attend as well as the whole student body of A.E. Phillips. This was a fun learning experience, and a great time was had by all!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Living Museum Photos
Annie Oakley and Pocahontas
Babe Ruth
Elvis Presley
Michelle Obama
Ruby Bridges
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friendly Reminder...
Friendly Reminder
The Living Museum will be this Friday, April 8, at 2:00 in the A.E. Phillips courtyard. Please make sure to send your child’s costume to school that day. If you would like to help your child get ready, please be at the school by 1:30. We will open the exhibits at 2:00! Please stay and join us for refreshments when it is over!
Thanks!
Ms. Garrett
Living Museum
Thank you for volunteering to help with the Living Museum. We are in need of several things for Friday. We would like to have refreshments available for everyone when it’s over, so we’ll need plates, napkins, water bottles and finger foods for that.
We’d also like to have a big A.E. Phillips 2nd Grade Living Museum sign that we could hang on the brick wall in the front circle. Monica, you did a great job coming up with the idea for the play backdrop and wondered if you’d be interested in that?
We’ll also need a few people to be “Museum Guides” and keep people moving through the exhibits. If you’d be willing to do this and have a little fun playing the part, the kids would love it! We’re adding some “extras” to the exhibit and hope to get a couple of the Tech police to come over and be “security guards”. We’ll see if that works out! J
Please let me know what you would be interested in helping with and return this sheet to school tomorrow. Thanks for all you do! We would not be able to do things like this without your help!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Just try...
Well, I've officially become a blogger! Trying new things when it comes to technology is a little scary to me, so I'm not one to sit down and try to figure something like this out on my own. Thankfully, I'm being pushed beyond my comfort zone and having to do what I ask my students to do all the time...just try!
My blog will contain information for parents about what is happening weekly in my classroom such as homework assignments, tests, and reminders about things due and happening at school. It will also contain links to math and reading games and to things that relate to what we're doing in class that parents and students can access at home.
I will also post pictures and videos from special days at school such as the Living Museum that will be in April. I can't wait to get started!
My blog will contain information for parents about what is happening weekly in my classroom such as homework assignments, tests, and reminders about things due and happening at school. It will also contain links to math and reading games and to things that relate to what we're doing in class that parents and students can access at home.
I will also post pictures and videos from special days at school such as the Living Museum that will be in April. I can't wait to get started!
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