Inspiring Our Future Einsteins
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| "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein |
I can increase listening skills, develop oral
presentations, aid reading fluency and enhance writing in my students by
utilizing some of these phenomenal ideas from other teachers.
If there is an audience for my students outside the realm
of the classroom, students will be more motivated, more prepared and have a
better sense of purpose. Inspiring students by David Dogson
My students are presently engaged in an independent work
project aside from the study of the moon. Students are writing planet reports
using various sources. Once they have completed their reports, they can create
a Power Point presentation to the class about what they learned. Power Point for Kids Here is a sample of what my expectation will
be from sites I found. Power Point of Solar Systems by students Student created Power Point on Planets
Another idea I found useful while searching various
digital storytelling sites was videotaping book talks. After my students read a book, they must
discuss the book with me. Since the
implementation of the new curricular demands in my district Common Core Standards and prepping for the Connecticut Mastery
Tests, I don’t have enough time for this critical piece of Reader's Workshop. Several
parents have volunteered in my room, so I thought they could video record
students giving a book talk. Then I could watch it at a later time. In this way students will have the
opportunity to discuss what they read and then I could use this as a tool to
discuss summarizing. I found this idea
on Glogster. Students presenting book talks. The teacher also used video recording to
have students predict about a story they were reading. Great ideas for the
classroom!
Finally, the class just completed writing fables after a
unit of study on folktales, fairy tales and fables. Since fables for the most part use animals as
the main characters, students could make hand puppets of their characters. Their
stories only have two or three characters.
Next, I would have students draw the setting. Then I would video the students reading the
story while they had other students use the puppets to act it out. This is a video of puppets acting out a story. This type of
learning would definitely generate high interest and teach students the
importance of writing fluency and sequencing in their writing.
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