2nd Grade Stories with Mrs. Barbie

Students in Mr. Ruiz's dual language class recently wrote and illustrated some personal narratives with Mrs. Barbie and created a digital copy in the form of a Voicethread. Enjoy these terrific tales below.

Ezra Jack Keats Collaborative Author Study!

The First Grade team and I collaborated on a recent project in which we studied the works of author Ezra Jack Keats. Students evaluated the characters of Louie and Peter - two characters that show up again and again in many of Keats books. The characters each have their own unique characteristics that bring life into each of the stories in which they are featured. After studying these characters, students created their own stories based around what it would be like if Louie or Peter visited FPG and spent the day in first grade! We turned their hard copies into a digital version using Voicethread for all to enjoy! You can click the play button on each Voicethread below to hear these wonderful stories.

MS. MATHEW'S DUAL LANGUAGE FIRST GRADE:

Fall into Research this Autumn!

The third grade team and I designed a collaborative information literacy research project around topics of the season. Students worked in pairs and practiced the six steps of research as they gathered and shared their information on a given topic. We explained to students how they will need to be information literate all their life in order to make life decisions and understand how to handle the vast amounts of information that is available to them on a daily basis. A process such as The Big6 helps students understand how best to navigate a research task. And just like you follow steps to make a successful recipe, steps to research help you be most successful with gathering the best information to support your essential question in research. Check out the pictures from this wonderful grade level project.