Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Narrative
When I Visit the Mountains
By Madison
October 2008----4th Grade
When I visit the mountains, the fresh, cool breeze hits my face. The mountains curl over the earth around and around again. All of my Mom’s side of the family lives in the mountains. I go through at least ten hugs a day…cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents.
When I visit the mountains, we go to the park that was named after my great-grandpa and what used to be my mom’s last name…Tate Park. We build dams, play tag and play on the play sets.
When I visit the mountains on the 4th of July, we watch a parade. The whole family and the dogs watch. Some people in the parade even throw candy on the sidewalk for us to eat. Afterwards, we eat lunch at the Banner Elk Café. “Mmmmmmm,” we all would say, bellies full and pleased.
When I visit the mountains, my great-grandma named Margaret, or Mom-mom as we call her, cooks with the help of my mom, Karen and Amanda. I watch my younger cousins. Then, when the food is ready, we eat at the kids table and the adults eat in the dining room. It’s a pretty tight squeeze with all of those 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 and 9 year old kids at one table.
When I visit the mountains, we all gather at the Banner Elk Church on Sundays. After church, we either eat out our go to Mom-Mom’s again for lunch.
I love to visit the mountains, but every time we go there, there comes a time when we have to leave. I never visit Virginia or Boston, for I can always visit the mountains and that’s always enough for me.
By Madison
October 2008----4th Grade
When I visit the mountains, the fresh, cool breeze hits my face. The mountains curl over the earth around and around again. All of my Mom’s side of the family lives in the mountains. I go through at least ten hugs a day…cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents.
When I visit the mountains, we go to the park that was named after my great-grandpa and what used to be my mom’s last name…Tate Park. We build dams, play tag and play on the play sets.
When I visit the mountains on the 4th of July, we watch a parade. The whole family and the dogs watch. Some people in the parade even throw candy on the sidewalk for us to eat. Afterwards, we eat lunch at the Banner Elk Café. “Mmmmmmm,” we all would say, bellies full and pleased.
When I visit the mountains, my great-grandma named Margaret, or Mom-mom as we call her, cooks with the help of my mom, Karen and Amanda. I watch my younger cousins. Then, when the food is ready, we eat at the kids table and the adults eat in the dining room. It’s a pretty tight squeeze with all of those 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 and 9 year old kids at one table.
When I visit the mountains, we all gather at the Banner Elk Church on Sundays. After church, we either eat out our go to Mom-Mom’s again for lunch.
I love to visit the mountains, but every time we go there, there comes a time when we have to leave. I never visit Virginia or Boston, for I can always visit the mountains and that’s always enough for me.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Planet Projects
Dear Parents,
You all know by now that Planet Projects are due either tomorrow for my homeroom class or Monday for Mrs. Norton's class. I want to remind you of the requirements on the poster:
Planet Name
Picture of Planet
Origin of Name
Planet Characteristics
Distance from the Sun
Other Interesting Information
Things you'll need to Visit the Planet
Supplies/Equipment needed to Visit
I have gone over with both classes the requirements. They were given an opportunity to revise their projects if they turned them in early.
PUMPKINS?
Yes, pumpkins. We will be having the GREAT PUMPKIN CAPER on Thursday, October 30th. This activity requires volunteers, pumpkins, and parents to send in supplies. If you can send in something or can be called upon to help in any way, please reply to this message with your phone number. Our room moms are eagerly waiting for your help.
Most importantly, the kids are going to have a great time and learn a lot.
For the Love of Learning,
Michelle Goethe
You all know by now that Planet Projects are due either tomorrow for my homeroom class or Monday for Mrs. Norton's class. I want to remind you of the requirements on the poster:
Planet Name
Picture of Planet
Origin of Name
Planet Characteristics
Distance from the Sun
Other Interesting Information
Things you'll need to Visit the Planet
Supplies/Equipment needed to Visit
I have gone over with both classes the requirements. They were given an opportunity to revise their projects if they turned them in early.
PUMPKINS?
Yes, pumpkins. We will be having the GREAT PUMPKIN CAPER on Thursday, October 30th. This activity requires volunteers, pumpkins, and parents to send in supplies. If you can send in something or can be called upon to help in any way, please reply to this message with your phone number. Our room moms are eagerly waiting for your help.
Most importantly, the kids are going to have a great time and learn a lot.
For the Love of Learning,
Michelle Goethe
Sunday, October 5, 2008
On Writing a Memoir
A memoir is not a review of an entire life. It is merely a piece of that life – a snippet, a chunk, an event that has taken place during that person’s life. It's the snapshot, not the album. The events are told from that person’s point of view.
“The writer of a memoir takes us back to a corner of his or her life that is usually vivid or intense.”
Zinsser,W (Ed). (1987). “Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft Of Memoir”
A memoir incorporates a sequence of feelings, thoughts and observations surrounding the chosen event. Often the writer comes to a personal reflection on this event.
How does this event reflect my life?
What feelings, thoughts and observations are keys to this event?
Introduction - in which the author shares important information about the setting, including the time and date of the experience. The information in the introduction usually answers – who, what, where, when and why. The next section lays out the detail of the selected event. Students need to outline and organize the events before writing them down. The final element is a concluding statement, which is an optional extra in a memoir. It may detail a lesson learned, an observation on life, a reflection on the event, following the passage of time.
Questions For Memoirists
• What are your earliest memories?
• How far back can you remember?
• What have you seen that you can’t forget?
• What’s an incident that shows what your family and you are like?
• What’s an incident that shows what your friends are like?
• What’s something that happened at school that you’ll always remember?
• What’s something that happened to you at home that you ’II always remember?
• What’s an incident that changed how you think or feel about something?
• What’s an incident that changed your life?
• What’s a time or place where you were perfectly happy?
• What’s a time or place where you laughed a lot?
• What’s a time or place when it felt as if your heart was breaking?
• What’s a time with a parent that you’ll never forget?
• What’s a time with a grandparent that you’ll never forget?
• What’s a time with a brother or sister that you’ll never forget?
• What’s a time with a relative that you’ll never forget?
• Can you remember a time you learned to do something for the first time?
• What memories emerge when you make a time line of your life so far?
• What are the most important things that have happened to you each year of your life?
Adapted from Lessons That Change Writers, Nancie Atwell
“The writer of a memoir takes us back to a corner of his or her life that is usually vivid or intense.”
Zinsser,W (Ed). (1987). “Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft Of Memoir”
A memoir incorporates a sequence of feelings, thoughts and observations surrounding the chosen event. Often the writer comes to a personal reflection on this event.
How does this event reflect my life?
What feelings, thoughts and observations are keys to this event?
Introduction - in which the author shares important information about the setting, including the time and date of the experience. The information in the introduction usually answers – who, what, where, when and why. The next section lays out the detail of the selected event. Students need to outline and organize the events before writing them down. The final element is a concluding statement, which is an optional extra in a memoir. It may detail a lesson learned, an observation on life, a reflection on the event, following the passage of time.
Questions For Memoirists
• What are your earliest memories?
• How far back can you remember?
• What have you seen that you can’t forget?
• What’s an incident that shows what your family and you are like?
• What’s an incident that shows what your friends are like?
• What’s something that happened at school that you’ll always remember?
• What’s something that happened to you at home that you ’II always remember?
• What’s an incident that changed how you think or feel about something?
• What’s an incident that changed your life?
• What’s a time or place where you were perfectly happy?
• What’s a time or place where you laughed a lot?
• What’s a time or place when it felt as if your heart was breaking?
• What’s a time with a parent that you’ll never forget?
• What’s a time with a grandparent that you’ll never forget?
• What’s a time with a brother or sister that you’ll never forget?
• What’s a time with a relative that you’ll never forget?
• Can you remember a time you learned to do something for the first time?
• What memories emerge when you make a time line of your life so far?
• What are the most important things that have happened to you each year of your life?
Adapted from Lessons That Change Writers, Nancie Atwell
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Planet Project
Dear Parents,
You will find a "glue-in" in your child's planner this week. The glue-in shows which assignments your child has turned in and which ones are missing. Please check this before Monday morning and sign it. Your child needs to complete the missing work and return it for credit.
Planet projects are due on the 10th for my class and the 13th for Mrs. Norton's class. I'm attaching a couple things that may help you organize the poster board. All children will come home today with the facts that they have collected in their science logs as well as the poster board that I will provide. Please don't allow your child to roll the poster board.
You will find a "glue-in" in your child's planner this week. The glue-in shows which assignments your child has turned in and which ones are missing. Please check this before Monday morning and sign it. Your child needs to complete the missing work and return it for credit.
Planet projects are due on the 10th for my class and the 13th for Mrs. Norton's class. I'm attaching a couple things that may help you organize the poster board. All children will come home today with the facts that they have collected in their science logs as well as the poster board that I will provide. Please don't allow your child to roll the poster board.
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