Creating with Leaves// Phase 3: Concluding the Project

Creating with Leaves// Phase 3: Concluding the Project

Self-Portraits with Leaves For the final activity, the children created self-portraits of themselves using leaves. I decided to use Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert again for this activity and focused on the part of creating a self-portrait. An anchor chart describing what "self-portrait" meant was created and photographs

Creating with Leaves// Phase II: Developing the Project (Part 3)

Creating with Leaves// Phase II: Developing the Project (Part 3)

Creating Our Own Leaves For our fourth activity, I wanted the children to learn the names of the leaves we used from our "creating with leaves" activity. We discussed some of the names of the different leaves shown on the book, Leaf Man, but didn't get into detail due

10:16 AM// Morning Thoughts

10:16 AM// Morning Thoughts

Song: Lie by Madclown ft. Lee Hae Ri   & What2Do by Dean ft. Crush x Jeff Bernat 2016 is coming to an end... Although signs were given of the ending of a year that was full of ups and downs, for some strange reason it feels like

Creating with Leaves// Phase II: Developing the Project (Part 2)

Creating with Leaves// Phase II: Developing the Project (Part 2)

Creating with Leaves For the third activity, I set up a provocation with the book titled, Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert and a series of materials for the children to use. I will say that this activity was what really sparked the children's interest and brought many smiles and

Creating with Leaves// Phase II: Developing the Project (Part 1)

Creating with Leaves// Phase II: Developing the Project (Part 1)

How Can We Use Leaves? For the second activity, we read Leaves by David Ezra Stein and learned that we could use leaves in different ways, just as the character of the book did and so our phase II began. The children used leaves as part of their

Creating with Leaves// Phase I -Getting Started

Creating with Leaves// Phase I -Getting Started

'The Project Approach builds on natural curiosity, enabling children to interact, question, connect, problem-solve, communicate, reflect, and more." If you are interested in this type of approach check out the Project Approach website, they have great resources and project guide to help you start it. This is kind

Student Teaching Week #12// My Last Day of Student Teaching

Student Teaching Week #12// My Last Day of Student Teaching

Today was my last day as a student teacher. It has been such a great experience for me, I was received with open arms and guided throughout my time there. I couldn’t have asked for a better cooperative teacher, team, and children. I truly felt part of the

Student Teaching Week # 10

Student Teaching Week # 10

Monday (Dec.5) On Monday, we began the letter "C" with the kids. "Curly Caterpillar" was the story we read and then the children were asked to recall the words that began with "C" in the story. We also did a pre-assessment activity  in order to asses student's knowledge

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