Spring! Multigenre, Service-learning, Writing

The Night Sky last night–

Jupiter  + The Moon + Venus

Proposed Agenda–
Defining multigenre writing
Choosing a biographical figure to write about (List your top 3 that come to mind)
Write what you already know (or what you think you know), want to know, [I bet you can guess what comes next]

For Wed–
Choose your person to study and write about
Bring in one text, preferably a book, but other texts can work as well
Read chapter 7 in Fisher & Frey–Note taking and note making
Blog by Wed (focusing on F&F)

Dr. Bishop's research project

Due for Wed–
Read Ch 3 & Ch 5 in Writing without Boundaries
No Blog posting due
Commit to SL or Blogfolio Research Paper

* optional
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XTQXQLW

Wed, Feb 29–LEAP YEAR!

Proposed Agenda–

Kitty Bishop, Age 24
Born February 29, 1916


Review literacy practices
Brainstorming note-taking strategies

Brainpop–a compelling elementary online multimodal expository database
http://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/leapyear/

Open discussion about Hawkins
Service-Learning and Blogfolio Expectations and Evaluation

Hawkins sign-up

Sharon Miles
iamsmiles@gmail.com
601-467-5333

Due Sunday Night by midnight–
Read Chapter 3 in Fisher and Frey (Vocabulary)
Post blog response (remember to check the rubric)

Cinquains for comprehension

Proposed Agenda–

1. Debrief the STC experience
2. Brief discussion of Fisher and Frey via blog postings 
3. Activity: Writing-to-learn (revisited)

• Visit National Geographic for Kids online together (read, view, listen, write/take notes) http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
• Create a cinquain poem together– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquain 
• Grab a kid-friendly science/nature informational magazine and choose an animal
• Write your own cinquain to share with the class

Metacognitive and Design-thinking Questions–

1. What was this entire process like for you as a learner? What did you learn about yourself?
2. What teaching opportunity can you identify in this activity as a specific skill to hone in on?

Upcoming dates–
This Tuesday by midnight you need to respond to at least one of your peers' blogs (on their blog in the comments section)
Wednesday, Feb 22 we'll go to Hawkins to meet with our Service-Learning partners
Wed, Feb 27 is the deadline to sign-up for the SL project or the Blogfolio

For the week of Feb 13 & 15

Read Fisher & Frey's Chs. 1 & 8 for class Monday, Feb 13
Blog your response to the readings by Sunday, Feb 12 at midnight
Respond to one peer's blog post by Tues midnight (on their blog)
Wed, Feb 22–we'll meet at Hawkins for a tour and talk with our Service-Learning partners 

Also, consider describing some of your personal experiences while at the Student Think Center (see Dr. Price's Prezi presentation link below)
http://prezi.com/tbztrl-azfps/think-center-student-workshop-j-bishop/?auth_key=ef0c6c132413d8716a613ce747cfc52d80957abb

Monday, Feb 6

Proposed Agenda–
The #2 Superbowl Advertisement (What does this have to do with Content Area Literacy?)
Update on the Hawkins 4th Graders http://hawkinsgrade4.blogspot.com/
Unpacking Design-Thinking
Unpacking "Content Area Literacy"

Upcoming dates–
Tuesday by midnight respond to at least one peer's posting
Dr. Bishop will respond to no less than 3 of your posts (and evaluate them using the rubric)
**Wed–meet in the Student Think Center, 3rd Floor of International Bldg (be punctual)
Wed, Feb 22–we'll meet at Hawkins for a tour and talk with our Service-Learning partners

Update on Vivian–

Wednesday, Feb 1

Proposed agenda–
A Design-thinking look at public speaking
Rereading our Duke Ellington biopoem
Creating our own biopoems (reading, thinking, writing, speaking/sharing)
Sharing and celebrating our creativity (i.e., our biopoems)
Practicing metacognition on ourselves

Upcoming topics–

• A Design-thinking look at practicing metacognition  (How many ways can you think of to practice metacognition?)
• Slow reading! It's good for you.

For Monday (and next week in general)–
Read Betty Ray's Design-Thinking piece online
Read Barbara Moss's Content Area Literacy in the Elementary Grades (pdf)
Blog entry #3 due Sunday night by midnight on these two pieces (follow blog guidelines)
Response to at least one of your peer's blog postings by Tuesday night at midnight