Newbery is coming in January (of course!)

 

http://alawebcast.unikron.com/

Blending Segmenting Onset to the Rime

Word Family -at

http://irkey.glogster.com/Word-Family-AT/

Writing Videos

Here are some videos and teaching ideas about writing.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749217

Madeline Hunter

Writing a Madeline Hunter Lesson Plan is mandatory in many colleges.  Was it in yours?  I still use this thinking when writing lessons for my planning when demonstrating for teachers in my work situation. 

http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/205/madelinehunter.htm

Writing Videos

Logging into Teachers Tube costs nothing. 

Kid Writing Lesson (How to Write a Beginning)        http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=104693&title=Kid_Writing_Lesson

Essay Writing:  http://teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=5802&title=Essay_Writing___explanations 

Studying Kevin Henkes’ Book Craft Lessons: 

Lesson 1:       http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?awesm=fbshare.me_DEcp&video_id=133558

Lesson 2:        http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?awesm=fbshare.me_DEew&video_id=133562  

2 girls discussing snapshots in their writing:        http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?awesm=fbshare.me_DEbr&video_id=91475

Restaurant Tips Part 2

http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/one-hundred-things-restaurant-staffers-should-never-do-part-2/?em

Restaurant Tips!

I cannot wait for next week’s rules!

http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/one-hundred-things-restaurant-staffers-should-never-do-part-one/?em

Unit of Study: Fiction Writing

This is a link to a great write up about one of Lucy’s units of study:  fiction.  I am always searching for references to Lucy’s units since many of the teachers I work with use the units as a resource. 

http://bestbookihavenotread.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/unit-of-study-fiction-writing-grades-3-5/

How-To make crayons!

This was one of my FAVORITE VIDEOS when I was a little girl!  This is an awesome procedure lesson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU-wXsgyR8

Celebrating 40 years of Sesame Street!

Life is good as we watch Ernie and taking a bath with his Rubber Ducky.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh85R-S-dh8 

After you have taken a bath, it is time to eat cookies!  Cookie Monster is eating his cookies.  Yummy.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw   

It is song and story time with cookies.  Big Bird is singing on of my favorites, ABC-DEF-GHI-JK-LMNOP-QRS-TUV-WXYZ    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTvhKZHAP8U

Time for bed.  Dance Myself To Sleep    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk1Y4xo4XJ4