Thursday, February 11, 2010
Hey!
Hey Girls I'm so sorry I missed Monday. I had a really bad cold and did not really want to get anyone sick :(. I am going to the open lab tomorrow to see what I missed so that I'm not behind. I heard we did a lot! My g-mail account is c6fisher1@gmail.com. See you Monday! Have a good weekend.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Hawaiian PenPals
Hawaiian Pen Pals
Who are the students your students will communicate with?
Our students will be Pen Pals with third grade students in Honolulu, Hawaii.
When will your students be in contact with their pen pals?
At the beginning to get the needed information and at the end to say "thank-you".
What questions would they ask? What info would they share?
1. Are flowers important to your culture?
-What do you use them for?
-What do they represent?
2. What is your state flower?
-What does it look like?
-Is it native to Hawaii?
-Can it be grown else where?
-How expensive is it to purchase?
3.What type of weather do you have?
-Rain?
-Snow?
-Hot?
-Dry?
-Cold?
-Windy?
4. What kind of native flowers do you have?
-What climate do they need to be in to survive?
-What do they look like?
-How many different types do you have?
5. What type of soil do you have?
-What nutrients is it rich in?
-What nutrients does it lack in?
-Dry?
-Moist?
-What flowers can you grow successfully there?
6. Do you buy flower seeds or get them from your own wild flowers?
-Where do you buy them?
-What types of flowers do they sell?
-Are they expensive?
Our students would answer these same questions about our area.
What will they do with the information they will get from the other students?
Our students will split up into groups of 4 students (5 if needed) and focus on one question in particular. For instance, one group will take the first question, another group will take question number 2, so on and so forth. In addition to this, the students who are focusing on question one from the Hawaiian Pen pals, will also be responsible for answering the same question about our area. Once they have answered their information for the Hawaiian Pen pals, they are to take the information they received from their pen pals and make a poster or PowerPoint to present their information with the rest of the class.
Who are the students your students will communicate with?
Our students will be Pen Pals with third grade students in Honolulu, Hawaii.
When will your students be in contact with their pen pals?
At the beginning to get the needed information and at the end to say "thank-you".
What questions would they ask? What info would they share?
1. Are flowers important to your culture?
-What do you use them for?
-What do they represent?
2. What is your state flower?
-What does it look like?
-Is it native to Hawaii?
-Can it be grown else where?
-How expensive is it to purchase?
3.What type of weather do you have?
-Rain?
-Snow?
-Hot?
-Dry?
-Cold?
-Windy?
4. What kind of native flowers do you have?
-What climate do they need to be in to survive?
-What do they look like?
-How many different types do you have?
5. What type of soil do you have?
-What nutrients is it rich in?
-What nutrients does it lack in?
-Dry?
-Moist?
-What flowers can you grow successfully there?
6. Do you buy flower seeds or get them from your own wild flowers?
-Where do you buy them?
-What types of flowers do they sell?
-Are they expensive?
Our students would answer these same questions about our area.
What will they do with the information they will get from the other students?
Our students will split up into groups of 4 students (5 if needed) and focus on one question in particular. For instance, one group will take the first question, another group will take question number 2, so on and so forth. In addition to this, the students who are focusing on question one from the Hawaiian Pen pals, will also be responsible for answering the same question about our area. Once they have answered their information for the Hawaiian Pen pals, they are to take the information they received from their pen pals and make a poster or PowerPoint to present their information with the rest of the class.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Hello Ladies--
I love your ideas!!! How are we only going to choose one?!
What I have been thinking about doing for our website to do a Geography of Flowers!! :) We could have exotic/tropical flowers and talk about where they are located! I have reviewed one website that has all of that information on it (but I do not have the link on this computer). Anways..let me know what you think!
I love your ideas!!! How are we only going to choose one?!
What I have been thinking about doing for our website to do a Geography of Flowers!! :) We could have exotic/tropical flowers and talk about where they are located! I have reviewed one website that has all of that information on it (but I do not have the link on this computer). Anways..let me know what you think!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Gardening Lesson Plan
Thats a great idea, I found a lesson plan for gardening for grades 1-3. It shows students how to identify the plant parts, determine wha they need to grow, and recognize what plants do for our earth. (I think adding this to our concept map would be a good idea). This is a 12 day lesson plan and deals with the students growing plants and watching them grow. Here is the website if you want to look into this further.
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Agriculture/AGR0010.htm
See you Monday!
Colleen Fisher
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Agriculture/AGR0010.htm
See you Monday!
Colleen Fisher
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Hello Everyone! I was watching the Early Show on Monday morning and they had a garden expert on there and he was explaining how to get your garden started for the spring already. He had these trays that you could buy that had little individual cups to put the seeds in and then you watered them and the tray had a warming blanket. The flower or plant would grow in there and then when you were ready to plant it in the spring you just broke off the cups from each other and put the whole cup in the ground. He said that the roots would go right through it. It was pretty cool. You can find out the information on the Early Show website at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6162430n&tag=mncol;lst;1 If that doesn't work then just go to the Early Show website and search for gardening and it is called Starting Your Spring Garden. It was very cool and had good ideas.
Monday, February 1, 2010
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