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Sue Dobson Inquiry Voicethread writing projects, Diary of a Runaway Seed, 4th grade
I was very inspired by the book "From Trading Cards to Comic Strips" for this inquiry. I started thinking about my student's love for Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and it morphed into a "Diary of a Runaway Seed" project, done with a journal format. I read aloud Diary of a Worm to the students and we discussed the elements of a diary...ie: first person, dates, etc. The students used a graphic organizer and from there went onto a rough draft. They wrapped up the project by publishing their final copy on Voicethread.
http://voicethread.com/share/2470363/
http://voicethread.com/share/2468896/

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I found this picture on Pinterst. It has a lot of neat ideas that teachers post, just thought I'd share it :)
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Pre-K Thanksgiving VoiceThread
Ashleigh Yarcho Inquiry
This Weekly Reader will be a good small group lesson with the students. Inside it describes one thing we do during each holiday. It is simple and the pictures are great for the students to look at.
Websites
Games for Kids .Kids. Retrieved December
This awesome power point shows different holidays celebrated and the main traditions celebrated. There are pictures that are on each slide and it will be a good opening lesson to holiday celebrations. I made a memory game with pictures from the 3 holidays to play in small groups with the students.
Videos
- Broadcast Yourself. .Yourself.. Retrieved December
This is a cute video that doesn’t look at the differences in the holidays, but the similarities and that’s what I liked about the video. I want the students to see that even though all of the holidays are different there are still similar in some ways. After we watch this video I want to make a voice thread with my students on their holiday celebrations.
- Broadcast Yourself. .Yourself.. Retrieved December
I like this video a lot. It’s a daughter and father singing Feliz Navidad. I want to show this to my students, and then teach them this song so they can sing along with it.
Mythology Text Set, Sue Dobson

Pre-K Thanksgiving VoiceThread
Ashleigh Yarcho Inquiry
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Pre-K Holiday Text Set, Ashleigh Yarcho
Ashleigh Yarcho
Text Set
Topic: Holiday Celebrations
the three. I want this unit to expand more and more throughout the years when I find new books/activities that go along with these holiday celebrations.
Grade Level: Pre-K/K
Objectives:
I really enjoy this simple book that illustrates all the sweet smells/sounds you smell and hear during Christmas, traditions that many American family participate in (pie, pine tree, candy cane, gingerbread men, hot chocolate). Every year families go pick out a Christmas tree, bake cookies, sing Christmas carols, and decorate the a tree. We will discuss the traditions and things they do with their families.
Shannon, D. (2010). It's Christmas, David!. New York: Blue Sky Press.
naughty and nice.nice and I think a lot of my students will be able to relate to this story.
Kwanzaa
Katz, K. (2003). My first Kwanzaa. New York: H. Holt.
holiday celebration.
Katz, K. (2003).I want to compare these traditions with those of Christmas to see the similarities and differences.
Chocolate, D. M., & Massey, C. (1992). My First Kwanzaa.first Kwanzaa book. New York: H. Holt.Scholastic
This Kwanzaa story is a fun story that describes what someone would wear on Kwanzaa, what someone would eat, and what someone would do on Kwanzaa. It’s a good story that talks about family, since that’s a big part of this African-American holiday, and lighting the candles on thekinara.
Chanukah/Hanukah
This is a great story to read that shows students that you don’t have to only celebrate one holiday and that a family can have more than one tradition. The boy in the story has to share his family tradition at school, but all of the students only have one tradition and he is embarrassed to share his. After he shares he has two traditions, everyone thinks it’s great.
Yoon, S. (2005). My first Menorah. New York, N.Y.: Little Simon.
the menorah. I am going to have students drew a menorah the best they can after watching me do it first.
Holidays Are Special. (2011). Weekly Reader, p. 4.
This Weekly Reader will be a good small group lesson with the students. Inside it describes one thing we do during each holiday. It is simple and the pictures are great for the students to look at.
Websites
Games for Kids.Kids . Retrieved December holiday celebrations. I made a memory game with pictures from the 3 holidays to play in small groups with the students.
Videos
- Broadcast Yourself..Yourself. . Retrieved December from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sjC13dFRS8&feature=related
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This is a some ways. After we watch this video I want to make a voice thread with my students on their holiday celebrations.
realitychangers. (n.d.). - Broadcast Yourself..Yourself. . Retrieved December
I like this video a lot. It’s a daughter and father singing Feliz Navidad. I want to show this to my students, and then teach them this song so they can sing along with it.
Mythology Text Set, Sue Dobson

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Welcome to Beyond the Basal
ROE #17 has developed a reading instruction workshop for K-3 classroom teachers and K-12 special education teachers. This 7 day workshop will focus on essentials of reading instruction (phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension) and how teachers can incorporate this instruction in their classrooms. Topics will include:

Pre-K Thanksgiving VoiceThread
Pre-K Holiday Text Set, Ashleigh Yarcho
Topic: Holiday Celebrations
This Weekly Reader will be a good small group lesson with the students. Inside it describes one thing we do during each holiday. It is simple and the pictures are great for the students to look at.
Websites
Games for Kids .Kids. Retrieved December
This awesome power point shows different holidays celebrated and the main traditions celebrated. There are pictures that are on each slide and it will be a good opening lesson to holiday celebrations.
Videos
- Broadcast Yourself. .Yourself.. Retrieved December
This is a cute video that doesn’t look at the differences in the holidays, but the similarities and that’s what I liked about the video. I want the students to see that even though all of the holidays are different there are still similar in some ways.
- Broadcast Yourself. .Yourself.. Retrieved December
I like this video a lot. It’s a daughter and father singing Feliz Navidad. I want to show this to my students, and then teach them this song so they can sing along with it.
Mythology Text Set, Sue Dobson
Since our Common Core Standards have changed, I decided to create a text set/unit for a topic not addressed in our Basal readers. This text set will introduce Greek Mythology to 4th grade students. It will also introduce the relationship between certain Greek myth characters and words in our current language. We will learn about the Gods in general and the go in depth with select Gods/Goddesses and creatures. The end of the unit involves creating a class Pictionary of Greek words. The students will also pick their favorite Greek mythology character and create a trading card for that character. I really utilized the book “From Trading Cards to Comic Strips” in my formation of this unit.
References
2011, from
This short video is a great general introduction to Greek Gods and Goddesses. This will be shown at the beginning of the unit to provide some background to the students.
Blaisdell, R., & Green, J. (1995). Favorite Greek myths. New York: Dover Publications.