literature

This Microsoft Word scavenger hunt document gives students the opportunity to learn about different types of poetry while exploring pre-selected internet websites. on Friday, Nov 17 2006 at 10:08 AM poetry, scavenger hunt, research, language arts

High School Horror. Halloween presentation on the Horror Genre in Literature. Motivate students to read. CourtenaySims on Monday, Oct 23 2006 at 04:50 PM on Saturday, Oct 28 2006 at 07:36 PM CourtenaySims on Saturday, Oct 28 2006 at 08:36 PM on Wednesday, Nov 01 2006 at 08:54 AM Horror, Halloween, Literature, Genre

A PowerPoint on what a literature circle is and how they can be used in the curriculum Literature Circles, guides

Students read The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (or some other book that chronicles the experiences of the main character).  After discussion about what makes Ferdinand special and how he remained true to himself students create "The Story of..." (themselves) using a digital picture of themselves and adding clipart and text that tell about their likes.

Kansas Library Media Standards

Standard 5:      The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative     expressions of information.
Indicator 2.      Derives meaning from information presented creatively in a variety of formats
Indicator 3.      Develops creative products in a variety of formats

Kansas Reading Standards

Standard 1 - Reading:  The student reads and comprehends text across the curriculum.
    Benchmark 4:  The student comprehends a variety of texts (narrative, expository, technical, and persuasive).
Retells or determines important events and main ideas from narrative and expository texts.

Narrative reading, character development

This resource is part of the Lodi Unified School Dsitrict 7-12 TEchnology Integration support.  The resource is a web page set of free activity links that promote students practicing classroom skillls in the areas of English, Math, Science, and Social Science.  The resource helps teachers extend the learning day.  The activiteis are well sutied to independent learning. Mathematics, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science

This is a website I developed for my fourth grade classroom.

www.teacherweb.com/mi/ganiardelementary/mrscastellon

 

Castellon's Website

This is a website I developed for my fourth grade classroom.

www.teacherweb.com/mi/ganiardelementary/mrscastellon

 

Castellon's Website

This is a website I developed for my fourth grade classroom.

www.teacherweb.com/mi/ganiardelementary/mrscastellon

 

Castellon's Website

This is a website I developed for my fourth grade classroom.

www.teacherweb.com/mi/ganiardelementary/mrscastellon

 

This is a movie I created for a broadcast at school.

Castellon's Website

This is a website I developed for my fourth grade classroom.

www.teacherweb.com/mi/ganiardelementary/mrscastellon

Castellon's Website