Honduras May 5

Just wanted to remind everyone of the Honduras Dump fundraiser on May 5. You can visit www.treymorgan.net to read the details and stay updated throughout the day.

The students wrote letters to every class at Childress Elementary asking them to join in and help with this fund. Students were so excited to actually be trying to make a difference for the dump people. As a class we looked at pictures of the children at the dump for about 10 minutes. All the students were moved by the conditions that these children live in every day of their lives. Students realized that no matter how tough it can be at times with money they are truly rich for the pure fact they have a home and do have something to eat every day. It was very touching to watch your children open their hearts and their willingness to give THEIR money. Made me extremely proud to be their teacher!

I posted a few pictures of the "dump people" for you.

Wordle is the Word

Today we got to take a little time and have a little fun creating while still learning. The math and reading TAKS tests are coming in just two short weeks so we are making that last minute dash to polish those skills and focus on vocabulary. A fun way to review vocabulary was to create word art. Using www.wordle.net, students brainstormed to think of as many math words as they could. They typed the words into Wordle, then chose a font, color and layout. Just a simple screen shot and printing and there you have it: your very own math vocabulary sheet Wordle style!

Now This is Exciting!

Remember those old tape recorders that your elementary teacher would use to record your reading or to play stories from books? Well, step into the 21st century with our class!

Students are now using iPods to listen to recorded books. The 8th grade Advanced Technology class came to the elementary campus to work with the 3rd grade GT students to train them on how to record the books. The students used the Garage Band application to record their reading. They then shared the recording with iTunes and synced it to an iPod.

We now have as many books as we can read recorded for other students. Our GT students have been working with others to teach them how to record the books. It has been so exciting in our classroom with all this technology.

Dance Mats by Bryan

3rd grade is doing a program with the dance mats.It is fun practicing in the gym.There are two different kinds of dance mats the practice mats and the metal mats.The people with the highest score will preform on the metal mats.This is going to be a fun program.

Harriet Tubman by Jared

Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She believed in freedom. Harriet got married to Mr. John Tubman and she told Mr. Tubman that she wanted to runaway. Mr. Tubman did not want Harriet to runaway.Harriet ran away to Canada were she could be free. Harriet came back and helped people escape to Canada.

Martin Luther King, Jr. by Bailee

Martin Luther King,Jr had a dream.He wanted black and white people to be equal.Martin Luther King Jr. wanted them to not be slaves.He gave a speech and won the Nobel Peace Prize.He was killed by a white person and we celebrate him for what he did.

COME BACK SOON!

I hope to let the students start blogging by next week. Blogs are a great way for students to write and receive feedback on their thoughts and writing skills. I hope you will make comments to the students to give them encouragement to keep writing with a purpose. Visit us again soon!