Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Life Cycle of the Butterfly :)


The Life Cycle of the Butterfly: The story starts out with a little egg on a leaf then follows the caterpillar as it eats and grows, enters a cocoon other wise known as a chrysalis, and finally emerges as a colorful butterfly.
You can simply talk about this process, illustrate it on blank paper or act it out this way
1. Egg: have the children hold onto their ankles, bend down, and round their body into the shape of an egg
2. Larva: have the children “squirm like a worm”
3. Pupa: have them crawl into a sleeping bag or large pillow case with colorful handkerchiefs or pieces of cloth inside (they’ll probably have to take turns on this unless you have lots of sleeping bags)
4. Butterfly: have them emerge from the “cocoon,” swaying with the handkerchiefs in hand.

After the students have all went through the butterfly cycle themselves, then they get to color their butterfly, and make is as beautiful as the one in the story.  Once colored,  have the students cut it our and tape or glue the picture to a Popsicle stick. Then let their imagination soar, as the students pretend to be the beautiful butterflies they have become.



Monday, October 8, 2012

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Blogs In The Classroom.

This specific blog is built for teachers K-12 who want to provide students with individual blogs. It is very easy to create classroom discussions, practice writing and computer skills, reflect on learning, create an e-portfolio and communicate efficiently using blogs. Classroom's, especially high school classrooms, would benefit from having blogs. It would also allow students to express their own creativity in a healthy and social way. 


 For more information on Kidblog click on THIS Link.



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How To Make A Comment 

For those of you who have always loved reading the comments on a blog, but never knew how to.... 
Here is a quick and easy way to learn how.

1st- Go to the page of the desired blogger. 
2nd- Choose the post that you would like to comment on or talk about. 
3rd- Click on the Add A Comment button located at the bottom of the post. 
4th- Respond to the post that you have a opinion on. 

Enjoy reading and responding to all of your friends and followers posts! :)