Panda Cub

Panda Cub, originally uploaded by anitalee.

Pandas eat sticks called bamboo. Pandas get wet. Pandas live in China. I like when they climb trees and lay down.
Neyda, 1st

Polar bears

Polar bear, originally uploaded by floridapfe.

I began collecting animal pictures for my students to use on their class blog for informational text.

Angela Maiers' Blog

Anglela Maiers has a post on her blog called "Teachers as Readers First." I found this article interesting as I reflected on my own teaching and reading. I took one of my personal books to school today, and my first graders asked me if I could read all of the words in the book. We had a long discussion about how much I love to read and how I want them to love it, too.

Steve Spangler

Steve Spangler's Blog is an excellent resource for science teachers. The site shares exciting ideas and videos. Teacher would find the posts on science experiment ideas particularly helpful.

Delicious Network Friend

My new delicicious network friend has several interesting links on her delicious account. I am particularly interested in mathwire.com. They have many activities and links to various topics related to math. Schoollibrarianbookmarks links you to snowman activities on mathwire.

SMART Boards and Smarter than a 5th Grader

SMART Boards and Smarter than a 5th Grader turns you onto using your Interwrite Board in conjuction with this popular TV show. Students can pick a student to help them and peek or copy off of their paper while answering a series of questions that progress from a first grade level to a fifth grade level.

Wordle

While searching through Nik Peachey's blogs, I found an article about wordle. This yahoo site can be used to create word clouds from text read on the internet. Using this activity will help ELLs build their vocabulary. I think it could also be used as a sort of graphic organizer for students to help them write informational text.