Summary of 9/23/10 Class

Warm up was reading out loud to children demo: The Foot Book, by Dr Suess
           Students practiced a selection of irregular past tense verbs. Quiz Next Class!
Corrected "Last Saturday" paragraphs returned. Students corrected and returned to the teacher. Students practiced spelling CLASS Evaluation tool vocabulary. Quiz Next Class!
Students discussed Word Pictures and from discussion students volunteered the following answers:

1. Some general characteristics that correspond to each age.
2. A guide or synopsis for what kids can do at each age
3. We can see different activities that children can accomplish at each age.
4. Characteristics (emotional or other) that children have at different phases
5. Each stage explains characteristics of children

In pairs students practiced reading their “word pictures” out loud. Then they discussed which word picture (or pictures) was the most accurate. What word picture made you laugh?

HOMEWORK: Read the introduction/description of Word Pictures (pages 99, 100 and 101). Write one or two paragraphs and answer the following questions:
         How can "Word Pictures" help a teacher? How might they cause a problem?