Ms.+Fama

Welcome to Ms. Fama's Class

The students in my class have been learning about our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. We heard the story __"Stand Tall Abe Lincoln"__ by Judith St. George. They then wrote thoughts on why they admire President Lincoln. Their thoughts were recorded on a VoiceThread.

http://voicethread.com/share/336413/

Happy 200th Birthday Abraham Lincoln Students designed cards and sent them to the Old Capitol in Illinois. Please enjoy their beautiful creations.  http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/542841 

February 10, 2009 Activities of the 100th Day of School <span style="color: rgb(247,0,255);"><span style="color: rgb(87,255,0);">Hello in 100 way 100 Word Spelling Bee Collected and counted 100 pieces of food for the Food Pantry Made 100 Valentines for the Veteran's Hospital Competed in a 100 Fact Math Contest <span style="display: block; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/545324

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Our class enjoyed the stories of the "Gingerbread Man" and " The Gingerbread Baby". We compared the stories using a Venn Diagram. The students also illustrated their favorite part of the story of "The Gingerbread Man". I then read "The Musubi Man Hawaii's Gingerbread Man". Students enjoyed the surfing adventure in the book. They marveled at the ingredients used to create the Musubi Man. The list of Hawaiian foods included ebi (dried shrimp), limu (seaweed), musubi (rice), nori (sheets of dried seawed), takuan (pickled radish), taro ( starchy root used to make poi), & umeboshi (Japanese plun, soaked in brine and packed with red shiso leaves). Students then created their own stories and limericks about the Gingerbread Man. This was a great Language Arts activity!

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Gingerbread Man Stories using VoiceThread]

<span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[|Gingerbread Limericks using VoiceThread]