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Ms. Castaldi's
Journal
5/1/04
I haven't written in my
journal for a month! I am slacking. That doesn't mean
that I haven't been using my technology! I have incorporated
the writing prompts to my student's page. I love this!
The kids love using this too. Earlier last month we had Sandy
O'Neill come and visit MLK. She was observing to see what
we were doing with the children. She was very supportive of
what we were doing here. Today we are having a workshop with
Art and Marilyn. Fifth grade teachers are here learning about
Contribute. They're doing great and it is exciting to have
them on board.
5/14/04
I reworked my journal
pages to be linked to the different months. I think it is
more organized like that. On Monday I went to the "My
Classroom to Yours" workshop at Stockton. I learned so
much. Jen and I went, and we came back with some great ideas.
We are very eager to share them at our next workshop with the starw
crew. Jen had a little mishap with the digital cameras.
She showed the kids how to use them and then sent them on a scavenger
hunt....I seem to remember one of our workshops being about this.
The kids had such a great time and they really worked hard, but
all of the cameras malfunctioned! I think it was a great idea
of Jen's and she is so on the ball with teaching the kids how to
use anything! I think we need to get some better cameras for
next year. This is a hands-on grant where the kids are going
to be using the equipment. When we went to the workshop a
man named Tom showed us a virtual tour that his kids made.
They used all of the equipment. I"m sure the cameras
are under warranty, but I think we should invest in some that won't
break so easily.
5/21/04
This week we finished
our autobiographies. Now, they will go to Ms. Alden's class
and complete a power point presentation to go along with their books.
Their books turned out much better than I had expected. This
week we also reviewed adjectives. They worked very hard this
week so today they are with their partner and they are working on
KidPix. They are making pictures and then writing a sentence
with adjectives to describe the picture. They're having a
good time and they are using great adjectives.
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