Last day with my kids

The last day with my kids was today. I was very sad to say goodbye but happy that I made a positive impact in their lives. I recieved so much love from my students that I couldn't have left happier. They gave me a big post card with kind messages and others wrote me letters. I even recieved this plaque/trophy(however you call it). It was so nice and I cried a lot. I said goodbye for now because Mrs. Medina and I will be back for a Pizza Party we are going to have with all 3 groups, next week. Below you can see pictures of my last day. I also gave my students a personalized certificate and a small treat. I know I will miss them all.

Poetry (6th grade)

The next topic for 6th grade was Poetry. Everyday I projected a youtube video(cartoon) of poems. The students first learned about the characteristics of poetry and then I started witht the types of Poetry. This is were I basically ended. My last class was about Haiku poetry. I presented a very funny Haiku video from a cartoon I love (Avatar The Last Airbender). Below you can see the PPT I created to introduce the topic and some youtbe video links.

Poetry ppt from LourdesM7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TQmw9li6ow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7-2_gUuWK4 https://vimeo.com/28135810

Special Project

The special project was a very difficult task (at least for me). Mrs. Medina and I worked on it together. She being an artist drew everything and I traced all of the flowers and stems. Together we painted everything and her mother helped us out too. It was a lot of work but it was worth it because in the end it looked really nice and everyone trully liked it.

Flat Stanley (5th grade)

Fifth grade had to continue with the topic of the community and we (Mrs. Medina and I) thought of using what we learned from our professor Carmen Torres. We got the students to do a Flat Stanley project! They all turned out different and unique.

Easter Activity

Mrs. Medina and I joined our two sixth grade groups. We projected a cartooon about Easter and the students did a rabbit mask. After photos I hid some eggs we bought for an Easter egg hunt. The students couldn't wait to play. There were two golden eggs with 1 dolar and 2 special eggs with a prize of a big chocolate bunny. After that we took them to the basketball court and they got to play bunny, bunny, hop (another version of duck, duck, goose) and some other hopping games. Then we went back to the classrooom and gave them some treats. I made them the cute little goodie bags you can see in the photo below. At the end of the activity we put some music and the students danced and laughed till the very end. They really liked this activity and asked us to repeat it.

Cenit Activity

Cenit is a club the school has that is about integrating technology to the curriculum. The teacher in charge of the Cenit club asked for our help in decorating for an initiation activity. Mrs. Medina had prior experience in decorating and we agreed to help. In the end Mrs. Medina and her mom were mostly in charge of the decorations. I helped decorate along with our peers, Ms. Quintana, Mr. Mercado and Mr. Lopez. It was a lot of hardwork and we were there practically the entire day. Everything turned out well and the teacher, director and school staff really liked it. The day of the activity they aplauded us for the work and it was quite embarrasing.

Mapping (5th Grade)

We had to teach the fifth graders how to read a map (don't know what that has to do with English). We decided to teach them vocabulary words of a map like the cardinal points and we taught them how to read directions. Afterwards, we did a pirate treasure hunt game where they had to read a map of the classroom to find clues that would lead them to a treasure. I brought a pirate wig and cap to divide the group into two teams. The treasure was fake dollar bills that were given to the students as bonus points and for fun. The students loved this! We also projected real maps (google maps) and online map games as well as videos of maps. (links below) http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/g1/u2/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8VOG8Cgag

English Week

The English week theme was about Diversity (Diversity in English Promotes Unity for Future Generations). Mrs. Medina and I presented the movie Wreck-it Ralph to our groups because the movie is mainly about loving yourself for who you are and respecting diversity because the characters were bullied throughout the film because they were different. The students also got to be creative and decorate a hand to present the diversity between us. Also, Mrs. Medina did a big poster with the theme and I printed some posters to decorate the doors. This week, we also got to be judges of the Picture Bee and Spelling Bee competitions. We got them these cute certificates and I created this cute little message with a smartie. We also got to work with our friend Shirlenne (it's love!).

Dr. Seuss Week

I was super excited when I found out the English teachers were going to celebrate Dr. Seuss week (yes I love Dr. Seuss like a little kid). I grew up reading from this author and I immediately started planning all the things I could do for the week. I talked with Mrs. Medina and we planned a lot of fun things. I do wish we could have done more, but a week just isn't enough. Anyway, the students got to watch Dr. Seuss video clips of his autobiography and cartoons of his different stories. Then we'd discussed it with fun worksheets and created crafts. It was a really nice week. Mrs. Medina did a beautiful banner of the Cat in the Hat. I brought some posters and bows to decorate the doors. I also gave the students a little message with a mint candy that matched Dr. Seuss' colors. I even dressed in those colors that represent Dr. Seuss throughout the week. A student of mine brought me a book of Green eggs and Ham and gave it to me as a gift. It was so sweet! Here you can see all the photos of this wonderful week.

The Last Dragon Story (5th Grade)

Since 5th grade was learning about celebrations, Mrs. Medina and I found a story in their books called 'The Last Dragon' that seemed interesting. It was basically about a Chinese boy that visits his grandmother in Chinatown. I really liked this story and we connected it to the Chinese New Year celebration. Here you can see the PPT I created to teach the vocabulary words we presented to the students before reading. Also, the students got to play how to spell out those vocabulary words with inidvidual letters Mrs. medina made. After reading and discussing the story we got the students to play a game of order of events with sentence strips (photo below).

The lastdragonvocabularywords from LourdesM7

Here is a link to an online quiz we made based on the story: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=otcyode0xhut&q=1 We also got them to do a fun dragon craft as seen below: I really enjoyed this class and we even put some chinese music as background and presented a video on a dragon dance. Youtube video link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKMjLpJyihw