Showing posts with label sharing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sharing. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

AWESOME CHAIR!


Sit in the awesome chair.

Pull up a mic.

Share something cool from 5th grade...























           









Isabel Walker
by Zion


                Cloudy white light covered the woods where our small treehouse was. I struggled as always to climb up the big black rope. Suddenly, Shiloh, my brother, yells, “Zion! They’re here!” I bumped my head as I jumped down. Rubbing my head, I looked up.
There they were, my cousins, the Walker family. But above all, I saw her, with beautiful auburn brown hair that flowed off her shoulders like a river off of a rock. She had brown eyes that sparkled as she stood next to her friend. “Zion!” She yelled, as she ran toward me and gave me a big hug.
            Isabel Walker is an average fifteen year old, making silly jokes, hanging out with her friends, and staring at Instagram on her phone sixteen hours a day. But she is also very kind, and respectful to people. When her mother asks her to do something she doesn’t want to do, she’ll usually disagree. But it always ends with her saying, “Yes Ma’am.”
Isabel is also very fun to be around. Whenever we go for a walk to the beach or hang out, we will always come back with some kind of inside joke. For example, me, my brothers, Isabel, her brother, and her friend, will be sitting at the table back from the beach, eating sandwiches for lunch. Someone will whisper something totally random like, “Pinchers.” All of the sudden, Isabel’s hazel eyes will widen, she’ll fall over in her frayed sweater and worn jeans onto her friend’s lap breaking down laughing. Everyone else will start cracking up too, and spitting out their food!
            Isabel is very kind because she never leaves the “kids” out of the fun. She will never try to ignore us and talk with the adults. She actually will get up from the table walk over to the playroom and say, “Hey, guys. Let’s go play outside!” I’ve always respected her for that.
            Lastly, Isabel is strong, and has a long road of good things coming her way. No matter how much she says silly words like “Choch”, “Nafam”, and “Bai”, she will be used by
God in very important ways, and already has! She’s told us stories about her mission trips in the cold rain or the scorching sun, as we sit in the play room . I’ve even seen a video of her on Facebook preaching. As she yells, her brown hair whips behind her stern freckled face, with closed confident eyes she preaches to her ginormous church of hundreds of people!
            Isabel is an amazing person. She is so kind to us, and would live here if she could. She loves her friends, siblings, and parents, she’d do anything for them. But most of all, she will trust God no matter what, and will always be faithful to him. Isabel is an awesome cousin to have, that’s why she’s my role model.



Here is the song that goes with Malena's comic...

"It's Raining Tacos" by Parry Gripp


Oops! I guess that song will be stuck in your head for a few days!

What do  you think of our sharing today?

Here's what we thought of our classmate's awesome awesomeness:



Click on any image on this post to get a closer look!

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Weekly Response: Lesson Learned


Well kids, it's the last week of September! I bet you have learned a ton of cool things since school started. If you would like to share any of the projects you've done, stories you've written or any other school-related activity, please send it to me. I'd love to see what you are working on. I can even share it on this blog or in Class Connect if you want!


For this week's response...

Tell us about something you learned in one of your courses in September.

Have a wonderful October!

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Why Blog?

I started this blog three years ago as a way to build a classroom community. It's really fun to highilght student work on this blog because it gives kids a chance to share, to give feedback to their peers, and to see what others are doing. If you create something in one of your classes and send it to me, I will post it here!

The video below will help explain my classroom blog philosophy...




...and this is one of my favorite videos on the topic.
I just love the kids' voices and their message!


I look forward to a year of fun and learning! 

Monday, April 29, 2013

Cute Kids!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Shelby, a student in our Comp Lit course, has exciting news to share. 
One of her goats had kids on Sunday! 
As in real, live, baby goat kids! 

Please take a moment to admire their cuteness 
(you can click on the images to enlarge).



The boy, with the brown/black ears, is named Hercules 
and the girl, with the white ears, is Meg.

Welcome to the world, Hercules and Meg!

Thanks for sharing, Shelby!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Student Share




Hoof Prints
By Kristin

Pure tranquility,
Nature’s calm,
Beast and human as one.

Balletic movement,
Effortless aids,
Piaffe and tempis,
Tempo and leg.

Muscles aching,
Sweat from the sky,
Thoughts rushing in.


Beautiful job, Kristin!