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We just completed our second week of the Twitter Time :: Color/Colour Poem Project.   Many more weeks of color to come! The object of this collaborative project is to  create  digital images,  share  original poems, and  publish  through our classroom Twitter account using the hashtag #clrpoem! Each week a color of the visible spectrum will be showcased! Everyone is invited to participate! R O Y    G    B I V   One way to remember the visible spectrum is the ROY G BIV acronym. (red-orange-yellow-green-blue-*indigo-violet) Here are some highlights of What is RED? week. There are poems from California, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, and England!  Thank you to all who participated!   ♥      ♥      ♥ Some poets even recorded themselves reciting a poem in Seesaw! #clrpoem https://t.co/YU9EjzdEiC — Nadia Reese (@ReeseCares) April 14, 2016 Color poem! RED #clrpoem https://t.co/ZUwBbDHrlW ...

Adding compound sentences to your writing can make your stories and essays more interesting.  What is a compound sentence?  *        *        *        *        * A compound sentence: Combines two shorter sentences (so has TWO subjects) Joins the two sentences with a conjunction (and, or, but, so, yet, nor, and for)   The comma goes BEFORE the conjunction. *        *        *        *        * Here is an acronym to help you remember some conjunctions:  F A N B O Y S (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so)  This image has information about WHAT each conjunction means.  CLICK TO ENLARGE.  *        *        *        *        * For social studies, we have been re...

T he object of this collaborative Twitter project is to share original poems, create colorful digital images, and publish through classroom Twitter accounts using the hashtag #clrpoem! Each week a color of the visible spectrum will be showcased! R O Y    G    B I V   One way to remember the visible spectrum is the ROY G BIV acronym.  (red-orange-yellow-green-blue-*indigo-violet)  ac·ro·nym ( ak  rə nim) noun an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (*Indigo is the color between blue and violet. We might combine it with blue.)  Teachers, YOU are invited to join our collaborative project!  The more, the merrier! This week, we are seeing RED! Shoot a photo of something red, compose a little poetry to complement the photo, and tweet it out! Remember, use the hashtag #clrpoem. Consider adding your poetry to   Mrs. Hembree's Global Poetry Unites Project. What are some things that are red? Wha...

We just complete the first week of the  Collaborative Twitter Poetry Project  #ClrPoem Check out  a few of the many global  contributions to   What is Black and/or White? ☛   Texas offers a wonderful acrostic!  ☚ ☛  Learning Japanese from our friends in Hawaii!  ☚ ☛  Great poems rolling in from New York City!  ☚ ☛   Here are few fabulous verses from Canada! ☚ ☛  Open the Door to B4 from New Zealand.  ☚ Great to learn some of the Maori language!  What is your favorite type of poem? Which poet lives the farthest away from you?  Which poet lives closest to you?  Next, week...What is RED? 

My third graders are starting to set up their own blogs using the GAFE platform. First , I set up a blog for the student, then I invited the student to join their own blog via an email invitation. Next, the student accepted my invitation. Because I do not want my students to use their real names, they signed in with the blogger profile . Students used a pen name so their real name would not show up on the blog. Parents are administrators too!  Here is our first student blog! "Smiley" would love a comment from you or even just a visit.  A visit will give her a ClustrMap Dot!   Keys to My Life  Thank you, in advance, for supporting student blogging!

April is National Poetry Month, so let's enjoy some Twitter Poetry! #clrpoem Twitter is a wonderful microblogging platform to connect, share, and learn with others. You can learn a lot in 140 characters! This annual #clrpoem Twitter project incorporates  c o l o r , poetry, geography, social media, science, and fun! This week, we will start this  c o l o r f u l global collaborative project in an interesting way. We will start with:   What is Black and/or White?   When you think about color/colour, some people don't think of black or white as colors/colours. In science we learn that, a black object absorbs all the visible light and reflects none of the color to our eyes. A white object reflects all light . Let's have fun with black and white. Use silhouettes (shadows)! Use a black and white filter on your ipad! Find things that are black or white! The object of this collaborative project is to share original poems, create colorful digital images, and publish t...