Past projects 12
Magical Reading Experiences
Funded Oct 19, 2016Thank you so much for your donations toward our class set of the novel, "The Witches", by Roald Dahl. My students love his novels. They are so fun and they are great for teaching ALL of our reading skills. We used this novel to help with our reading fluency, practice our inferencing skills, and we incorporated an art lesson to go along with the novel. The students were so engaged with the novel because of it's fun nature. It is about a boy their age who encounters witches. They were able to relate with the boy. They were so enthusiastic about reading it each day.
In our classroom, we read a novel each week to practice our reading skills. This novel lasted us 3 weeks. We read the novel together as a class. Then we break off into groups. Each group works on a different reading skill. One group may work on comprehension while another works on vocabulary. This novel is so rich in vocabulary. The students loved learning and using the words like; cross (mad), ghastly, and revolting. The students were using these words in everyday discussion. They loved repeating them as often as they could. This book speaks volumes to their interest levels. They could not wait to begin reading it each day. The boys loved it because there were so many "gross" parts and the girls loved it because the witches were all ladies and had so many powers.
Some of my students do not have a huge interest in reading. This book showed them that reading can be fun and magical. Many of my students have continued to check out more Roald Dahl books since we read this novel in class. Each time a student checks out a Roald Dahl book from the library, they can't wait to show me and tell me all about it. Thank you for your support in helping my students have such a positive reading experience.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Bobbitt
Leaping Through Metamorphosis
Funded Aug 15, 2016Thank you so much for your generous donations! My students were thrilled when the package arrived. We received the ladybug kit first. It came with ladybug larva and a habitat. The students could not stay in their seats. They were up every 5 minutes checking on the larva. They would tell me things they were noticing daily. "Mrs. Bobbitt, they are getting larger. They have yellow stripes. They are making a chrysalis like caterpillars!" Several of my students chose to illustrate the lifecycle of a ladybug and write about it. They did this during recess! They used the books that were donated and the models for reference. Once the ladybugs emerged from the chrysalis, we set them free. Everyday at recess my children search for more ladybugs. The tadpoles did not arrive for several weeks after the ladybugs. The students were so eager for them to get to our class. Many of the students asked if they could take one home as a pet. We still have the tadpoles in our classroom. They will not become froglets for several months. The children observe and examine them daily. Again, many of my students have taken it upon themselves to use the books and models donated to write and illustrate their own life cycle of a frog. They have chosen to check out nonfiction texts from the school library about other organisms that go through metamorphosis. I love seeing their interest spike! Thank you so much for bringing science alive for my students.
We used the resources as a visual and real life aid for our science curriculum. We spent the entire first nine weeks of school discussing animals and their structures, life cycles, metamorphosis, adaptions, etc. This project brought the curriculum to life for my students. It grabbed their interest and held on to it! They are still as interested in metamorphosis today as they were the day the ladybugs emerged form the chrysalis back in September.
My students have gone above and beyond my expectations of this lesson. Thanks to you and your donations, they have mastered the concept of metamorphosis. They know the life cycle of a frog like the back of their hands. They are interested in science and eager to begin each daily lesson. They constantly ask, "What pet are we going to get next? Can we get a caterpillar? an egg to hatch?" They are truly interested and engaged in the science curriculum thanks to you!"”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Bobbitt