Light at the end of the tunnel

Worked on California Young Reader Medal info this week. Worksheet was good for 5th, ok for 4th and completly unrealistic for 3rd. Worked ok to just walk the 3rd graders through the info, though. Although the info is pretty dry, combining it with teaching about a search engine (Google and Yahoo), FAQs, and Home Page in searcing for CYRM info helped to keep their attention. Should probably figure out a little more creative way to present the information, though.

I realized now that I should have been interspersing the CRYM stories in with other library lessons during the 1st trimester to break things up a bit and also give me a little more time to more fully explore the CYRM themes beyond just reading the books. Although the goal is to encourage recreational reading, the picture books for older readers have some pretty in-depth subjects (the Warsaw Ghetto, abandonment of infirm relatives in China, etc.). Hmm. Now that I think of it, these sure don't SOUND very recreational! Stanley's Party for the little kids is a heck of a lot more fun!

Anway - I want to let them work with me using an online generator to come up with vocab words from the CYRM books to create a word search. I think it will be fun for them to see how the computer can "magically" create word games. I'm excited to see the looks on their faces when they see how easily you can create them.

Fun!

posted by Bookworm @ 8:53 PM