Finding creative ways for kindergarten students to respond to close reading can be a little tough. But this week, our magical tech teacher, Ms. Falco, brought us some small hand-held video cameras. We spent a little bit of time experimenting with the cameras (we have a bunch of great silly faces recorded for posterity). Then on Friday, we recorded our classmates responding to On a Beam of Light - the story of Albert Einstein - by telling what the author wanted us to remember or learn about Albert Einstein. We started by drawing portraits and planning our videos and then got to work recording. I'm very proud of our first effort at creating videos!!! It was really fun and gave me a great way to see what students took away from our week-long close read about Albert Einstein.
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Mrs. McGrane
I love teaching kindergarten literacy at STEM! It is amazing to be a part of the reading and writing growth of a kindergarten student. You get to see kids move from knowing some letters and sounds to being enthusiastic readers and young authors. Archives
March 2016
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