All roads lead to music, it seems... we were building schema again in my classroom this afternoon: The students were working on an information package about trees. Towards the end of the class, they were asked to write a few sentences about what they had learned.
One student wrote an extensive (read: "run-on"!!) sentence about willow trees. Some of the others wondered what a willow tree looked like, so we pulled up some photos on Google images, and described what we saw. The kids were very impressed with the long, wavy branches!
I couldn't resist playing a little Dinah Washington and some Louis Armstrong/ Oscar Peterson for them as they tidied up and got ready for recess....
One student wrote an extensive (read: "run-on"!!) sentence about willow trees. Some of the others wondered what a willow tree looked like, so we pulled up some photos on Google images, and described what we saw. The kids were very impressed with the long, wavy branches!
I couldn't resist playing a little Dinah Washington and some Louis Armstrong/ Oscar Peterson for them as they tidied up and got ready for recess....
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