tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post5824410968223778791..comments2024-02-24T19:30:31.240-05:00Comments on Aut-2B-Home in Carolina: Fruits of ThoughtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-1189033248604335672012-05-04T09:20:59.336-04:002012-05-04T09:20:59.336-04:00Pamela has just come up with a new thread to recor...Pamela has just come up with a new thread to record in her science notebook: names for male and female animals. :-)walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-37578490989428573392012-01-25T06:31:09.655-05:002012-01-25T06:31:09.655-05:00I simply loved reading your account of Pamela'...I simply loved reading your account of Pamela's interest in toe nails etc. I thought to myself this is real learning.Something she will treasure her whole life. I so much agree with you that we as teachers need to get out of the way and let them learn. Thanks for posting this.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848602351510580682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-23219600782881764382012-01-24T19:40:03.753-05:002012-01-24T19:40:03.753-05:00And the latest twist after watching more of the pl...And the latest twist after watching more of the play Julius Caesar: "Brutus has bloody fingernails."walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-59784795490366655712012-01-23T11:56:32.112-05:002012-01-23T11:56:32.112-05:00The funny thing is that she continues to review he...The funny thing is that she continues to review her list: (1) we have an ongoing discussion on whether trolls have nails or claws, (2) she added tapir, and (3) she researched flamingo and found out she was wrong so she corrected the entry.walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-22067544106017646642012-01-20T23:07:29.952-05:002012-01-20T23:07:29.952-05:00I so enjoy reading about Pamela's progress. I ...I so enjoy reading about Pamela's progress. I am overawed at her dynamic thinking. Looking at your photographs, I can also see how her style of writing has improved over the years. Her force of pressure on the pencil has become more definite and the order in which she records her findings seems to be more specific.Bright Side of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025195022971411268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-86614233706974004422012-01-13T12:47:32.187-05:002012-01-13T12:47:32.187-05:00Here is another example. We are reading a book on ...Here is another example. We are reading a book on an invention featured at a centennial exhibition in Philadelphia. Since Pamela already has a keen awareness of inventions and their time, I had her make the following lists in her science journal: 1776-1876, 1876-1976. Two days later, she asked, "What about 1995?" So I had her go to the other side of the page and asked, "What should you write?" She thought for a moment and put, "1976-2012." I wasn't sure if she would use 2012, a question mark, or 2076. It is wonderful to see her think and take something to the next level.walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-73406384395358041182012-01-12T22:07:10.890-05:002012-01-12T22:07:10.890-05:00This is a wonderful way of distinguishing real lea...This is a wonderful way of distinguishing real learning, which is fruitful and branches off in various directions, from rote learning. I'd never thought of it exactly that way before. Your blog posts always stimulate my thinking! :) By the way, I loved A Wrinkle in Time when I was a girl.Stephaniehttp://momto3feistykids.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35650510.post-55981590513587363142012-01-11T08:46:41.378-05:002012-01-11T08:46:41.378-05:00This is just what we experienced regarding geograp...This is just what we experienced regarding geography. Last year I broached the subject of learning the names of the states using a fun music CD that our nieces had enjoyed. We had already been using the idea of bringing out the map or globe whenever we started a new book. Tim resisted so I put it aside. Then in the spring we took an Amtrak trip to Iowa. Tim became interested in the states we traveled through, looking at the travel map and talking about it often. When I brought up the idea of learning the states again, he was very interested and geography became a favorite subject! The next step for him was really fun. He likes trains so he thought of the idea of using the capitals of the states as the names in the states song instead of the states' names. All of the motivation for this was internal and was really fun to watch!JEMD1966https://www.blogger.com/profile/12091076478714988817noreply@blogger.com