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Save These Dates

4/30/2015

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We're stepping out of the classroom for a few upcoming events:

  • Monday, May 4:  MAP Completion Picnic (Cunningham Park)
  • Monday, May 11:  Book Exchange
  • Thursday, May 14:  Middle School Band Concert (9:15)
  • Friday, May 15:  Field Day
  • Tuesday, May 19:  Positive Behavior Celebration (Water Day)
  • Wednesday, May 20:  Final Day of Fourth Grade (half day)

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Like Missouri

4/28/2015

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These posters, from VisitMO.com use only two colors, along with black and white, to describe reasons to like Missouri.  I wonder if we could produce similar posters - or t-shirts - about Joplin or about Cecil Floyd.

What simple messages could we include?
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Book:  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

4/28/2015

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This is the first of the 2016 Mark Twain award nominees that I have read, and it was a good one to start with.  I read this one in just a couple of days, wondering what was to come as I turned each page.  Author Grabenstein did a great job of keeping things organized.   The story was multi-faceted and complicated, yet easy to follow and understandable. It's not far-fetched that Missouri librarians chose Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library for the award list:  with all the talk of the Dewey Decimal System, classic literature, and modern children's literature, this book is a salute to libraries as well as a a fun ride through mystery and game playing.  It made me want to give some suggestions to the design of the new library here in Joplin.
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From the author's website:
Can twelve 12-year-olds escape from the most ridiculously brilliant library ever created?

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library plunks a dozen sixth-graders into the middle of a futuristic library for a night of nonstop fun and adventure.

In a nod to Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this fast-paced new novel features an eccentric billionaire who welcomes a group of children into a fantasy setting full of weird, wondrous touches.

Kyle is a game fan—board games, word games, and especially video games! Kyle's hero, the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello, is the genius behind the design of the town's new public library, which contains not only books, but an IMAX theater, an electronic learning center, instructional holograms, interactive dioramas and electromagnetic hover ladders that float patrons up to the books they want.

Lucky Kyle wins a spot as one of the first twelve kids invited to a gala, overnight library lock-in filled with of fun and games. But the next morning, when the lock-in is supposed to be over, the doors remain locked. Kyle and the others must follow book-related clues and unravel all sorts of secret puzzles to find the hidden escape route if they want to win Mr. Lemoncello's most fabulous prize ever.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library is more than a rib-tickling novel full of humor and suspense. It's a game in itself, in which readers can have fun solving clues and answering riddles while learning how to navigate the Dewey Decimal system. Eagle-eyed kids—not to mention their parents, teachers, and librarians—can also hunt for the names of authors and classic books sprinkled throughout the fast-moving story.
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Music Appreciation:  Cool Kids

4/27/2015

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Students are often called upon to read "chorally".
That is, they read together simultaneously as a group.

Repeating this practice assists young readers with reading fluency -
the speed, accuracy, and inflection of  oral reading.

Why not, since it's called "choral" reading anyway, actually read the chorus of a song?
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Music Appreciation:  Everything Is Sound

4/24/2015

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Students are often called upon to read "chorally".
That is, they read together simultaneously
as a group.

Repeating this practice assists young readers

with reading fluency - the speed, accuracy,
and inflection of  oral reading.

Why not, since it's called "choral" reading anyway, actually read the chorus of a song? 
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The Painter Who Escaped the Holocaust

4/23/2015

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Discrimination.  Stereotypes.  Mistreatment.  Atrocities.  Many words come to mind when faced with the historical reality of the Holocaust.  Here is a part of the world's history that we can still learn about from the people who lived through it.  But not for long.  When this video was made, the man in it was 90 years old.  Most Holocaust survivors are no longer with us, so we tend to listen more carefully to the ones who are.
Take two and a half minutes to watch this video:
Now for some questions:
  • What can you infer about Harry's memories?
  • How can we ever empathize with someone who has experienced such atrocities?
  • What does Harry do to cope with such horrible memories?  What do you do to "escape" emotional times?
  • Can you see that Harry's story affects the people around him?  What do they think about Harry?
  • Is there anyone around you - in your life - who could use your companionship to be more than just a victim?
  • Is there a difference between being a victim and being a survivor?  What does survival really mean to you?
  • How do people like Harry inspire people like us?
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Writing with Technology

4/22/2015

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Since our two recent field trips, students have worked on writing about their experiences. They did the work with the help of their own blogs on the Bloggatteer Experience.


We printed some of the final blog posts, cut them, and will display them on our hallway bulletin board.  Passers-by may use little sticky notes to comment on individual blogs, just as they would normally comment online.
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Meaningful Quote:  Challenge

4/21/2015

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"Kites rise against the wind, not with it."
(Winston Churchill)
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Music Appreciation:  Nothing More

4/20/2015

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Students are often called upon to read "chorally".
That is, they read together
simultaneously as a group.

Repeating this practice assists young readers with reading fluency -
the speed, accuracy, and inflection of  oral reading.

Why not, since it's called "choral" reading anyway, actually read the chorus of a song?
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Hope:  Oklahoma City

4/19/2015

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While the morning of my presentation about my experiences at the time of the April 19 terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City focuses on the immediate reaction to the horrendous attack, in the afternoon we attempt to focus on recovery and hope.  When I finally opened the Hope Trunk, loaned to us by the Oklahoma City Museum and Memorial, we discovered a "treasure" of historical items.  In another bag, we discovered toys and trinkets, also left on the fence, perhaps by children who have visited the site.  Other bags included one with patches from various responding units from across the country, and fragments of the Murrah Building itself.
Sunday, April 19, is the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.  It's also the 20th time I have presented the information, and my personal account of the event, to fourth grade students in Joplin, Missouri.  My second graders, four miles away from the blast, heard the explosion and felt the shockwave that followed.  As the lead teacher in our school (with the principal away at a district meeting), I was responsible for locking the doors and keeping students inside.  One of my students attended at least four memorials during the next month.

The experience made me a stronger, more confident teacher.  I hope my Professional Biography is still true when it says the following:
Together, teachers, parents, and students worked through memorials, constant television coverage, fatality reports, and challenges of unprecedented proportion – all stemming from the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City, and all under the watchful eyes of the media and the world.

Wrapping up my fifth year as a teacher in Oklahoma City, I was in the middle of a communication arts lesson with my second graders when we heard the guttural boom. When the rafters of our old schoolhouse rattled and groaned, students and teachers searched for answers. From our building, we saw the black plume of smoke from the truck bomb detonated just four and a half miles away. As the lead teacher with no principal in the building, I locked down our school and consoled teachers and parents. In the coming weeks, I became a better teacher and more compassionate person. That experience enriched my professional and personal life in unique ways. 

Suddenly, I could point to an event that sent me down a new path as an educator.

Suddenly, I could appreciate my responsibility and influence in the lives of the people around me.

That summer, my wife and I moved to Joplin, Missouri, where she worked as a chemical engineer, and I became a teacher of fourth grade students. The years since our move have been the most rewarding of my professional life. I pursued and earned my Master’s degree and won a number of awards, but more importantly, with the newfound realization of my responsibility and influence, my teaching changed. Students react differently to me now. I am able to teach standard lessons in creative, captivating ways, with amazing results. I can do so with confidence, exuberance, and respect of peers, administrators, students, and parents.
For the last hour of our day, students worked on a packet of papers that I have gathered or created.  These include descriptions and pictures of other buildings that were also damaged in the 1995 blast, math involving the square footage of the Murrah building, positive messages presented by secret code, a map of the memorial with each of 168 empty chairs, a timeline of the terror plot, and a couple of pages about the investigation.
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Watch Your Words

4/18/2015

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Words make a difference.  We speak of word choice as a component of writing, asking students to think of strong verbs and descriptive adjectives and adverbs, but the words we use daily can be abrasive like sandpaper or soothing like velvet.  In anticipation of our presentation about the Oklahoma City bombing, I gave each student a small piece of each of those materials.  They were able to feel the difference.  Then we made the connection between the ways the materials felt and the words we use to describe each other, call each other, or talk about each other.  How we react when we disagree or when we are angry can always be improved.
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We've Got the World By a String

4/17/2015

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Here are some pictures taken before last week's strings concert.
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Out and About

4/16/2015

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We made the most of our time at the state capitol.  In fact, there's the man himself, the namesake of the City of Jefferson.  The third president stands regally in the center of the front steps.  He, along with other statuary, and other regalia dot the capitol grounds with symbolism and tribute.

Around the back side of the capitol, along the Missouri River, we located other interesting features"  A walkway to reflect upon our involvement in wars fought by United States, a display of the Ten Commandments given to Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, a bas relief of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase agreement, a replica of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, and a memorial for police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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April 19, 1995:  Twenty Years Ago

4/15/2015

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Next Sunday is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City.  I have a personal account to tell, regarding the events leading up to the event and the events that followed. This Friday, I will relate that story to our fourth grade class.  This will be the 20th time I have presented this information.  I was four miles away, with a classroom full of second grade students, and even though we are separated by miles and time, we share an experience that forever links us.  I think of students from that class with great fondness.

With that being said, there are some emotions involved in such a presentation.  I will share some of the images of the event, and we will hear eyewitness testimony from some of the victims and their families. While this is a serious story about a real occurrence, please be aware that I have screened all the material.  There are some similarities between the 1995 bombing and Joplin's experience with the 2011 tornado that may trigger memories in some of our students, as well.  In it all, my theme has always been, One person did a bad thing that day, but thousands of good people did good things in response.  I will make every effort to make that point clear.

A special thanks to the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum for loaning us the Hope Trunk to enhance the presentation.

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Inside the Governor's Mansion

4/14/2015

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One of the docents led us through the first floor of the Governor's Mansion to see portraits of the first ladies, gifts to the mansions (donated by previous governors), and other old-timey, fancy stuff.  These included a table that demonstrates the footprint (shape) of the mansion, a wooden "server" that is one of only three that exist, and a huge, sterling punch bowl that is a part of a set that came from the U.S.S. Missouri battleship.
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