EDRG 3321 Author Profile

This week for my author profile I decided to read a book by Jan Brett, her books are very interesting and great for I believe for 1st to third grade. Her book are always surrounded with animals and holidays, seasons and so on. I think her books are a good way of teaching the students about seasons and their outcomes. I also found a great website of hers were she shows her books and also great activities for the teacher and students to do and enjoy.

website: http://www.janbrett.com/

EDRG 3321 Author Profile

How can we forget the biggest red dog on earth right! Well yea this week I decided to do my author profile on the author of the wounderful stories about Cliffor the big red dog Mr. Norman Bridwell wrote. I remember reading the books at school and of course watching the T.V shows which are great till this day. I totally recommend hhis books there great and fun for kids of elementry school. I also found a cool website were theirs great activities one can do and even the kids can play so check it out. Plus Im going to paste one of my favorite Clifford books.

Website: http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/

EDRG 3321 Chapter 7 Picture Books

In this chapter I learned a lot about picture books and why they may be important. I believe that it is a good way of helping young students especially like in kindergarten expand their imagination.Because those books are filled with a lot of color and shape and eye catching designs that will keep a child entertained. I remember when I was like in first grade we did a project which was as a class we were going to make a picture book. So we all did a page about our favorite thing to do, but we could only draw, color or cut things out like from construction paper and so on. I remember it being fun and entertaining. So I do recommend a picture book exercises because it just makes a class environment much funner. So, hopefully this chapter helps with ideas and methods like it did to me. Also, if the teacher let's the students work in partners they may create something unique and wonderful. And what may help students is if the teacher talks about art and asks questions like for ex: "What does this picture mean to you". I believe that would also help the students expand their mind and thinking.

EDRG 3344 Narrative Story

It was a beautiful Friday morning on September 7, when Anna opened her eyes and realized it was her birthday and she was going to turn fourteen at last. Now turning fourteen in the family was a big deal. Because usually when a girl in Anna’s family turns fourteen it is time to start planning for the big family event in a year, which is when they turn fifteen they throw a big birthday party called a Quinceanera. Now, Anna remembers when her two older sisters turn fourteen and for the whole year they were exited planning their Quinceanera. Each one of them had the chance to choose every little detail of their party, the color, the cake, decorations, the theme, the food, and so on. But the one thing that was most important she remembered was when they were going to choose their dress. It was a magical moment for any little girl Anna thought. Because the dress symbolizes the girls style and character.
So, with a big smile on her face, that morning Anna went to school knowing that she soon was going to plan her Quinceanera which was a big part of her culture and traditions as a Mexican American. But as she sat down on her seat her friend Kimberly looks at her and said “Hey Anna why are you so happy about today”. With no hesitation Anna explains to her that it was her birthday and that she couldn’t wait to start planning her Quinceanera. Then Kimberly asked Anna about the things involved in a Quinceanera and Anna explained every detail without missing any. “Wow, a Quinceanera is really nice” Kimberly said, but it is like a sweet sixteen. Because when you turn sixteen the girl also gets to choose all the details for her party. Therefore, Anna told Kimberly that yea a Quinceanera was like a sweet sixteen, but that in her culture when a girl turns fifteen she is turning into a women and that’s why they celebrate with a big party, and that she would never trade it for nothing.
Therefore, with Anna proud of her culture and traditions the months went by. She and her parents planned her special day. She choose the color yellow, also sunflowers in a vase as her table center pieces, and her magic moment her dress. This was all yellow with white flower all over the bottom. It was strapless, very puffy and had a white big bow on the back. Finally, the day arrived everyone was happy to be by Anna’s side celebrating her fifteen birthday party, even Kimberly was there. So, by the end of the night Anna realized how lucky she was to have a Quinceanera and being part of the Mexican American Culture.

EDRG 3321 Author Profile

I remember reading the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see, when I was like in first or second grade. And I remember it being a great book that all my class mates enjoyed reading. However, the author Eric Carle has other great books like the Hungry Caterpillar which also is a cute and educational book and a favorite in a classroom. I think Mr. Carle has all kinds of books that would help out in a classroom especially kindergarden through second grade so I recommenrd his book because there full of fun and imagination. And also this web site is a good recourse to look at becaue it has a list of Mr. Carles books and also other great ideas one can use in a classroom.

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

EDRG 3321 Chapter 6 Traditional Literature

In this chapter which was a very interesting one for me, I gained more knowledge then what I had already known. And I do agree that traditional literature should be in a classroom because those books always send a message to the reader and explain different situations. Like I love to read books on fairy tales and culture. And if the teacher after reading a traditional book or a story, does something to support it. It makes the student more interested in the book. For example if they read a book on a certain culture they could do a play or a diagram of the story and expresses what they saw from it. However, traditional lit should also be respetful and always up for discussion.

EDRG 3344 Chapter 7/ Memory

The day that we went over chapter seven which talked about listening. I really enjoyed it, because I like the game we did and it is actually a good game to play in a classroom with students. Because its a good way to entertain and engage the student to think about the details and of course pay very close attention to what is being described. However, when we did the memory assignment it was also a great way of letting out ones memories. I for example one memory that I would call my precious as gold would be when I graduated Palo Alto this passed May. It's precious to me because I'm the first child in my family to go to college and finish a part of it. And I can just remember my parents happy faces when they saw me walking the stage it was like a magic moment for them seeing their daughter walking the stage with her first degree. And till this day I remember my parents faces and that makes me want to go to school to keep achieving my goals of becoming a bilingual teacher one day. And just to present my parents with the degree of teaching from Texas A&M to my parents when I walk the stage in about a year and a half. So I believe I have lots of good and bad memories, but no matter what sometimes memories help us become a better person in life.