I am a Kindergarten teacher at Lynch-Bustin Elementary. I work in a wonderful building with a great group of teachers. We laugh all the time and we are always ready for some Kindergarten fun!!
I am married and my husband Gene and I each have 3 children . Two of those six grown children are married now and we have one wonderful granddaughter with one on the way! Her name is Madeline and we enjoy her.
We live in the country on top of a hill. My husband raises beef cows. I enjoy collecting antiques, going to auctions, reading, and shopping. I am taking this course to help keep me up with the technology that I need to continue to be productive in my Kindergarten world.
This lesson involves integrating letters and sounds. The Inspiration program provides a visual way to help students learn to recognize and hear the letters and sounds we've had. Students build graphic organizers by combining pictures,letters, and spoken words to hear the sounds in the initial position of words. Following the introduction of letters and sounds, the students will choose the correct picture beginning with the sounds that have been covered. The students should choose the correct pictures for the sounds that match them and they will be displayed on their computer for assessment.
Digital Photography Lesson Plan:
I use digital photography in my classroom. Throughout the year we work on thematic units and holidays and make several classroom books. I use the digital camera to take pictures of each child and using new words and basic sentences we create books. For example, on Halloween I will take a picture of each student and we will make a book full of Kindergarten costumes with the sentence "Boo! I see a _____" .
Virtual Tour Lesson Plan:
Some of the websites that I like for Virtual tours are
One virtual tour website that I sounds useful in Kindergarten is the carter county schools website listed above. One lesson involves making an alphabet book using paint shop. I would vary the lesson a little and have the kids make a color book using the same paint program. Students will integrate technology, language arts, and art to create the class book. They locate the letters on a keyboard, type a sentence , and paint an illustration to go with their sentence. (I see a red dog.) Each student will print their picture and sentence, bind and read together their class book called "Our Kindergarten Book of Colors". This can be used for several class books.
Powerpoint and Podcast Lesson Plan:
Our group of five teachers decided to make a powerpoint presentation using "Mr Nat..." rhyming lesson. This is a song that the children learn in Kindergarten and First Grade. The songs are used to introduce word families by singing that helps reinforce the rhyme chunks. The song we chose teaches the "at" word family. We recorded Mrs. Gabriel's class singing the song that goes with the powerpoint. This podcast could be used by families at home to reinforce the word family taught at school. This is found on the following link:
Show your teacher what you have learned by making a flip book with one of the word families that you learned. Read the words to a partner and then to your teacher.
Comments (5)
Claudia Chacona said
at 7:24 pm on Dec 4, 2007
Hey Glenda- Nice wiki page! Really enjoyed having dinner with you all! Clauia
Cathy Gabriel said
at 7:53 pm on Dec 4, 2007
Nice wiki page!!! I really enjoy working with you!! It doesn't get better than working with your best friends and your sister!!!
janet hughes said
at 8:10 pm on Dec 4, 2007
Glenda Lou Your wikki page is just wonderful!!! you are so computer smart! Ha!Ha! Oh by the way I think I'm smelling the chocolate!!!
Lisa Simons said
at 8:11 pm on Dec 4, 2007
Hi Glenda, nice comments Cathy oops I mean Glenda! You did a great job on your wiki page. Im so proud of you!!
Martha Close said
at 8:20 pm on Dec 4, 2007
Great presentation and you didn't even get RED.... too much (lol)
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