EDRG 3344 Memories Precious as Gold =)

To me Precious as Gold would definitely have to be my family. My mom has 12 brothers and sisters still living. Every Sunday we go over to my Tia Benita house. Some of my family is there not all but it's still a lot of people there. One Sunday me and my sister had went over. We were all outside on the back patio. Probably like 25 of us were their. My cousin Crystal her boyfriend Alfred had gotten this lottery ticket from the flea market. He gave it to my aunt and she scratched it and looked shocked she reached over and told her daughter, who in return told my cousin, "Look we got three like amounts, 10,000, 10,000, 10,000! WE WON!!" My cousin Andrea immediately started saying down payment on a house, my other Tia Virgina was like give me $20 bucks because i was her when it happened. My Uncle Pete was tryn to put it away in his poket. My sister was like are you sure its real, no one could hear her over the commotion. My cousin boyfriend was feeling bad because the were all thinking they had won, he had to tell them that it was a fake lottery ticket. Boy, was my aunt mad. They had only in a couple of seconds decided how they were gonna spend the money and in reality they hadn't won anything. I couldn't stop laughing!! My family has a lot of fun, we joke around alot.

EDRG 3344 R.A.F.T.

There once was a boy named Wahl, he worked all day non-stop. He was tired. He was a helper. He worked for a hairstylist his job was to cut hair. He had been working this way all year. His boss the hairstylist wouldn't let him rest. Sometimes she would forget to disinfect him. He would choke on hair. Then there were times he would short circuit or overheat because he wouldn't get a break. There were also times when his boss wouldn't oil him and he couldn't cut at his best. He decided to go on strike, he also gave her a piece of his mind. He told her how bad she had been treating him. The hairstylist was speechless she didn't know what to say. After thinking about what Wahl had told her she decided to get a new helper. So the hairstylist went to Sally's and bought the new pink Wahl her name was Pinkie. Pinkie was a beauty, she was the new version of Wahl. When Wahl saw her he fell in love. The hairstylist decided that she would use both clippers and give Wahl a rest while she used Pinkie. This made Wahl happy he got rest and found love. The hairstylist promised she would never overwork her helper again.

EDRG 3321 ch. 4

I love to read. I like it when a book takes you to an imaginary place, makes me think and learn new things. I read to my little boy books i liked as a child, he doesn't enjoy reading just yet. It could be maybe i haven't assessed his reading enjoyment. After reading we should talk about the book with others, talking with other people helps me now with real life situations. Sometimes there were things when i was little in books that i didn't understand and now as an adult i do. I also didn't know how much effort a teacher has to put in to make sure her class will enjoy the book she chooses and what she has to do in order to make her class understand the reading. How much the teacher will have to know about books in order to teach them. I also like how the book gives examples on what we can use in our classroom to help children understand reading better.

EDRG 3321 ch. 3

I learned a new vocabulary word: lexicon. Sometimes i think we read just to read and don't understand what we just read. I'm one of those people, i have to be concentrating on my reading, if not my mind wonders. Ill start thinking about what i have to do after class, etc. I will have to reread the passage in order to comprehend. The reading has to catch my attention in order for me to read it fully. I'm an aesthetic reader. The chapter gives good examples of getting children to want to read and help them concentrate on what they are hearing. The chapter had a lot of interesting assessments we could use once we start teaching.

EDRG 3321 Ch. 2

This chapter was a interesting chapter. I also didn't know the definition of culture. I always thought it was what race you are. I didn't realize how culture, does affect the way we learn. We are all brought up different. The way are culture is tells alot of the kind of person we are. Culture has a large influence on the way we think and learn. It would have been nice to see different cultures while i was in elementary. It might have been there but i dont remember much of other cultures. I also realized i am biased.

EDRG 3344

Writing is a PROCESS!!!! Writing has 5 stages. First stage is prewritting were the writer brainstorms ideas. Second is drafting writing the rough draft or outline.Third is revising making additions or deleting things that don't make sense. Fourth is editing, make sure the words are spelled right and punctuation. We text to much nowadays and abbreviate. Final step is publishing showing all your hard work off.
The one place I have always wanted to go since i was a child is Disney World. I will most definitely be taking my son. I have always wanted to go it's a lifelong dream, so I will be living vicariously threw my son.
Our first plane ride was the best! We got to sit by the window. At first we were both apprehensive but it wasn't as bad as i thought. My son enjoyed being able to be on a plane. The take off and landing were a little shaky but we did it!
When we arrived at the park, it was amazing! Everything was so colorful. We stayed at a hotel inside the park. We got to eat in a Disney themed restaurant everyday. Our room was really nice and on a high level floor.
Of course being super excited we went to the park. The first park was the best. We got to get on all the rides and everything was so Disney. The Disney characters were always in character. The best part was my son got to take pictures with different Disney characters and met them. We got to go to all the parks. It was so much fun.
We didn't want to leave but we new the vacation would end. We pack and I had to buy an extra suitcase for our souvenirs. This was our second plane ride unfortunately it was back home. We slept on the way home and were really tired. We arrived home and my son couldn't stop talking about our vacation.

EDRG 3344 Blog # 2

Pre-Would be like maybe doing an assignment that relates to the book that way the children understand the material, During-Would be relating what they have just learned to the text and reading the book, and After-Would be doing an assignment that helps they're understanding of the material. I think this process does help because it helps the students relate and get a better understanding of the book. If we just go straight to reading the book they wont understand it fully. The process helps them remember also all the information.

EDRG 3321 Childrens Literature

I found a cool website http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/childrensnotable/notablechibooks/index.cfmthat had a couple of authors one that i liked was Bonny Becker. She wrote A Visitor For Bear about a grumpy bear who doesn't want any visitors and ends up getting a mouse visitor. I also liked Eleanor Davis she wrote a Book Named Stinky about a monster who lives in a swamp. I read the summary and i really think my son would enjoy this book. Stian Hole wrote a book called Garmann's summer, the little boy asks his family members threw out the book what there fears were and no one bothered to ask what his fear was. His fear was about starting first grade. This were just some of the authors i looked up, there are lots more on the website.

EDRG 3321 Chapter One

I loved the story of the teacher who worked longer hours even though she wasn't being paid to help her student read. I think there should be more teachers like this who strive to do the best they can to help her students no matter what the other teachers say. We as teachers should do as much possible we can to see our students succeed. This chapter made me think of what kind of teacher i want to be. It also gave me insight on how to want to motivate ours kids to want to read.

EDRG 3344 How do we learn?

Well, I don't know about everyone else but I learn from visual!!! I have a bad memory so, it helps to have pictures. I usually relate somehow the topic to a movie so I can remember it better or I just use repetition if I can't relate to anything else. I've also tried making up a saying or story to help, I know I'm not little anymore but whatever helps, will work. =)