4/02/2013
The Birds Have Landed at OTES
A bird mobile has been installed in the lobby of OTES. Mr.
Plourde, an art student intern, taught the first graders about the extinction of
passenger pigeons. These birds suffered the plight of extinction due to over-hunting. Mr. Plourde organized this art project as a memorial to remind us of the need to
respect life.
Medieval Books
"Teachers at
every grade level have discovered that engaging children in book making
has the power to motivate even the most reluctant writers. By creating a
combination of graphics and written text, children engage in a kind of
communication that transcends the sum of its parts -- their pictures,
use of color, and words interact to convey messages with a new level of
meaning (Hubbard, 1990; Johnson, 1997).
Book making has been credited with helping to increase students’
self-esteem, as well as their ability to organize their thoughts and to
think critically (Bailey, 1995, online abstract)." (http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/guzzetti2/)
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