3351 Review of Students Action Research Proposal

1.  What is the problem?
Kindergarten students where having trouble recognizing rhyme and word families in text.

2. What is the rational for the project?

Exposure to rhyme and word families enables students to decode new and difficult words in text.

3. What strategy will be use to address the problem?

They will be playing rhyme games.

4. What is the question?

How can I use a variety of rhyming games to help my students recognize rhyme and word families in text? They also had a supporting question of  "how can I use a variety of rhyming games to help students recognize rhyme and word families in text?"

5. What evidence is presented that the strategy will work?

The evidence used was that "Research shows that implementing a range of rhyming games can help students improve their recognition of rhyme and word families( Allen 1988.) Reinforcement of patterns of rhyme through rhyming games helps students build on the concept of rhyme and word families( Bradley & Bryant 1983).

6. How will data be collected?

Prior to the begeining of the project an assessment of decoding srategies will be administered to all students and then again at the end of the four week implementation. Also student performance checklist during games, and teaching journal monitoring individual student progress will be in place.

3351 Action Research Seconday

1. Encouraging, Thoughtful, and Helpful Responses to High Stakes Writing: How Do Writing Teachers Do It All?

2. That comments the teacher wrote in response to the students’ work assisted them in improving not only their writing but also their attitudes and confidence about writing as well.

3. The strategy being used is reinforcing effort.

4. The evidence is in the feedback from the students along with their parents.

5. Students work and student interviews along with surveys of the parents and students.

6. The teacher listened to what the students said during their interviews. Also the surveys had a numerical rating in which only twelve of the parents actually did them write. Also the teacher looked at how the students work had changed.

7. The results showed that the use of comments did help the students with their writing.

8. The teacher plans to create a method for response that allows for greater dialogue between the teacher and the students when discussing a student’s respective piece of writing. Also that teachers need to create a writing response system that will allow teachers to respond constructively, but in a more time efficient manner.

I used a Blackberry Playbook to do my app review with. The first app I reviewed was a app for the Weather Channel. This app allows you to view the weather forecast for any city around the country. To view the forecast for a city all you have to do is enter the cities zip code or the name of the city. This app is user friendly and can come in handy for anyone especially outdoors-men.

The second app I reviewed was McGraw Hill U.S. HIstory Quiz 1. This app is designed for people like myself who are into history. The app asks multiple questions on U.S. history. One thing I liked about this app is it has some unique questions. The only downfall is that there are only 80 questions on the app. This could be helpful to some students in brushing up on their history though.

2201 Political Cartoon Analysis

1. What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon?  The 2012 election.


2. Are there any real people or places in the cartoon? If not what, what images are portrayed in the cartoon? The person in the cartoon is Barack Obama.


3. Identify the specific artistic techniques used in the cartoon (i.e., symbolism, analogy, exaggeration, labeling, and irony). What is the artist trying to show the reader by using these techniques? The cartoonist used symbolism, analogy, and exaggeration in this cartoon. The artist is trying to show the reader that Obama does not care about the Constitution.


4.  What is the cartoonist's point of view about the topic portrayed in the cartoon? Give examples to support your interpretation. The cartoonist's point of view is that Obama does not care about the Constitution. To show this they show Obama saying that he is sorry about the Koran being burnt then he says he is not concerned about this being burnt and he is holding the Constitution in his hands and it is on fire.


5.  Is this cartoon persuasive? Explain why or why not. Yes the cartoon is persuasive. The reason it is persuasive is it is trying to get the audience to think that Obama is more concerned about the Islamic Koran being burnt then he is about following the Constitution. They want people to believe that to him the Islamic faith is more important than peoples rights.


6. What other techniques could the artist have used to make this cartoon more persuasive? To be honest I think the artist did a good job with the techniques they used and don't see anything else they could have done.

2201 Storybook Project

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2201 Double Journal Entry # 11

The first thing I learned is the amount of technology there is to use for teaching. Through my classes here at Fairmont I have learned about several different programs we can use to help with teaching but these guys rambled off all kinds of technology tools that I have never even heard of in one slide. This just goes to show you that technology is growing at a rapid pace so there is no excuse not to be using it in the classroom.
The second thing I learned is all the different roles that they expect teachers to play. I already new about most of them but when you put them into a list like they do on this video it is kind of overwhelming. The last thing I learned is that technology is messy itself.

2201 About Me Scratch Project