Pat Longordo, third grade teacher set the
stage by reading poetry to her class. For many children, this is
a favorite time of year. Eager students demonstrated their
awareness of seasonal change as well as their anticipation of
both Halloween and Thanksgiving. Writing as a product, and in
the genre of poetry students wrote about the environmental
impact of seasonal change and about upcoming special events.
Students were also given opportunities to share their works and
to listen to their classmates’ work. Using Microsoft Word, all
successfully created a seasonal document embedding: watermark,
interesting font and photo. For security reasons, we are not
showcasing students' photos. This activity became a
cross-curricular engagement for LAL, Science and Technology. All
were very pleased with outcomes!
New Jersey Learning Standards:
LAL - 3.2B Writing as a Product
3.3 Speaking 3.4 Listening
3.5 Viewing and media Literacy
Science – Earth Materials (FOSS)
Technology 8.1 Computer and
Information Literacy Keyboarding Word Processing Publications
and Presentations
