Mrs. Cobb's Kinder Sprouts: March 2013

Universal Design for Learning

Labels: presentations - Sunday, March 31, 2013

As a requirement for a curriculum class I am currently taking for my Masters Program, I had to make a presentation about a curriculum model. I picked Universal Design for Learning, because it has been a topic of much discussion recently! I wanted to learn more about it and how it can be used in my classroom. I hope you find this Prezi informative: P.S. Blogging experts out there...how can I make this fit my page better?? Thanks for visiting my blog!
-Mrs. Cobb

Opinion Writing - Pets

- Sunday, March 3, 2013

This past week, we were practicing writing opinion pieces with a clear topic and then the child's opinion on the topic. We read a book about a child who wanted a pet, and then wrote about pets we all would like to have. There were a lot of dog and cat papers, and then...this...

"I want a unicorn because they can fly."

I LOVE the detailed picture. It is a little fuzzy, but look at the itty bitty houses on the bottom. Brilliant!

The red stars are how I grade writing with my students. As they finish, I talk to them real quick and give them one star each for capital first letter, spacing, and punctuation. The last star right now is for stating a topic and opinion.

I am going to post some of the opinion writing my students have done, and at my school we do commentary on each and posting a standard, task, and rubric. As a little giveaway, click below to get my opinion writing standard, task, and rubric mini-poster.

Get this by clicking HERE - you will be taken to Google Docs.

Thanks for visiting my blog!
-Mrs. Cobb