tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205257378038685414.post3999838121240009478..comments2010-06-04T22:20:02.871-07:00Comments on Little House Teacher's Guides: Banks of Plum Creek: 40—"The Fourth Day" and 41—"Christmas Eve"Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12090510919477425733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205257378038685414.post-61306172619649332622008-11-28T16:27:00.000-08:002008-11-28T16:27:00.000-08:00You have such a heart for service learning! Thank ...You have such a heart for service learning! Thank you for teaching the next generation of American citizens to care for one another.<BR/><BR/>I love the idea of having students read books to share with children in the hospital, but be careful not to podcast these books. They are copyrighted material and it is not legal to place the full text (in any form) online. An alternative is to have students write their own stories and then you can podcast them. For copyright guidelines, I recommend Hall Davidson's "Copyright for Educators" table (http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html).<BR/><BR/>You got a chuckle from me with the title "Are We There Yet?" :-)<BR/>I recommend you use Google Earth for this lesson instead of MapQuest. That way, you can measure the distance as the crow flies (the way Laura walked to school) perhaps taking natural barriers into account, and you could determine the distance children would have to travel today given the roads in the area.<BR/><BR/>It's always fun to talk about toys! Your "Yesterday and Today" activity would be a good way to bring in historical artifacts by having students either bring in historical toys (if any children have them), use the Traveling Trunk for pioneers, or at least looking at images from the Library of Congress pictorial collection.Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12090510919477425733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205257378038685414.post-90620187852152818602008-11-21T13:43:00.000-08:002008-11-21T13:43:00.000-08:00Ice cream in a bag is a great connection activity....Ice cream in a bag is a great connection activity. Anytime an extension involves food students will enjoy and remember it. I did not see your historical overview. Overall it appears that all of your lessons are very comprehensive and where well planned.Jill Killianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575109275198818221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9205257378038685414.post-39663509487252090542008-11-17T19:42:00.000-08:002008-11-17T19:42:00.000-08:00I truly enjoyed your idea for a kindness journal. ...I truly enjoyed your idea for a kindness journal. I like the idea of making a school-wide ordeal and having it be a part of the community.Ivy Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021362744005958469noreply@blogger.com