TIE Blog #1

I am flabbergasted by how difficult one thing can be.  I thought I had this down, but I definitely do not.  I guess I haven't been "playing around" with VoiceThread as much as I should be.  I usually catch on to things pretty quickly, but this has stumped me.  To make things worse, because I've had such a hard time with VoiceThread, I haven't been able to think about anything else.  I am so focused on doing this one thing correctly that I am not coming up with any great ideas.  It is SO frustrating.  I just want to give up all together, but I know that it will be over soon, and I can do this.  I have a great family and wonderful peers that will help me.  :)

From what I know, Project Wild is a wonderful tool for anyone wanting to learn or teach aquatic science.  I am planning on doing my VoiceThread lesson on one of the topics from the guide book that was given to me at the workshop.  The lesson that stood out to me was "Aqua Words".  My students are to think of any words that remind them of water or that relate to water.  Then, they will make word trees with those words.  Finally, they will create a poem or poems with those said words.  Since I am in a second grade class, in a city that is close to water, I thought this would be appropriate, and we can make it FUN.
More to come..... (Once I get all my thoughts organized).

TEKS:

(3)  Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student knows that information and critical thinking, scientific problem solving, and the contributions of scientists are used in making decisions. The student is expected to:

                (A)  identify and explain a problem in his/her own words and propose a task and for the problem such as lack of water in a habitat.

(7)  Earth and space. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials. The student is expected to:

                 (B)  identify and compare the properties of natural sources of freshwater and saltwater