Thing #12

The following describes briefly how I would introduce some things we will learn in First Grade. I would pause to explain as each slide came across the screen.

Welcome to First Grade!! Here are some things we will be learning about:

In reading we will be sequencing things to know the order they go in (e.g. breakfast, school, lunch, go home).

Also in reading we will be visualizing (picturing images in our heads from books and stories).

We will also be comparing and contrasting (finding some things that are the same and different in books and life).

In math we will be adding and subtracting (adding is getting more and subtracting is taking away).

Also, in math we will be measuring things to see how long they are or how much space they take up or how much they can hold.

Photo Credits:

1. SEQUENCE of boy swinging into water (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skayne/1315552519/, blythe83)

2. VISUALIZATION of boy with eyes closed (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tourist_on_earth/3221993400/, tourist_on_earth)

3. COMPARE/CONTRAST (similarities/differences) of pumpkins (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnicolem/3295249900/in/photostream/, MNicoleM)

4. MATH of girls near a chalkboard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/3597217248/, woodleywonderworks)

5. MEASUREMENT by boy in a book (http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldberg/483891481/, Goldberg)

Making a slide show and trying to embed was not difficult or time consuming. The time consuming part came before when I was trying to find the picture that best portrayed my idea. I am really glad I learned how to do this because I had seen my friends use it in their personal blogs and now I can too!