These stories are written by Kindergarten ELL students. The stories are from events in the student’s lives. Students did all the writing of their stories independently. We hope you enjoy them!
Mrs. Dixon
Click here to view the stories
Posted in Education.
– May 14, 2012
Mrs. Creswell’s 1st grade English language learners at Calvert have been learning all about poetry. We wrote some excellent poems, and made a video for all to enjoy!
Posted in Education.
– April 24, 2012
ELL friends in 2nd grade at Hartley Elementary chose their favorite personal narrative for their 4th quarter digital story. Stories include moments from their favorite time of year, outdoor activities, and trips with their families.
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Students worked very hard to include components of all six-trait writing themes. As a special “Oscar” like celebration the boys wore colored ties and girls wore their favorite necklace. Students enjoy the premier of their movies with popcorn and visits by special guests.
-Mrs. Gersib and Miss McElfresh Class
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Posted in Education.
– May 26, 2011
These movies were written, illustrated, and read by Level one ELL students attending Holmes elementary school. They range from first grade to fifth grade. The students are from refugee camps in Thailand and from Mexico. They have been in the United States a short time, most of them less than a year.
The students learned how to read and write in English. They also interacted with technology to publish their stories.
The teacher learned about the Karen culture and a few words in Karen, Karenni and Spanish. She also learned how resilient and brave the immigrant families are and how much they want a better life for their children, including an education in the United States.
Mrs. Karr
Posted in Education.
– May 23, 2011
Teachers are learners too. This year in the class Instruction Strategies for ELL (ISELL), teachers reflected on their teaching, their learning, and what it means to be an ELL teacher. We hope you enjoy listening to LPS ELL teachers share about their teaching experiences.
Posted in Education.
– May 6, 2011
“Roar!” is the sound you can hear at Elliott Elementary, when the Third grade ELL student wrote research reports about dinosaurs. The ELL students learned how to write a research report including an Introduction, Body and Conclusion. The students identified three subtopics and used two sources for their information. Then they wrote their reports by hand and later created their own digital story. They did a fabulous job!
Mrs. Garvey
Posted in Education.
– April 11, 2011
During second quarter, we published small moment stories using digital storytelling, giving students the opportunity to have a broader audience listen to stories about their lives.
Students worked with teachers to use technology for publishing. They worked really hard on having a beginning, middle, and end in their story and focused on using exciting words, as well. They all enjoyed writing, creating, and sharing their stories with the class. Our goal for next time is to have students write longer stories with even greater detail!
We hope you enjoy their stories!
Ms. Winslow
Posted in Education.
– March 14, 2011
Mrs. Lamberson’s Class
In the second grade ELL, students worked hard to perfect their writing skills by writing personal narratives. They have added adjectives to make their stories to make them more interesting. They focused on word choice to make the language in their stories more vivid. They also selected fun leads to give their stories a great start and catch your attention.
Writing is how Digital Stories start. After students revise and edit their work, they are ready to create a movie to share their work. The students really enjoyed illustrating and recording their stories.
It has been gratifying to me to see my students smiles as they see their work on the web. Our students work hard to learn and be successful. The publishing of their stories via the digital stories project gives them the complete feeling of success. They are published authors!
I want to especially thank Laura Bartels for all the help and encouragement as we put these stories together. We could not have done it without her!
Mrs. Lamberson
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Posted in Education.
– February 25, 2011
During second quarter, the second grade ELL students at Hartley Elementary School worked on adding interesting details, dialogue, and thoughts to their writing. We were excited to give our students the opportunity to publish their writing digitally. Students were engaged with the technology and knowing their stories would be published online gave them a real audience to write for.
We hope you enjoy our stories and can see our progress as writers!
Click here to view all Hartley’ ELLs Second Quarters stories.
Posted in Education.
– February 21, 2011
Our Kindergarten students have just begun writing stories with a beginning, middle and end. We wanted to celebrate their achievement by sharing their stories with you. I am a first year teacher at Holmes Elementary. Through this experience I noticed the students not only learned how to write stories with greater detail and practice reading, but the act of reading their own stories also made them aware of their own handwriting and the importance of being able to write legibly. Working with the camera provided them the opportunity to see, hear, and learn from themselves as well as their classmates. I look forward to posting more stories and watching their comfort and skills grow.
By: Ms. Wilcox (kwilcox@lps.org)
Posted in Education.
– February 7, 2011
