Mechanical pencil

Written word and reading came to me in the way oil is introduced to a cup of water, a sudden disagreement. I have never Liked reading or writing, but in 6th grade I began to truly despise it. I was always a math and science person ,but I knew could write a well versed and attention grabbing story and essay. My downfall however, was that I could never write them the right way. Being that I always have went through school each year writing wrong. The description of my 6th grade year is what conjured

is asking her students to complete an assignment with their technology. Obviously, this assignment is supposed to be a warm-up, something at the beginning of the year to help the kids back into the swing of school. While they should be picking up a pencil and thinking of how to write

Have you ever procrastinated on something and avoided confrontation with a problem that you did not want to face? In sketches by Eric Walters a teenage runaway girl named Dana, faces the harsh conditions of living on the street in downtown Toronto. Accompanied by her two friends, Brent and Ashley, Dana learns to adapt to the ways of street life and is forced to recognize her life prior to these events in order to learn to succumb to these feelings and express them through her art. Dana is a youthful

In Tiffany Writing Development case study, it is learned that Tiffany’s writing development began very early on. The key features of children’s development as writers are evident in Tiffany’s case. In assessing her early forms of writing, it is evident that Tiffany’s writing progression is similar to the Children’s Writing Progression Sample and Sulzby’s categories of emergent writing illustrated in the class textbook. According to the case study, Tiffany’s early form of writing began at 36 months

For my first drawing I had a two-year-old named Jaxon. His Drawing was a bunch of scribbles. He did use multiple colors and did draw on different parts of the paper. Our setting was at a co-worker’s house. The stage I would put Jaxon’s drawing in would be the scribble stage. His drawing would be perfect in the scribble stage because his drawing was a lot of random scribbling. The scribble stage is usually for children ages1 ½- 2 years of age. Children can be given crayons or markers once they stop

image source Before 1894, pencils sharpeners were big and heavy, so carrying it about was a big issue. Some were mounted on the walls of a class room, while some were placed on the desk, despite the fact that these old school revolving sharpeners looked super cool and perplexing, they were cumbersome. A travelling writer or student couldn't carry it about. African-American inventor John Lee Love changed the way we see pencil sharpeners in 1894 when he invented the "Love Sharpener," the portable

I never liked going to school and loved to stay at home with my mom, my brother, Christopher, and my puppy, Zoe Belle. Kindergarten was a struggle for me; I did not like my teacher and I did not like leaving my safe, comfortable home. I went to kindergarten on Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday, so on my days off my mom and I would practice my writing and penmanship skills. I remember the day vividly! I was extremely happy that I did not have to go to school! It was a bright and sunny afternoon

Sketching Out Trouble As a teenager growing up, I was exposed to unexpected events in my life. I did not have anyone to stand by me through this journey, but one day I stumbled along a number 2 pencil. I chose to keep the pencil, and use it as a blessing that was given to me. “Please bring Reshmi Singh to the Vice Principal’s office immediately.” A deep voice came outside of my first period class. As I sat my handbag down aside my assigned seat. “Slam!” The metal door of the classroom flew open

Everybody learns in different ways, including the students sitting in the classrooms. How are teachers going to be able to make sure every student learns? Maribel, Julianne, Michelle, Matthew, and Ana are Geography Geniuses and are here to advise how to ensure that every student learns. Focusing on the 3rd grade standard SS.3.G.1.1, students will use thematic maps, tables, charts, graphs, and photos to analyze geographic information. The information being taught is declarative because students will

Bridging Sequence Title: Oh the things we can graph! Grade level: Third Grade Objective: student will be able to solve problems by collecting, organizing, displaying, and interpreting data. Prerequisite knowledge/skills: • Students will know how to collect data using tally marks and what a tally mark is. • Students will know basic addition and subtraction. TEKS: list and state 3.8.(A) summarize a data set with multiple categories using a frequency table, dot plot, pictograph, or bar graph with