Rebecca+McCombs

 Hello! My name is Rebecca McCombs. I am a senior Early Childhood Education major at Clemson University! I cannot wait to have my own classroom full of bouncing boys and girls who are curious about how the world works. I will do my very best to help guide them as they discover how nature works, how letters become words and sentences, how their histories impact their lives today, and how math is all around them! In my future classroom, I want each student to be able to lead and also be able to listen to others. This does not come naturally to some children, so there will be an emphasis in my class on cooperative learning and developing their personal characters. Outside of school, I work with a Christian ministry on campus called Campus Crusade for Christ. The organizations' mission is to win people to Christ, build them in their faith, and send them out into the world to continue winning others to Christ. I love the ministry work I do with Cru and I am so thankful for each person I have met through working with them. I am so thankful for the life and opportunities I have been given!

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 * Literacy and Laughter Blog: **The Literacy and Laughter Blog is written by Mrs. Rider, a kindergarten teacher who is passionate about teaching children literary skills. Her blog has tabs that include "Books We Love", "Parents Page", "Teacher Talk", and "Kindergarten Corner". This blog focuses on Language Arts and has some wonderful lessons on different children's literature books.


 * The Teacher Wife Blog: **The Teacher Wife Blog follows the life of a first year and newlywed first grade teacher as she shares the adventures of her first year of teaching. She has posted many of her lessons and has split them into subject areas: phonics, language arts, math, science, and freebies. She sells many of the components that go with her lessons so if a teacher finds one of her lessons helpful, then that teacher can buy a pack of supplies for that specific lesson.


 * Science Bob: **Science Bob is a great resource for teachers who are looking for science ideas and help. The homepage is split into eight different categories: science fair ideas, science Q&A, videos, experiment blog, experiments, research help, about Bob, and science store. In the experiments section, Bob has listed 28 different science experiments that teachers could do with their class. "Science Bob" Pfugfelder has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live, People Magazine, Popular Science Magazine, and Nickelodeon Magizine for his work in inspiring children to learn science.

After viewing several teacher's blogs and other educational resources, I have realized that there are much better ways to search for educational ideas and lessons on the internet rather than typing keywords into google and trying to filter the search results myself. I realize now that even if I do find a good lesson from a google search, I will have no idea if the lesson (or parts) of the lesson worked or didn't work in a real classroom. Blogs and other posting from classroom teachers allow the freedom for teachers to talk about what works and doesn't in their own classroom. In the future, I hope to keep finding helpful resources and teacher's blogs for more helpful lesson ideas.

**Rebecca McCombs' Blabberize Image**

Image: http://bdlinters.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-halloween-face-painting-designs.html Poem: http://www.prekfun.com/G-M/Halloween/Halloween_Songs.htm media type="custom" key="10791850"

Standards that can be integrated into curriculum through the use of Blabberize: ELA K-1 The students will begin to read and comprehend a variety of literary texts in print and nonprint formats ELA K-2: The students will begin to read and comprehend a variety of infomational texts in print and nonprint formats. ELA K-3: The students will learn to read by applying appropriate skills and strategies. K-3.6 Use oral rhymes, poems, and songs to build fluency K-3.7 Use appropriate voice level when speaking ELA K-5 The students will begin to write for a variety of purposes and audiences Guiding Principle 3- Reading, writing, communication, and research are interdependent. Guiding Principle 4- An effective English language arts curriculum provides strategic and purposeful instruction in reading and writing. Guiding Principle 5- Oral language and expression is foundational to literacy learning and development. Guiding Principle 8- An effective English language arts curriculum utilizes all forms of medica to prepare students to live in an information-rich society. Guiding Principle 9 - An effective English language arts curriculum emphasizes informational text that is relevant to our increasingly complex and technological world.

The website Blabberize can used by early childhood educators in their classroom, because as children choose or write their own poem and record it, they are using many of the standards and guiding principles for kindergarten in South Carolina. Depending on which poems children choose or decide to write, they are exploring either literary texts of informational texts. Of course, as children are practicing and recording their poems, they are developing greater oral language skills and communication skills. This website has a very easy procedure to animate the picture. Because of this, it is developmentally appropriate for young children to to work with this program with an adult so that they are getting a greater understanding of technology, specifically computers. I also think the children will really enjoy the final product they create. Through playing the video back, they can assess themselves on their communication skills and see if they are too quiet, are not annunciating enough, etc. Teachers should take advantage of this online resource!