tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post26968536162355522..comments2024-01-27T23:26:35.301-08:00Comments on Live with Flair: Or. . .It's ArtHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289182682225179442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-44603536819427201892012-07-25T21:44:17.167-07:002012-07-25T21:44:17.167-07:00The onion award is given to the author who "l...The onion award is given to the author who "layers" his writing by using appropriate writing tools. He successfully elaborates on his main idea or story plot. <br /><br />Because carrots help you see better, the carrot award is given to the piece that is most visually pleasing. We look for proper conventions and neat printing.<br />A bulb of garlic is awarded to a student who has excellent sentence fluency. A bulb consists of large and small cloves, similarly to the way sentences should vary in length. <br /><br />Radishes are spicy. Students with "spicy" word choice win this award.<br /><br />A potato goes to the student with the best "eye"deas. Jamie88csunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-8013737533665379502012-07-25T14:43:45.079-07:002012-07-25T14:43:45.079-07:00 I'm dying to know what the other vegetable aw... I'm dying to know what the other vegetable awards are! Can you tell us? This is adorable!Live with Flairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-38127741285828207362012-07-25T14:33:45.731-07:002012-07-25T14:33:45.731-07:00Apparently, cutting and pasting from Word goofs up...Apparently, cutting and pasting from Word goofs up the line formatting. Sorry! Jamie88csunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-61855515662539368942012-07-25T14:31:50.745-07:002012-07-25T14:31:50.745-07:00My talented teacher friend (and colleague)
devised...My talented teacher friend (and colleague)<br />devised a clever plan to recognize student writing. Six different<br />vegetable awards are given to our fourth grade authors every other week. A beet<br />(along with a certificate) is given to the student who has "beet" his<br />or her best. This is an important award because -- it allows us to admire<br />a person's personal growth -- without comparing it to state standards or the<br />work of peers. I often wish my final grades could be based on the same<br />criteria. <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Do my fourth grader appreciate such an award?<br /> Who wants to go home and show his parents he won a vegetable? My<br />students bought into the vegetable awards like I've bought into breathing!<br /> Pride beams from their faces when their names are announced on recognition<br />Friday. Parents, too, have learned<br />to embrace our unique awards; even the mother of a child whose garlic trophy lived<br />in his backpack over a month before the stench brought it to her<br />attention! Jamie88csunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-74565853975750478302012-07-25T14:16:04.099-07:002012-07-25T14:16:04.099-07:00Your creative art reminds me of this playful book ...Your creative art reminds me of this playful book "The Ink Garden of Theophane"Janienoreply@blogger.com