Mouse Tales

Our class participated in our first collaborative internet project entitled "Mouse Tales"  The project deadline was February 14, 2006.  All partcipating classes' materials were posted in March 2006.  Our class stories were displayed in the cafeteria for everyone to enjoy and featured on the Columbus County Schools website!  We have had lots of positive comments.  Be sure to visit our Internet Project site and check out their fantastic Mouse Tales and read about the future projects planned!

Our Internet Project Website at:

http://teacherweb.com/NC/WilliamsTownshipElementary/InternetProjects/index.html

or you may visit the Mousetales Student Showcase at:

http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilverman/mousetales/

During January through February 2006, we read and listened to many mouse tales.  We launched with a K-W-L chart to discover what we knew about mice.  This chart was revisited several times throughout the project.  The culminating activities were graphing our favorite stories and using KidPix to write and illustrate My Mouse stories.  We enjoyed many integrated learning activities in all content areas using several of the books we shared.  Author studies were done, as we were amazed at how many mouse books we had in our classroom.  Our media specialist and the public library bookmobile provided additional books supporting our author studies.  We explored story elements, new vocabulary, and the styles of various authors.  The children’s favorite authors were Kevin Henkes, Laura Numeroff, and Ellen Stoll Walsh.  Choosing their favorite three authors was difficult!

Here is a list of the many books we read or enjoyed:

Maisy Drives the Bus                              Wemberly Worried                                        

Maisy Dresses Up                                   A Clean House for Mole and Mouse                                         

Bless This Mouse                                    Miss Mouse Takes Off                                            

Seven Blind Mice                                    Teeny Tiny Mouse

Sleepytime for Baby Mouse                    The Colorful Mouse

If You Take a Mouse to School               Owen

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies         Lunch

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie                Mouse Views

The Best Mouse Cookie                          Dr. DeSoto

Hurry Scurry Mouse                               Mouse’s Birthday

Mouse Count                                           Mice Squeak We Speak                                         

Mouse Paint                                            Mouse In the House

Mouse Mess                                            Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Owen’s Marshmallow Chick                  The Lion and the Mouse

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse                   Noisy Nora

Julius Baby of the World                        Dot & Jabber and the Big Mystery

Please be sure to visit : http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilverman/mousetales/

to view some of our student work.  The Mouse Tales powepoint is posted at the internet projects site for you to enjoy!

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