Books for future classroom!

I have so many books that I would like to use in my classroom when I become a teacher. One book that has always been my favorite is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Depending on the age group I work with, I defiantly want to use this book in one of my lessons. This books' theme is all about the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. The story is fun for younger children. It discusses what the caterpillar ate and what events led up to the transformation to the beautiful butterfly.
One activity I could do is a pasta caterpillar to butterfly art work. In this activity, the children get to make the different stages of a butterfly out of different types of pastas and noodles. The egg is made out of a piece of rice. The caterpillar is made out of a spiral noodle. The chrysalis is made out a shell noodle and the butterfly is made out of bow-tie pasta. The children get to place the pasta on a piece of paper and label the different stages. Another activity I could do is turn the students into butterflies. We would first crawl around the room like we are caterpillars. Then, each student would lay down and put a scarf or blanket over top of them. This would symbolize them being in a chrysalis. Then we would all stand up and use the blanket as our wings for the butterfly. It would be fun and active.
I am really looking forward to sharing different books and activities with my students.

What makes writing worth reading?

Hey my name is Joe, and I work in a button factory. The other day, the boss came up to me. He said, "Hi Joe, are you busy?". I said, "No". He said, "Push this button with your left hand".
Was this worth reading?
Was it worth the time to look over and process?
What makes writing worth reading?

I think that something that is worth reading is something that will be of interest to me. I love reading things that are funny. I also love reading things that will help me learn and become more knowledgeable in a certain area. Sometimes, I don't think that things on facebook are worth reading. In some cases, I do not need to know every place a person is going and what time they are going to bed.
After thinking about it more, I believe that anything that is written can be worth reading. Reading is an important to anyone and everyone. I think that even if you are reading something that is not important to you, it is important to the one that wrote it.

I am rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say to me , bounces off of me and sticks to you!

I have always hear the saying,"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me". I even remember saying it when I was a child. But, I now realize that words can be the most hurtful thing in the word. I get more upset and hurt when I hear someone saying mean things about me or someone else. I have also seen it a lot more with the children I work with and babysit. Once, when I was babysitting, one of the kids said something mean to another. The next thing I know, the little girl that was hurt was crying and had locked herself in her room. I also see how people can twist words around in order to hurt people even more. Sticks and stones can easily break my bones, but words can kill my spirit.

How did I learn language?

I was thinking about it and I really can't remember how I learned language. I know that I really wanted to have hooked on phonics when I was a little child. I think that we learned whole language more in school. I remember I could not sound out words in elementary school. I still have problems now when I look at certain words. I think that the tricky sounds in the English language trip me up. I remember never really being able to sound out the words that did not follow a certain pattern. I think that in schools, there should be a mix of both whole language and phonics. The balanced language approach should be done in schools because it helps to have more ways of helping children learn. I am still learning different things about language and I find that it is very interesting. I hope that by learning more I can help the students in my class.