Author Archives: Girls Inc. Admin
“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” artwork
After reading Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs the girls created some original artwork. Then off to Spaghetti Works for some of the real deal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfO0oPXwd1I
Media & Me: Looking for gender equity…
Girls are counting the number of times female images appear in the newspaper versus the number of times male images occur. This activity is part of Media & Me, one component of the Girls Inc. national Media Literacy program.
Nevaeh’s Rainbow Fish
Making Rainbow Fish
“We read The Rainbow Fish story.” – Nevaeh
“We made rainbow fish.” – Asia
Dreaming of Ravioli
I dreamed I was eating ravioli and then we had it for dinner! – MaRaya
Dreaming of peas? Not so much… – Ms. Roberta
Girls + Roller Derby = True Love!
It was really exciting how fast the girls were skating. – Ashleigh
It was exciting to see the girls push each other to prevent the other team from scoring. – Erin
It was a totally new experience for all of us. The Omaha Rollergirls have a huge and very diverse fan base. There were so many people there and there were all kinds of people, too. It was like a big party. We all learned how points are scored by passing and how a defensive team tries to keep the other team from scoring. The girls were really into it and loved cheering and chanting for the Omaha team. The Omaha Rollergirls sat right in the front row when the Girls Inc. step team performed and our girls really appreciated that. The the team took the time to pose for a photo with us, too. It was a really fun outing for all of us. – Ms. Fatema
Karaoke = Reading!
If you want girls to read – put the words on a karaoke machine. They’ll attempt to read any word – no matter how many syllables – if it has a good beat and they can hold a microphone!
Look at how the girls follow the words on the screen… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mfeBMbMzJk (and the girls dancing on the sideline are fun, too!).
The girls here enjoy singing the chorus together… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ5nIofztw4 (this is only 15 seconds!).
Fat Tuesday
A Poem for Ms. Mary
I’m going to write a rhyming poem for Ms. Mary. – Koko
Writing Poetry
A GIRLStart poetry writing session.
Ms. Ally writes words on the board to help with spelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN3sElW0wOw
Ms. Mary is the inspiration for a poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i90Cb0UhuKw
A poetry reading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mKSm-9QNg
