Ugh...some days I wish I had all the money in the world. I mean that. But not necessarily for just anything....for supplies.
I happily discovered that my students were proficient on this pretest for the unit. And I mean PROFICIENT! I had a lot who knew what theme is and how to find it. I love finding out that these guys get it and know what's going on.
So, to change it up I decided to do something different. While some students still need a little extra support, I'm going to have others do a novel unit. I chose two books, "Wednesday Wars" by Gary Schmidt and "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. I'm going to have some students in each book and I "borrowed" some study guides to help the kids understand the book better. I'll be working with them too; checking in, asking them questions and talking through any issues they have.
I'm excited about changing this up a bit and I hope the kids like the change too. So far, those guys jumped right into the books and they seem to like what they're reading. I'm hoping they continue feeling this way. I'll keep you updated! :-)
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
learning new stuff...with friends....
I love learning new things...LOVE LEARNING NEW THINGS! So, when I found out I could take a class about Anne Frank, I jumped on the chance to sign up, spend 10 hours in a room and give up an entire Saturday.
Now I'm sitting here and everything I keep finding out I'm pretty impressed with. Especially right now - we're going through different technology sites to use to teach this, I'm signed up for Edmodo to share ideas with these teachers and I now have been introduced to Animoto and Glogster.
I love teacher sharing days when everything actually seems relevant and worthy to take an entire day to learn. I'm also sitting with two really nice teachers - one who's very excited to learn about everything and the other who is passionate about the subject....these guys get me jazzed and excited to learn as well. They are a breath of fresh air and really help me get out of my funk of the end of the year "blahs".
Now I'm sitting here and everything I keep finding out I'm pretty impressed with. Especially right now - we're going through different technology sites to use to teach this, I'm signed up for Edmodo to share ideas with these teachers and I now have been introduced to Animoto and Glogster.
I love teacher sharing days when everything actually seems relevant and worthy to take an entire day to learn. I'm also sitting with two really nice teachers - one who's very excited to learn about everything and the other who is passionate about the subject....these guys get me jazzed and excited to learn as well. They are a breath of fresh air and really help me get out of my funk of the end of the year "blahs".
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