School's Started!

Wow, so these blog posts are going to be pretty slim for a while I presume. I'm pretty excited about all my kids...225 of them in all. I'm pretty close to knowing all their names after two weeks. They're pretty excited about Spanish. Anyways, story of the day...one of my 1st grade autistic boys blew his nose into his hands. As I was getting him a kleenex he stuffed it into his mouth. I gagged twice. Ugh. There have been much brighter moments. :) But that was the notable event of the day. Love to you all

Registering for Continuance

It's that time again to register for our EDUC 599 class :)

I emailed the registrar and this is what you do, just in case if you didn't know:

1. Email Kelly Duncan at Kelly.A.Duncan@wheaton.edu and ask her to register you for EDUC 599 (Action Research Continuance).  Note: you can only do this if this is the ONLY class you are registering for.

2. Mail a $50 dollar check (include your ID #) payable to Wheaton College to school.  

Wheaton College

Attn: Student Accounts

501 College Ave

Wheaton, IL 60187

And that's it!

Everyday Math

At my school, we are using Everyday Math.  I can't remember who has used this program before.  What is good about this program and what are some things I may need to supplement?

oh my...

Hi ladies!

I'm so sorry I've been so MIA. Our family took a really last minute trip to Korea this month, and got back a 10 days ago. I'm starting to head into my classroom this week to set up, and I have NO IDEA what i'm doing. hahaha. feels like methods again...

I'm so glad we have this thing up just to catch and ask a ton of questions. I'm teaching 1st, 5th, and 6th grade literacy to Korean students-- makes me shiver! YIKES!

What are you all taking into your classroom the first day of set up?

Maike- I use Scrabble all the time with the kids that i tutor. They also tell me that they use Banana Grams at school which look like bigger scrabble pieces. Mad Libs is fun game to teach the parts of speech, and they can make funny stories out of them. You can always use their writing for this too. OH oh.. and cakewrecks.blogspot.com is something that i came across this summer. I read that a teacher used the misspelled cakes for her language arts class.

I miss you all so much!

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Okay, so I didn't realize you all had started blogging since I set it up. I guess I forgot to check. Anyways, I went into my classroom for the second time today and dropped off some stuff. I got my curriculum order in this week. It's really starting to happen. I also spent some time praying in the room. I think that's a part of the preparation that I have forgotten along the way. I hope those kids and families see Jesus. :)
Love to you all!

classroom games

Hi Guys!

I was wondering if any of you knew any games to play in the classroom that enhance language arts skills.  I already found a fabulous game called Quiddler that is kind of like Scrabble, but with cards (each card has a letter or a blend on it and they are assigned point values).  I think I observed another teacher at Hawthorne using Taboo or Outburst (or something like that) to help students expand vocabulary and learn how to describe creatively to their partners.  Any other ideas?  I'll be teaching Writing, Vocabulary, Spelling and Grammar (as well as Bible) to my fifth graders, so I'd like to incorporate some game days to mix it up.  Any ideas would be appreciated!  

Thanks!

Maike

Seting up Curriculum

Now that the real thing is here, I'm like a deer in the headlights.  How should one start organizing the scope and sequence for the school year?

Big question, I know.