As I wrap the school year up, I would like to give you some great teacher blogs to bookmark. Click on the name below the image to visit the site. Have a great and relaxing summer! See you in August!
Monday, May 16, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Kindergarten Book Club
Since it is the last week and a half of school, we are doing a lot of reviewing and have more time for centers. I pulled out two bins of books that we have used with past reading curriculums. I had no idea it would really interest my boys. I was so pleasantly surprised when they took to them immediately. They independently got into book groups, which they refer to as "book club", and started reading to each other. It was not only precious but it made me so proud of them. That has become their favorite thing to do whenever we have free time this week. As I send them on to first grade, am so proud of the progress they have made this year and I hope they always have the same love of reading that they have right now as kindergardeners.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Greetings from Snack Time!
After a long week of rain and flooding in Memphis, we are so thankful to see some blue skies! Today we enjoyed snack on the patio so I thought I would share some pics of the boys.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Martin Institute Summer Conference in Memphis,TN
Looking for a great professional development opportunity this summer? Want to visit the home of Elvis, BBQ and Rock & Roll? Well, you can combine both by attending the Martin Institute Summer Conference in Memphis, TN. The conference offers world-class professional development for teachers and administrators at public and private schools. Thanks to significant philanthropic support, the institute offers its outstanding conferences and programs at heavily subsidized rates.
Topics will include: higher-order thinking skills, assessment, evaluation, life skills, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, learning environments, and more. In addition to the many general education sessions, there will also be two special strands focusing on literacy and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math).
If you join us in Memphis this summer, I would be happy to help you find a great part of town to stay in and lots of great things to do, just post a comment.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
New Additions to our Kindergarten Class!
We have 12 new additions to our classroom this week and some very proud dads! Next up, butterflies. Will keep you all posted...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Do you Tweet?
-Share ideas
-Ask fellow teachers all over the world classroom, resource or professional development questions
-Find classroom and curriculum ideas about anything and everything
-Follow leaders in education for inspiration
-Keep up to date on the latest education/classroom trends
-Help fellow educators by sharing (re-tweeting) their posts
-Develop your PLN (Personal Learning Network)
Twitter is so easy to join. Check it out here: http://www.twitter.com
Tips:
-Sign up for Tweet Deck. You can post easily and look at other tweets. You can have it on your desktop for easy viewing. This way you won't have to log into your Twitter account to view new information.
-Make your tweets easier for others to find. At then end of your tweets, add tags like #kinderchat, #educat, #elemchat, etc, to maker your tweet easier for others to find. I frequently tag my tweets with #kinderchat.
-Follow lots of people to ensure your tweets are followed. Twitter will give you suggestions. You can also look at others follow list for ideas.
Great "Tweeters" to follow:
cpkindergarten (that's me!)
TeachersNet
iTrT
TeacherInMe
jmcmcmahon
Mr_Fines
Matt_Gomez
Grade1
hechternacht
teachpaperless
k3teachers
Ted_Talks
cindybrock
DiscoveryEd
mimemphis
kandersonpds
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