Teaching is a huge passion of mine! I am so excited to be
able to share this with your child! This year is going to be a year full of
fun, learning, and adventures and I can’t wait to see what is in store. I am
originally from Mason, Ohio. I recently made the move to wilder Kentucky. I
graduated from Northern
Kentucky University where I was able to cheer for four
years. Whenever I get free time I love being with my friends and family. I
really enjoy crafting on any kind of surface. You will come to find that I want
your children to express their creative side! Teaching is my love, and my
passion. I attempt to teach with so much love so that my students want to be
life long learners.
Why is your child going to be blogging? First I would love
for you as parents to feel connected to our classroom, and to the new things
your child will be learning through third grade. I always want there to be a
connection line open between us. You as well as other students will be able to
see how far your children will have come by the end of the school year. I will
be writing sample pieces off each assignment that is given. This will allow
your student to see what they should look like and be doing. As well for you as
parents I will be having a weekly or daily lesson thrown up on my blog. Which
means I will show pictures, list activities, as well as a general list of what
we were able to achieve and do during that week or day. This is also a chance
to connect with other teachers to let learning thrive between classrooms. But
the main blog will be for your students. I want to allow your kids to learn how
to write in their own voice, read other students pieces and to have them be
able to express themselves. They are able to write about what they are
interested in, and as a class we will be writing more. Which in turn will affect
the quality of their work and will be increasing dramatically. Yes, most of the
pieces they will be writing will relate to what we are talking about in all of
our subjects. But, we will also have during the week a “Free Mind Write”. Which
means the story, passage, and poem is in the hands of the student. This in turn
is very helpful for your student. Their reading skills will be improved, as
well as their writing skills. Like I mentioned they would be reading a few
pieces after they have written a blog. Some are going to require responses,
which call for very in tune reading skills (which we will work on throughout
the year). Your child will gain so much through the use of blogs this year. Getting
use to blogging maybe complicated in the beginning so please let me know if you
have any questions or concerns.
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| Photo from Flickr user Eden Osabel/ Creative Commons Liscensed |
Learning should be fun! I will do
everything I can to make a child’s experience in school fun. Learning is life
long and I want all kids to be eager to learn something new. FunBrain.com is
one of my most favorite sites for children. Fun Brain is a site that contains
games for math, reading, grammar, listening, speaking, matching, etc. You are
able to choose the game as well as the grade. The whole site is a free service
and games can be played over and over again if desired. (If you have younger
age children) In my classroom will be using some of these games in the
classroom to have your student get familiar with them. Having this as an online
service means using at home is just as easy. Students are able to practice what
we learned outside of the classroom and a fun way as well.
