Posted on Saturday July 26, 2008 by Stacey
Jen, Sarah, and Ruth gave me some fantastic ideas about ways to make the launch of writer’s notebooks and using the classroom library more exciting for children in September. I thought their ideas were brilliant and will be doing both this-coming school year.
Classroom Library
Semi-organize the books in the classroom library before the start of [...]
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Posted on Saturday July 26, 2008 by Stacey
I think nearly all of the Memoir Mondays participants are teachers. Hence, the reason my weekly charges are just for inspiration in case you need help coming up with an idea.
I was sitting at my computer last night and a photo of my second religious school class popped up on the screen. The [...]
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Posted on Saturday July 26, 2008 by Stacey
Whenever I think of an art-related activity to do with my students that isn’t an actual craft project, I always ask myself, “Will they get something out of this or am I doing art work art’s sake?” In case you’re wondering what I mean by art for art’s sake, that means doing an art [...]
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Posted on Saturday July 26, 2008 by Stacey
Ruth gave me a copy of Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith when I arrived in Indiana. Essentially, the purpose of this book is to explore “creative destruction,” which is totally new to me since I care for my writer’s notebooks. However, that might be the reason Ruth got this for me… to [...]
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