tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70817638858947114292024-02-08T01:26:22.951+00:00Tales from a Traveling TeacherSharing experiences and ideas that I come across from working in classrooms in various parts of the world.Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-86791648479659843102018-01-19T13:14:00.002+00:002018-01-19T13:14:26.918+00:00new website!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-62819795475871319562017-09-15T14:58:00.001+01:002017-09-15T14:58:38.390+01:00I'm back-----are you still here?!<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wow! It's been three years! If you are still with me, I am so glad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So I stopped blogging in 2014 for a couple reasons. Firstly, things became quite difficult at work. Secondly I wasn't sure what my focus/aim/direction was with the blog. I wasn't exactly sure how to blog, how to connect with other bloggers, work out social media, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So after a couple years, I've decided to refocus my blog/website/instagram, etc on an area of teaching that first captured my attention in 2005: exercise books (also known as) INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS. This concept is something I am extremely passionate about, and it seems that interactive notebooks are a lot more commonplace in American classrooms now. However, I have had countless conversations with teachers over the years and I have gathered that teachers need ideas and resources.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am hoping this space will support teachers that are new to interactive notebooks and help them to understand this approach to data collection. I have been fortunate to see interactive notebooks in action in England and Australia over the past decade and I want to share it with as many people as possible!</span><br />
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<br />Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-2567542286609046512014-10-22T21:03:00.000+01:002014-10-22T21:06:21.236+01:00October PICTURES!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello! I've made it through the first half term! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As I've started my third year now at this school, the curriculum is finally clear and much easier to navigate! But with three new teachers to guide through the English...well I am still learning how to communicate expectations without being too overwhelming. How do you do that anyway? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are some pictures from my Year 5 classroom </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(so thankful to all the wonderful teachers that inspire me with ideas for these charts)!</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> In Year 6 we've just finished reading <u>Holes</u> and lots of great creative writing with that (love it so much!!) and in Year 5 we're nearly done with <u>Thief</u> and the children have some fantastic writing in connection with that book. Favorite time of year, not just for the books we're reading but also the leaves and weather! I wish I had some pictures of the leaves (remember I'm from Arizona so I love changing leaves).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I hope things are going well for you! Would love to hear from you! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">We have a new head (principal) at our school! Literally at our back to school meeting the bomb was dropped and then school started the next day. Feels weird. It was bound to happen since our head left at Easter when she had a baby, but I wasn't expecting it since our other head stepped in. I just hope everything doesn't change all at once! I'm still trying to figure out my new roles with Reading Intervention!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've had 2 people buy my first grade math bundle and remark that it was missing money and magnitude. I am quite confused by this, as I haven't seen this with the Common Core. I've searched through the web, but have always found money to be a second grade concept. Help please?</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you went back to school today, I hope it was wonderful!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks!</span>Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-86955337750704708162014-08-04T04:04:00.001+01:002014-08-18T11:17:37.702+01:00I finally finished it!!!!!!!<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's it! I have finished putting my resources together for K-2 Math Journals!!</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-79072903484056346832014-07-23T14:17:00.001+01:002014-07-23T14:17:42.732+01:00Summer time! Freebie at the end...<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well it's been nearly a month since I last posted and now that I'm a couple weeks into summer break, I can post again!</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-11946136094093544902014-06-24T21:16:00.000+01:002014-06-24T21:16:01.620+01:00Tara.Guided Rdg.Love<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few more weeks and I'm on summer break!! I should be grading our Big Writing, but I have to blog about this blog post I just read. Literally just came across it and had to talk about it in here.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This post is about Guided Reading/Intervention Groups and that pertains to me as next year I am starting up Intervention Groups up at my school!! I will mainly be teaching English (Year 5 & 6), Guided Reading, and then the Intervention Groups!!! What a schedule! So excited! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The kids were very well-behaved though, and they brought lots of games and bracelet making things to keep themselves entertained.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There were a range of activities and the camp (camp? residential? something like that) was very well organized. And the food!!!! The bread! The cheese! The wine! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Everything was in French. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yep, I don't speak any French. It was all a bit much. On one hand, I felt so fortunate that I saw and participated in all the amazing activities with the students. But on the other hand, long days with the children were so exhausting.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can I just mention a few things I'm loving right now?! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hope you're having a great day...things have been crazy busy as always. Are most of you nearing the end of your school year? So awesome.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coming up: a residential trip to France for Year 5 and 6 (fourth and fifth grade) next week, assessments and the play next month! Sidenote on the play-my students are making movie trailers for the play with imovie apps.Best.Thing.Ever. Hope to share some of those later.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm desperately trying to learn some French phrases for our upcoming trip but that is not easy! Two other teachers are coming on the trip (and they speak French), but I've gotta learn a few words right?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">I'm required to give it once a week and I wanted to make it more interactive and possibly fun.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">I saw this idea for having an on-going project that incorporates many of the features of text that we'd previously worked on in class. I tweaked it for my Year Six class for half a term and put the page along with the required paper in small folders. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">Would you believe they loved it?! They loved the idea of choice, they loved adding onto to it each week.......they said it was actually...fun! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">Even better...I didn't have to sort homework week after week. They had their homework assignments for the next 6 weeks! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">I've uploaded it to google docs in Word so you can change it to what you need. Please tell me if that works. I haven't used that in ages. I was too lazy to upload it to TPT. Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxz3ZZHe-cVqM3RVaWRnX3I0TEk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> for it.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">They had to pick 3 writing choices (to average 1 a week). I did mention reading in the letter, but focused more on writing for this holiday. I copied this cover sheet on bright yellow colored paper, along with several pieces of blank writing paper, and put it in a folder. Easy. Except for grading them when they come back, but hey.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #999999;">Can you believe they came back showing each other what they picked and what they wrote and were so proud?! I was speechless. I was just so happy to see them enjoy writing and even want to share it with their peers!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hope you're happy and healthy today! I'm enjoying my Easter break. Love it!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Book-Review-Forms-1204143" target="_blank">Here</a> are some book review forms I created for 3-5th grade at our school. I have a few other options too, just have to round them up. I make a bunch of copies of them and put them in the folder on the bulletin board for our Reading Challenge. Maybe you can use them!</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-57016001018087913392014-04-04T01:54:00.002+01:002014-04-04T01:54:35.776+01:00FREEBIE Friday!!<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am finally on Easter Holidays/Spring Break! It could not come quick enough. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There is some yucky stuff going down at my school.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I can't say much, but let's just say between student bullying allegations and nearly half the staff leaving at our <u>very</u> small private school (including our Head/Principal)...school life has been stressful to say the least.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In all honesty, several of the teachers are leaving because of maternity leave/staying home with new baby. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">However there is other <strike>crap</strike> stuff going on too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Needless to say...school morale is low.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's hard to get away from low morale when it seems to be everywhere. Does anyone else feel like this at their school at the moment?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But anyway, we've got 3 weeks off, then 1 term left (schools go til mid/late July here). It is great to change environments for awhile.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Therefore, on a positive note-I've decided to get back into blogging a bit more and am starting with [trying] to post a freebie every Friday! I know that structure might help me blog more regularly like I want to do!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So here is the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spelling-Menu-2-5-Grade-1191225" target="_blank">freebie</a> for today! A spelling menu (one for second/third grade and one for fourth/fifth grade).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now I have a love /hate relationship with spelling lists and spellings tests, but hey. My boss says I have to do it. Now while I do have differentiated spellings lists, I have not been satisfied with the ways I've seen for practicing it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm not sure how it will go, but I'm going to give it a try. Maybe you can use it too. <span style="font-size: large;">(We have a spelling notebook/journal for all their spelling homework so it's all in one place. I will have them glue their spelling menu into their notebook)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span>Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-8275147890576296682014-03-15T20:19:00.001+00:002014-04-04T00:32:42.215+01:00March travel and more notebook ideas (of course!)<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well 6 weeks on, here I am again. I've seen a lot of amazing things going on in classrooms around the world...I LOVE YOUR BLOGS EVERYONE!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is all I have time for these days. The classroom libraries are done for now though! I updated the libraries (labeled book baskets and all) for Year 3, 4, and 6! I am so excited to see if this help kids to find the books they want and read even more!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As for dates, the latest one (Christmas present this year: 1 meaningful date each month) was a visit to Brighton last weekend!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have mentioned this subject once or twice before, but now I need all of you!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have the great fortune to spend money to update the guided reading books at my school for Year 3-Year 6 (American 2nd Gr-5th Gr)!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As it will be Valentine's Day before you know it-have a good one!!!</span></span></span><br />
Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-15304503190144937232014-01-25T17:59:00.002+00:002014-01-25T18:12:24.165+00:00January fun AND history & geography notebooks<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #999999;">Hello!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #999999;">Well it seems I can only get to this a couple times a month. Ah well. Here I am. How are you? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #999999;">After another doctor's appointment for my nose, I've been feeling a lot better in the past 1-2 weeks and have been able to do so much more! I have a CT scan for my nose in February to get more info on that situation. Here's what I've been up to:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">1) last day of term 2) easiest gift I made for my students</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't wait to wear my polka-dot pajamas and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with a hot chocolate and not think about school.at.all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at this stamp that we use to mark English. Love it! This stamp helps focus my feedback: </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our school does Ros Wilson's Big Writing programme. All week the children do a variety of activities that lead up their 'Big Writing' session at the end of the week. On that day, they have a double English session-the first session (1 hour) is a summary/overview of things learned that week, with the last 10-15 minutes for planning their Big Write (a set writing task). Then they have recess, and when they come back, the lights are low, classical music is playing, there are little fairy lights, they have their Target card, plan and paper....and they have sustained writing for 45 minutes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">Aside from parent conferences this week (2 nights, very short, not too bad), I have had a "good" sinus day and even managed to get the gym! Our Bible study group has our Christmas party tomorrow night which I'm looking forward to and after this week I will have 2 weeks of school left until Christmas break!!</span></span></span><br />
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<br />Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-19778785568670203212013-11-15T22:54:00.002+00:002013-11-15T22:54:35.593+00:00How long will you teach?Sometimes I wonder how long I will teach and what job I might do next. Do you ever feel like that?<br />
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After a looooong week of reports and making a mistake on homework I sent home and a seriously low student that is never on time (missing lessons!) and teaching English 'Club' every Friday until 5...sometimes I don't know. I love my students, and I do have very small class sizes, but. There's still so much to do. I enjoy (mostly) the added responsibility of English Coordinator, but someways I feel like I'm getting burned out. Again.<br />
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So how about you? Do you ever think you might go for a different job at some point?<br />
<br />Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-11377889761552079472013-11-14T19:21:00.000+00:002013-11-14T19:27:48.377+00:00Guided reading book ideas?!?!Hello! It's been awhile...I'm two weeks back into school and four weeks away from Christmas break! Have I mentioned I love how our school does holidays???? 6 week half terms work so well for me!<br />
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Anyway, I'm back at it, trying to develop this English/Literacy department at my school, slowly but surely. I started with spelling and found a more differentiated approach that is fairly easy for teachers and students to follow. Currently I'm working on creating PowerPoints for Year 3-Year 6 (second through sixth grade) that has a daily starter for the VCOP part of our Big Writing program. VCOP stands for vocabulary, connectives, openers, and punctuation and is a huge focus at our school. Anyway, more on that when it's finished.<br />
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The next thing on my list is to sort out the (lack of) guided reading resources for Years 3-6. I've researched books and come up with a good list for the school to buy, but need a bit more. I've got everything from Charlotte's Web to Holes, Skellig and Goodnight Mr. Tom. Please give me more book ideas!!!!<br />
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Speaking of books, I've really enjoying the break from using a basal series. I like aspects of using a basal, but really enjoy the curriculum here at the moment. I do wish we had more time for literacy though as it's hard to fit it all in. On the other hand, I'm happy to get away from the 3+ hours a day of literacy I had to do in Arizona.<br />
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I will be back soon with pictures of some things we've been up to in our classroom...until then, have a great rest of your week and weekend!Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-46358934465148111412013-10-28T22:44:00.000+00:002013-10-28T22:44:24.752+00:00Notebook freebie & Vienna pics!<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm on week 2 of my half term (fall break). Very lucky girl to have 2 weeks! I'm loving it!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">P.S. I've just started <a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/nutrition_health/nutrition_news_information/10_ways_to_eat_clean" target="_blank">Clean Eating</a> in an attempt to fix my sinus problems and just generally feel more healthy...do any of you eat this way?</span></span></span><br />
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Kellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917180234005884571noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081763885894711429.post-91356089100725585692013-10-13T22:15:00.001+01:002013-10-14T07:17:31.862+01:00This school year ROCKS {so far}!Well, we're nearly 6 weeks in, and have half term break around the corner (2 weeks off starting with a trip to Vienna on Saturday)!<br />
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This year is SOOOOOO much better since I've stayed on at the school and am actually teaching the same curriculum again (what a concept?!)...I've moved around a lot in the past remember, so this is all new to me!<br />
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So I've been able to fine-tune lessons from last year (wonderful lessons that had been put in place by the teacher I was covering) and now I actually know everything I'm teaching ahead of time and feel so much more on top of it all! Last year it took so much time to learn about the British history and other stuff I had to teach because let's face it...my knowledge of WW2 and the Tudors and Victorians were not exactly up to scratch!<br />
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My students are wonderful and working very hard. My Year 6 class (fifth grade equiv) just finished a unit on Holes and we watched the movie on Friday (I've rarely done this so what a treat!). Can't wait for the compare/contrast segment tomorrow at school. On a side-note, can I just mention that this class is so sweet that they brought in stuffed animals for the movie?! Stay innocent as long as you can my lovelies! Aw! <br />
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Another thing I love about teaching over here (particularly at this school) is that the curriculum is so balanced. English is 1 hour a day (I've been able to add an extra on Mondays for reading comprehension/guided reading)<br />
Math is 1 hour a day<br />
Science 2 hrs/week<br />
Geography 1hr/week<br />
History 1hr/week<br />
ICT (ipads/computers) 1hr/week<br />
Art 1 hr/week<br />
PE 2-3 hr/week<br />
Music 1 hr/week<br />
Languages (2 languages) 2 hr/week<br />
D&T (design and technology) 1hr/week...currently making musical instruments!<br />
RE 1 hr/week...currently cut down to 30 min this term because of gymnastics <br />
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And I only teach English, Geography and History (and whole school Gymnastics) out of all those subjects! How lucky! I teach each of those subjects to a couple grade levels, but it's still very manageable. What do you think about a balanced curriculum? Do you think your school is too heavy in one area?<br />
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Health-wise, things have returned back to crapville. The summer was not bad, but once the weather changed and I was back to work, it was back to sinus infections day.after.day.week.after.week. I've seen an EMT again and am trying to get my nose scan scheduled....anyway I feel like a broken record talking about this constant health problem that never seems to get better. I know it could be worse. But grrrr. It could be so much better! Must persevere!<br />
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Well I was going to talk about the Big Writing focus we have at our school, but I think I've talked long enough. Hope you are all well and enjoying life!<br />
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