Week 4

This weeks class was very different but I enjoyed it!! Not that I didn't miss Mrs Terri during because I KNOOWWW she must be enjoying herself on her vacay BUT I enjoyed it because we logged in and we listened to the recording she so graciously pre-recorded for us and got to watch it on our own time and own pace which is VERY helpful as a mom when trying to wrestle a young baby around...speaking of...my baby turned ONE today!!! Bittersweet moment!! 

Anyway, (wiping away tears),  what I took away from class Wednesday was the readers theater the kids had done. I love readers theaters and I loved watching it with a third grade class I observed a few years ago. They did a theater on Coyote and Rabbit and it was a cute story! Readers theater is giving each students a script to read from and they either take turns reading a part or act the part alone. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. No memorization, costumes, blocking, or special lighting is needed. Presentations can easily be done in a k-3 classroom. Scripts are held by the readers. Though they don't use props, I think it would be a nice addition to make the reading more interesting especially for students. It would help them feel more the character and create more emotion while they read. 

Word Walls

I had an emergency with my daughter on Wednesday so I was unable to stay for class, but, after reading a few blogs from Wednesday we had fun talking about word walls! I LOVE word walls! This first word wall is my favorite if I had to choose which one to do for my classroom. I would also choose a different place for the current sight words of the week on a different word wall and have this become my yearly word wall. It's colorful and organized.

This word wall is the same idea but is less organized and looks more confusing. Maybe just because the color is too bright and some of the words overlap the lines so I would be a bit distracted that way rather than looking at the words. I would also like word walls for different subjects. Like have math terms on one wall, English vocab on another, and so on.  

Week 2 Blog 2

Looking through the vocabulary for chapters 1-3, I used just a few from chapter 1. The "Look-say" method, the Zone of Proximal Development and anecdotal record keeping. The Look-Say method as stated in the textbook is a phonics approach that requires a child to learn as sight words which means that these words need to be memorized so they are recalled on sight. All of this makes total sense but I had just never heard it called that before.


The next word is the Zone of Proximal Development. I had heard of this before but never knew the meaning until I read through the chapter. This is a "zone"of what children can do on their own and their ability to solve problems. Going outside that zone is where they're learning something new that is out of their comfort zone and it challenging to them.

Lastly, I chose the anecdotal record keeping. It was listed under the types of formal assessment measures. It is used as a note taker/recorder for teachers to keep track of a students behavior or actions throughout the year. It keeps track of individual students' academic work, interests as well as their behavior. Whenever a students card becomes full, it will go into their personal portfolio. I really like this idea to keep throughout the year because I am terrible at remembering things and this tool will be perfect to look at at the end of the year to see how far a student has come academically and as a student.

Next weeks assignment will be to write the 100 DOK questions.

Class Wednesday 5/3

Class on Wednesday night was a very busy night for me but I am excited to be in this class this summer! I am looking forward to "meeting" new people and getting touch with previous classmates. Our first assignment is the scope and sequence and let me say, when I first heard of a scope and sequence, it frightened me! I first had to create on in my Teaching science to elem students class with Mrs. Haven and it turned out NOT to be as scary as it looks. It took a little time to put everything together but it turned out to be pretty simple. I'm hoping that the rubrics follow closely together, that way I wont be so overwhelmed if they're not.
Also, I still have my blog set up from 338 class with Mrs. Wright and we had fun with blogs! So, I am looking forward to getting to use them again.

Two truths and a LIE

SO here is my first blog post for our summer EDUC 337 class and we are to write Two truths and a lie: 


1. I won state in basketball in high school and played in college for three years and went to nationals.
2. I once went to an Eric church concert and he held my boot up on stage while he sang. 
3. I have been been to Florida 5 times in my life. 

Which are which?!