Welcome and Introductions
Please introduce yourself to the rest of the class by answering the following questions:
1) Your Name
2) School/City
3) Grade level and subject that you teach
4) Hobbies
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7 comments:
Jayne Barta
St.Charles School, Hartland
middle school language arts
I don't have time for hobbies! I have a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old and I teach full time. I'm very busy, but I love it.
Shelly Van Daalwyk
Westside Elementary, Kimberly
3rd grade
My hobbies include playing volleyball, scrapbooking (I'm not sure if I can count that since I'm about a year behind, relaxing at our family cottage, and chasing around two young children (a 4 year old and a 9 month old)
Renee Konczak
Beaver Dam Unified Schools
Library Media Specialist teaching ITL skills to Grades 2-5 & library admin.(3 schools and 8 libraries)
My hobbies include: my 4 grandchildren, travel, reading, gardening,camping,& knitting BUT I have to work to find time for all but the Grandchildren!
Sam Fuchs
Tibbets Elementary, Elkhorn
3rd Grade Teacher
I mostly just love being outdoors. In the winter I ski, snowshoe, and even went dogsledding a few weeks ago, and in the summer I enjoy traveling, hiking, and fishing.
Sandy Bestul
Monroe Schools
2nd grade
I like to do puzzles. I also enjoy working outside in the summer. I can't wait til the weather gets warmer and the flowers start to grow!
Tamara Hoffman
Hamilton Middle School - Madison
Reading Teacher grades 6-8
My most recent hobbie includes shoveling, however I'm looking forward to gardening, both flowers and veggies. I also enjoy reading, and spending time with my 4 kids (ages 9, 8, and 4 1/2yr. old twins).
First, I do not teach reading in the classroom on a daily basis. This course is an attempt on my part to become more familiar with this area of the curriculum. After asking two of our reading recovery teachers this question, this is what I found:
The Beaver Dam Unified School District provides a balanced language arts program to develop all phases of successful communication. In order for students to grow and function well in our ever changing society, they need to be able to communicate effectively in various ways. Program goals:
1.To provide adequate attention to all essentials of the arts- reading, listening, speaking, writing and reasoning.
2.To provide a knowledge of language development.
3.To accommodate a range of learning abilities and needs.
4.To stimulate and sustain interest while continually introducing new skills and reviewing and extending prior skills.
5.To stimulate an appreciation and valuing of language skills for educational purposes and for communication in daily living.
This is an old statement that is in the process of being re-done by our reading, language arts committee.
I believe it is weak in this form because it is not specific enough regarding the reading program, which is very much in the forefront in our elementary schools! We currently are developing classroom libraries and this is difficult for me as an elementary librarian because I see students loosing the ability to be exposed to the many and varied types of resources available to them and which they need to learn to use as they get older. At the same time I see it as a way to strengthen the tie between ALL areas of the curriculum and the importance of reading. I am unable to find any strenghts in this very braod and all encomposing statement about the districts reaidng philosophy.
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