mycutegraphics.com Welcome to my first linky party! Please submit a link to your favorite blog post. There is a wealth of information out there. I would love for everyone to share their best work/ideas in one place. Please link up to make this a valuable resource to reference. On a side note, I sell on eBay and promote other sellers. If interested check out my eBay Store: Lowery's Loft . My username on eBay is GroovyEducator (just like this blog).
I have been selected as one of twelve teachers across the nation to participate in Saavas’ Inaugural Literacy Fellowship. They are flying me to Chicago at the end of the month. I’m so honored and excited to discuss literacy with researchers and product managers. It will be an experience!
clip art courtesy of mycutegraphics.com TeachersPayTeachers Store Every Monday I have a quick circle time share session. This is when the children can choose one thing they want to share about after being away for the weekend. It takes about fifteen minutes but it saves so much time later in the day. It is also an inspiration for writing stories/journals and can be used for classroom management. When you are having a lesson and a student wants to share something off topic you can simply say, "I can't wait to hear more about that at our next share session." Usually I have a cute object we pass around the circle as we share. The rule is that we should only hear the person holding the object. This exercise is excellent in developing listening skills. It also allows me to review our 5 Star Listening rules briefly after every weekend. Some of the items I have had children pass around in the past are as follows an old microphone...
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