I went on a test run today around town, and I am good to come back to school as planned! I'll be sporting a little extra equipment, as you can see, but I am excited to be back at work and to see my wonderful class! I have missed you guys so much!
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Beauty of Technology
Well, if I can't be at school in body, at least I can check in via FaceTime! I had a nice little visit with our class today. It was great to chat with them and see their smiling faces! Hope to be back to see you all in person next week!
Friday, February 8, 2013
Mr. Comedian
Shareed keeps us pretty entertained all the time, but he was really cracking us up today when he came back from Mrs. Williams' class sporting some interesting new sunglasses!
Happy Friday!
Monday, February 4, 2013
African-American Read-In
Today we had a surprise guest visit our classroom to celebrate Black History Month. Dr. Patricia Green-Powell from the College of Education at FAMU read the story, Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) to our class this morning.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Changes in Reading
Parents,
As we are all aware, FCAT time is creeping closer and closer. Because of this, we will begin making some changes to our reading curriculum starting this week.
Instead of focusing on the Imagine It story all week long, we are going to only read it together for about two days maximum in class. The class is welcome to continue to look over and study the story at home, and we will do some activities with the story in centers. However, we are going to begin doing more "cold reads" (stories the students have never seen before) and focusing on FCAT based questions.
You will also begin to see a change in homework beginning tonight. Instead of our usual vocabulary page on a Monday, the students brought home an FCAT Practice page. Please go over the story and questions with your child, to help them be sure they are answering the question based off the test, and are aware of any "tricks" that may be there to trip them up. My best advice is to have them underline in the story where they find their answers (we do this in class) and have them underline key words within the question.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me, or set up a conference.
As we are all aware, FCAT time is creeping closer and closer. Because of this, we will begin making some changes to our reading curriculum starting this week.
Instead of focusing on the Imagine It story all week long, we are going to only read it together for about two days maximum in class. The class is welcome to continue to look over and study the story at home, and we will do some activities with the story in centers. However, we are going to begin doing more "cold reads" (stories the students have never seen before) and focusing on FCAT based questions.
You will also begin to see a change in homework beginning tonight. Instead of our usual vocabulary page on a Monday, the students brought home an FCAT Practice page. Please go over the story and questions with your child, to help them be sure they are answering the question based off the test, and are aware of any "tricks" that may be there to trip them up. My best advice is to have them underline in the story where they find their answers (we do this in class) and have them underline key words within the question.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me, or set up a conference.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
More Literacy Week Fun!
Today we had Celebrity Readers come to our classroom to read a story to the class. Our class was visited by several FAMU Football players! They read, "Faces of the Moon" to tie into our unit about space. It was very exciting!
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