Expensive Readers,
Alright, alright!
I preserve getting questions and emails asking why this classroom weblog is now not being up to date. Clearly a proof is so as.
To start with, thanks, thanks, thanks on your help of this weblog. Your clicks (sure, we watched what number of guests we needed to this weblog) and feedback made this house what it was meant to be—a spot to share what was taking place in our classroom and a spot the place my college students may showcase their work and realize it was being seen by others past our classroom. The youngsters had been additionally in a position to obtain suggestions from relations, mates, former college students of mine and from folks they didn’t know from locations they might in all probability by no means see. We learn each remark aloud collectively. Thanks on your contribution to our studying.
Now, about that clarification. Final June, I retired from classroom instructing. Individuals at all times advised me that I might know when the time was proper to do that they usually had been right. I did!
This modification has given me the chance to place extra time into different issues that I really like. It’s a pleasure to have the ability to spend time working one on one with college students studying to learn. There was by no means as a lot time as I wished for this in our busy classroom. It’s additionally a delight to mentor lecturers and to talk to lecturers at conferences as a part of their skilled improvement. I’ve accomplished this for a number of years, however I really like that I now have extra time to place into the preparation that I need to do for these periods.
I talk about methods to attach your classroom with the world (similar to this weblog) and the way these connections might help you to show literacy and math. I additionally talk about utilizing robotics with younger kids and about utilizing iPads to create and be taught. You’ll be able to try all my shows and the sources I share right here.
So, when you’d prefer to get collectively for a espresso, for a chat or for a convention let me know!
This weblog and the 13 years of scholar blogs the youngsters created will stay on-line for instance of the facility of related studying and as a means for my former college students to proceed to entry their six-year-old studying.
Thanks once more on your help and for making this weblog the group that it has been. It grew to become greater than I ever dreamed it could possibly be.
Kathy Cassidy