Hmmm....
I love to read. Currently I am counting down the days for the next Harry Potter book. But until then, and for most of the summer, I enjoy reading professional books, magazines, journals, etc. After attending a recent conference, I bought the speaker's book mostly because it applied specifically to the grade level I teach and the topic is an area I am interested in.
In Kindergarten we will write from the very beginning. Often teachers (I) get discouraged because we (I) don't know what counts as progress. Incorporating writing with reading is just a natural as peanut butter and jelly.
Anne McGill-Franzen couldn't have said it any better when she writes in her book Kindergarten Literacy "Watching a kindergartner learn to write is like watching a morning glory unfurl in the morning sun. One minute the child is writing faint scribble on the page, and the next time you turn around, the writing is in full bloom. What a thrill it is to see that full, bold color, and hear a new voice declaring itself to the world. And, oh, children have so much to say!"
Just a thought.
~All children can learn and succeed, but not on the same day, in the same way. William G. Spady~
~If they don't learn the way you teach, teach the way they learn.~
9/17/07
'Be who you are
and say what you feel
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind.' Dr Seuss
'A team is a mosaic' Charles Williams
'what a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow'. Lev Vygotsky.
10/4/07
- To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. -Anonymous
The highest reward for a person’s work is not what they get for it, but what they become because of it. -John Ruskin
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others. Danny Thomas
- Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you react to it. Charles R. Swindoll
