tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467755462563450085.post1049499971302718601..comments2024-03-09T08:23:04.231-08:00Comments on His and Her Hobbies: Her School Year 14-15 ReflectionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12092826822626225992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467755462563450085.post-89904214669176826662015-07-18T06:50:31.907-07:002015-07-18T06:50:31.907-07:00This post caught my eye. School is just around the...This post caught my eye. School is just around the corner for me, with teachers having to report the first week of August. Also, I'm spending half of my July teaching writing clubs, and so school is on my mind.<br /><br />What changes or adjustments would I like to make for the next school year?<br /><br />* Communication: As a special education teacher, I find that a lot of communication gets taken care of by the regular classroom teachers. Anything I do tends to just duplicate efforts. I used to have a class site, newsletter.... but now just have a mailbox where my students can leave messages. :-)<br /><br />* Organization: Once again this year, I had to move rooms over the summer. The room I'll have isn't considered the most desirable by most teachers, but I'm trying to make it work. I negotiated for furniture and storage space. I also plan to buy some sitting chairs or beanbags to put by our window space.<br /><br />Like you, I'll be dealing with a new curriculum. Our writing program just got revamped. We had a workshop about it this past week. Another reason that school is on my mind!<br /><br />* Content: When I left at the end of the school year, I didn't have any plans to change content. I felt happy to be at the place where I had a system that worked. Then this summer I prepared a writing club curriculum that involved combining art (especially origami) with stories. Suddenly, I feel inspired to have my students get into reading by creating crafts to illustrate stories.<br /><br />* My Big Summer Project: After several years of turning down the option, I finally decided to try teaching two writing clubs. One was about combining art with writing, but the other was about how to use writing to rescue animals. The latter club even made the local news. Despite the success of clubs, I'm not sure that I want to give up my summer next year to teach. :-)Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591345148771025453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467755462563450085.post-32646873274506430662015-06-24T15:18:30.166-07:002015-06-24T15:18:30.166-07:00Oooh, I want to find a knitting book club. We can ...Oooh, I want to find a knitting book club. We can read Debbie Macomber.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467755462563450085.post-16642623396167118762015-06-24T04:42:23.550-07:002015-06-24T04:42:23.550-07:00Forty people knitting a quilt is pretty cool. The...Forty people knitting a quilt is pretty cool. The time together would be fun. Rhonda Albomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455873487349816911noreply@blogger.com