Hello everyone,
Here we are at late fall! These last few months at school have gone by so quickly!
I enjoyed meeting some of the parents of students I work with when I joined several teacher parent conferences last month. It's nice to learn more about my students by learning more about their lives outside of school-- their families, their activities, and their interests.
Today I was reminded that in the course of teaching, I get to be a learner too. Sometimes wonderings and questions come up. One of the things I like about ready access to technology in the classroom is how easy it is to quickly find out answers, without taking much time away from the flow of the work we're doing. Today I, along with a group of students, learned that the fastest animal in the world is a peregrine falcon when it is in a dive.
With a group of Kindergarten students, we have been exploring things connected to trees. It is fun to watch the excitement of 5 and 6 year olds holding cross sections of trees, noticing the rings and the bark, and developing the language to talk about their observations.
We wrapped up the 1st grade Pebbles, Sand & Silt unit with a trip to the Rice Rock Museum. That was a fun trip, and I'm glad I could join all the 1st graders and their teachers and several parents on that trip.
Whether I'm working with students within the context of their whole class, or whether I'm pulling out a small group for half an hour, I am enjoying teaching and learning with my students.
Feel free to stop by 206, my "home base" here at Grout.
~Kristin
