My Philosophy


I believe it is important to create a community where all learners feel safe, respected and have a sense of belonging. It is important to focus equally on the social, emotional and academic needs of students. I strive to meet children where they're at by differentiating instruction, choosing developmentally appropriate activities and providing a balance between teacher-directed and self-directed learning. I value play, the arts, movement, creativity and laughter as important and meaningful parts of the learning process for children.



Thursday, October 18, 2012

Working With Partners

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Firefly First grade spent the week practicing partner reading and partner writing during Readers' and Writers' Workshops.  We also talked about strategies readers use when they get stuck.  We are continuing to learn about digraphs in Fundations.  We explored odd and even numbers in math and made a conjecture.  Our conjecture was "when you add two odd numbers you get an even number".  We also explored repeating and growing patterns.  In science, we continued to learn about technology and chemical engineering and learned  how a "recipe" and a "process" are alike and different.  
 

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