What I Have Learned ...

How do I put my feeling of the summer session into words? I can only think of “WOW that was a WILD ride”! I have learned so much in the short time we were together this summer. The blog was a wonderful tool to use when expressing my feelings about a reading or just something from my day that sparked a thought. The textbooks for the summer session were AWESOME and will continue to help me throughout my years of teaching ahead. I have learned so many new and exciting things that I could adapt to my first grade classroom that will truly be an asset to my students.  The time spent with my classmates in class and outside the four walls of the classroom have been an eye-opener to say the least. I have gained so many ideas from my peers; ideas I would have never thought of in a million years. While I most definitely look forward to my summer, the work will continue and my brain will continue to turn and process all that I have learned and all that I still have to learn in the upcoming year.

I can’t wait to share the strategies that I have gained from these two summer classes with my colleagues. The ideas found in Chapter 9 of Schell and Fisher’s Teaching Social Studies: A Literacy-Based Approach will truly benefit my students in new and exciting ways. I can’t wait to explore the world of Hot Seat and Quickdraws in my classroom. Book Talks from Chapter 4 and always been a favorite with my students and it was exciting to be able to read about something I am already doing in my classroom in one of the books we were asked to read.  Daniels and Bizar’s Teaching the Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 was my favorite book. I want to be a BEST PRACTICES teacher and with this book by my side, I hope to be one in the near future.

I look forward to a fun-filled and LEARNING-filled fall semester J