I work at an arts integration magnet school. We’re all at various levels of comfort with our art integration and I am often looking for new and different ways to incorporate the arts into our day. Part of our job as classroom teachers isn’t just to have the arts present in our classroom, but to also teach relevant concepts with the arts. I have learned a lot in my first couple years in this building,
After a couple weeks, and a much needed Winter Break, we headed back to school last Tuesday. We only had a 4 day week that first week back and with it being a shorter week, switching things up in my reading block a bit, and wanting time to review procedures, I decided not to do our regular reading routines and curriculum. Instead, I reintroduced Martin Luther King Jr. to the kids. As luck would have
Last week we took a look at Character Traits. We spent a lot of time discussing how traits described a character on the inside. We also talked about adjectives, though the students often gave the characters nouns as traits. We’ll work on that during our next go around. We started by taking a look at Lulu because she’s a phenomenal, big character in the books. If you aren’t familiar with Lulu and the amazingness Judith
This year is a whole new world for me. I’m teaching science on a daily basis. I feel like I know nothing about anything science so it’s been a challenge to really feel like I’m doing it well. It’s been so much fun keeping things engaging. And, I’ve transferred to a different school in my district and it’s an arts magnet. Arts. As little as I know about science, I know even less about anything
I’ve spent the last 15 years teaching in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades, and working beside elementary classrooms as an instructional coach and resource support. I’m passionate about math, literacy, and finding ways to make teachers’ days easier. I share from my experiences both in and out of the elementary classroom.
