Touch the Hands of Tomorrow

"Teachers don't impact for a year, but for a lifetime." -Anonymous

A teacher's work is everlasting. All students remember the teacher that made the most difference in their lives.

The most interesting part of Chapter 10 was Taberski providing several key practices for doing one-one-one instruction with students. I like how she starts off her individual conferences with telling how the student is doing and she is very honest with her feedback. I could visualize her in the classroom as this dynamic teacher getting through to all her students. What a wonderful sight to see! A practice that I would love to take on if I do go back into the classroom one day!

A teacher's dream

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth." -Dan Rather

All teachers should believe that their students will be successful in life. Teachers are there to mold and shape them even if the students like it or not!

What I got out of Chapter 9 was Taberski discussing her "dependable" spelling pattern word wall. When I was a second grade teacher for seven years, I had a word wall of my own in my classroom. These words were used as spelling words and my students would define and use these words in their daily journal entries. My student won the Second Annual Second Grade Spelling Bee. Her winning word was "anxiously". It was also a word in my word wall!

Keeping Up with ED 647

"Tell me and I forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I'll understand." Chinese Proverb

Involving students in any kind of lesson is always a valuable way to teach them!

Its been awhile sine I last blogged. I apologize. Life and all of its obstacles have gotten in my way. I am going to try and be dedicated in consistently blogging to you all for the remainder of the semester. I have been good in keeping up with my assignments but I haven't been good at visiting this blogg site. I enjoy reading our chapters and writing a reflection about the different startegies and skills that Taberski discusses. I am preparing for our upcoming Lesson Plans and Position paper that is due for our class. How about you all? See you all soon!

Teaching should be meaningful

"A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops." -Henry Brooks Adams

To put it simply, a teacher gives direction to all their students. It is the student's choice to take that inspiration and become the great person that he/she is intended to be.

I enjoyed reading Chapter 8 because Taberski wrote about her experiences about guided reading. During my student teaching, my master teacher used this strategy in her reading. She was in charge of two reading groups while I was in charge of one. It was great to learn how to find the different kinds of books to fit each child's need in the group that I was in charge of. Eventually, I was in charge of the whole class which was a challenge that I embraced.