DI

Hello Ladies!

It's taken me a few days to process our last session into what I can use in the classroom right away. We're learning so many great strategies that I want to jump in with both feet, but I feel that I will be much more effective if I start slowly and build on what works. I use DI in my classroom with literacy stations (if you want great books for lit. stations, read Literacy Work Stations and/or Making the Most of Small Groups by Debbie Diller), and I want to build on that by planning with KUD. I'm not exactly sure of the format that I will use. I want it to be usable for my subs and also I want to make it fit with our district requirements (we have to put lesson plans on the Lumens Website).

Does anyone have any great ideas for DI lesson planning?

M.

Getting to Know You..

During one of our meetings someone asked if we could go around and say something personal about ourselves (I think Jane?!). Here's a thread to post to, if ya wanna. :)

About me: Married to Joe for thirteen years (as of Tuesday!), one daughter, Mikala, who is 11 going on 21. We have two dogs: a cowardly, but loyal, chihuahua/terrier mix named Mollie, and a moose of a lab named Moses. I've have taught at Walnut Grove for 4 years, but I left during 06-07 to teach at Branson for a year (I know that's professional & not personal, but teaching is so much of who I am, as I'm sure is the same as with all of you). I'll begin my 7th year of teaching this year with another terrific group of 2nd graders. We enjoy traveling, geo-caching and spending time in the pool when we're not busy with school-year stuff. Joe plays for a band in El Dorado Springs, which keeps a lot of our weekends busy.

Favorites: reading, diet Dr. Pepper, anything chocolate and hanging out with the husband, kid and dogs.

New STARR blog

Hi fellow STARRS!

I had a great time getting to know everyone last week. I really enjoyed beginning our journey together and learning from all of you. You are a talented bunch and I learned so many ideas to take back to my second-graders.

Question for all of you English teachers: Do you know the name of a company I can contact to have a child's book bound in hardback?

I look forward to seeing everyone on the 16th!

Mary D.