Workshop

So, you know when you get really excited about a school year and you can't stop thinking? I'm totally there right now. I had a coaching session this morning with Carrie Rolling and it just has me so excited. She shared some ideas from the book To Understand by Ellin Oliver Keene and I just read 2 chapters tonight and didn't want to stop, but it is getting late...

Anyway, I'm acting the way I act when I'm taking a class. I'm taking notes over what I read. If I owned this book, I'd totally have highlighted it up. I'm looking at ways to apply this new information to my class and I'm so excited.

I know I usually use this blog for technology, but I think I'm branching out because I just needed a place to share my awesome learning and feelings about it and this is my blog, so it's where I plan on doing it.

I'm so excited to really revamp the way I do my reading and writing instruction this year. I'll move away from my quasi-workshop model and really dive into what it is meant to be. I'm so excited to be a part of the PDN with Ellin Oliver Keene and Debbie Miller. I can't wait to dive in with others on this journey and really see how far we can push ourselves and our students this year as we focus on literacy.

I'm so excited for such a wonderful group of kids who all want to learn. They aren't all proficient, in fact, many are behind where I'd like them to be at this point in the year, but I have no doubts that we are all going to grow and develop as readers and thinkers this year.

I'm pumped! Here's to a great year of learning!!!

Starting Back Up

This summer I had a great chance to rest and relax and I am so excited for this school year. In considering BOAT and its purpose, I am really excited to focus on making my lessons go deeper in the SAMR model. I think right now I use it a lot as a supplement, so really digging deep and using technology more effectively will be exciting. I'm ready to roll this year. It's going to be a great year of learning!