We went outside to grab some fresh air with Reid and Briggs during one of the rounds. Briggs enjoyed the little creek near the education center. We saw a few fish and spotted a baby turtle.
Very proud of LPE!
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Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
February 3, 2013
Reading Bowl
Spencer and seven other 5th grade LPE students competed in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl at Valdosta State University this Saturday. They have been working very hard to prepare, some reading as many as 16 books! There were 6 intense rounds of questioning where teams competed to earn 10 points per question. At the end of the day LPE received a trophy for participation. Special thanks to our media specialist, Brenda Humphrey!!! She dedicated many after school hours helping our kiddos prepare.
We went outside to grab some fresh air with Reid and Briggs during one of the rounds. Briggs enjoyed the little creek near the education center. We saw a few fish and spotted a baby turtle.
We went outside to grab some fresh air with Reid and Briggs during one of the rounds. Briggs enjoyed the little creek near the education center. We saw a few fish and spotted a baby turtle.
August 20, 2012
Back To School
School is back and it's in full swing around here! It actually seems like we've been "back at it" for a while now. It takes me some time to get my classroom back in order every summer. I'm blaming my blog slacking and well, all my slacking on my classroom. :) This is what I walked into after returning from vacation.
"Lots of questions go through your mind,
All types of thoughts of every kind.
But sometimes we all get the jitters down deep
And that makes it hard to fall fast asleep.
So I've made this magic confetti for you.
Full of promises for the whole year through.
On Tuesday night when you lay down your head,
Just sprinkle some under your pillow in bed.
The confetti will help you sleep through the night
And wake up in the morning fresh and bright.
I'll sprinkle the confetti under my pillow, too
Because I am so super excited to see you!
Sweet Dreams Second Grader!
Love,
Mrs. Johnson"
And after a lot of hard work later...
Chester Raccoon from The Kissing Hand! :) We love him!
I just LOVE new school supplies!
Spencer and Briggs were excited to start the new year! Spencer is in fifth grade this year!!! This is the last year he will be at my school. Middle school is right around the corner now! He has sweet Mrs. Wilson for his teacher this year!
Rico walked the boys to class the first day to snap photos. I'm always so busy greeting my new kindergarteners. :( At least I get to see the great photos!
Briggs is in second grade this year and he has Mrs. Johnson. He brought home the cutest note from her when he went to Open House. He couldn't wait to get into it!
"Lots of questions go through your mind,
All types of thoughts of every kind.
But sometimes we all get the jitters down deep
And that makes it hard to fall fast asleep.
So I've made this magic confetti for you.
Full of promises for the whole year through.
On Tuesday night when you lay down your head,
Just sprinkle some under your pillow in bed.
The confetti will help you sleep through the night
And wake up in the morning fresh and bright.
I'll sprinkle the confetti under my pillow, too
Because I am so super excited to see you!
Sweet Dreams Second Grader!
Love,
Mrs. Johnson"
All ready to put these under his pillow! Isn't this the cutest idea? I'm totally stealing borrowing this one! He's definitely loving her class!
Welcome back to school everyone!
July 14, 2012
Being An Educator
I always knew I wanted to be an educator. There are so many teachers in my family so I guess it was inevitable. :) Teaching is an amazing profession! I get to experience children growing and changing right in front of my eyes everyday. I'm very partial to elementary education particularly kindergarten. I've taught kindergarten for eight years and to me there is tremendous growth packed in to one year of learning. LOVE my job! To me being an educator has always meant teaching children in a classroom. Now, it seems to be more.
I took the boys to get haircuts the other day and while we were there I found myself educating a few of the stylist about achondroplasia. I don't always feel the need to explain that Reid has achondroplasia or what it is. However, sometimes I do. The stylist who cut Spencer's hair walked over to see Reid and asked how old he was...If you have a child with a form of skeletal dysplasia I'm sure you can close your eyes now and finish the story. :) When I told her he was 8 months old she then asked if he was crawling. I said, "No, not yet". Then, I began to explain that he would be a bit behind in his gross motor skills because he was born with achondroplasia. Of course, she had the look of "say what?...achondro what?" I explained achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism. Her questions began to follow just as if I was in a classroom teaching my kindergartners about the duck billed platypus....questions, questions, questions.
Question: "Is that something that you carry and passed down to him?"
Answer: "Nope, it's a random mutation that occurs at or before the time of conception."
Question: "So, it can happen to anyone?!"
Answer: "Yep."
(She looked a little shocked and scared at this point. Trying not to roll my eyes, I told her the chances were pretty rare.) I hate to say that I wanted to roll my eyes but I am human and these questions do come often and it seems they are always the same. I could have done without the next comment of, "Well he's still very cute." What?!!! Still?? If I cut her some slack I'm sure she didn't really mean "still cute". I said, "Yeah he's cute! The cutest!" By this time Reid and I seemed to have the attention of three or four stylist in the salon. I was educating people right then and there but not in my classroom, not with lesson plans and not with an agenda...with life. My life. Reid's life. I realized right then the importance of teaching people about achondroplasia. Before I had Reid I knew nothing about achondroplasia and that is what I have to realize. People that ask questions don't know and they want to know. When I have five year olds in my classroom eager to learn I'm jumping with excitement inside. Why should people we bump into be any different? If I tell them about achondroplasia and Reid flashes his gigantic smile a few times, they will listen, learn and become comfortable about something they knew nothing about. As Reid's mom that is my new goal. I'll be an educator for the rest of my life. I won't retire and tuck it away, it will always be something I do.
I'm spending most of my time right now educating this guy!
I took the boys to get haircuts the other day and while we were there I found myself educating a few of the stylist about achondroplasia. I don't always feel the need to explain that Reid has achondroplasia or what it is. However, sometimes I do. The stylist who cut Spencer's hair walked over to see Reid and asked how old he was...If you have a child with a form of skeletal dysplasia I'm sure you can close your eyes now and finish the story. :) When I told her he was 8 months old she then asked if he was crawling. I said, "No, not yet". Then, I began to explain that he would be a bit behind in his gross motor skills because he was born with achondroplasia. Of course, she had the look of "say what?...achondro what?" I explained achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism. Her questions began to follow just as if I was in a classroom teaching my kindergartners about the duck billed platypus....questions, questions, questions.
Question: "Is that something that you carry and passed down to him?"
Answer: "Nope, it's a random mutation that occurs at or before the time of conception."
Question: "So, it can happen to anyone?!"
Answer: "Yep."
(She looked a little shocked and scared at this point. Trying not to roll my eyes, I told her the chances were pretty rare.) I hate to say that I wanted to roll my eyes but I am human and these questions do come often and it seems they are always the same. I could have done without the next comment of, "Well he's still very cute." What?!!! Still?? If I cut her some slack I'm sure she didn't really mean "still cute". I said, "Yeah he's cute! The cutest!" By this time Reid and I seemed to have the attention of three or four stylist in the salon. I was educating people right then and there but not in my classroom, not with lesson plans and not with an agenda...with life. My life. Reid's life. I realized right then the importance of teaching people about achondroplasia. Before I had Reid I knew nothing about achondroplasia and that is what I have to realize. People that ask questions don't know and they want to know. When I have five year olds in my classroom eager to learn I'm jumping with excitement inside. Why should people we bump into be any different? If I tell them about achondroplasia and Reid flashes his gigantic smile a few times, they will listen, learn and become comfortable about something they knew nothing about. As Reid's mom that is my new goal. I'll be an educator for the rest of my life. I won't retire and tuck it away, it will always be something I do.
I'm spending most of my time right now educating this guy!
Just look at those sleepy eyes ready for his story and then bed.
What is Moma getting? A book?
Choices, choices! :)
Tonight my precious guy wanted to hold the book and turn the pages!
Tonight's story of choice is near and dear to our hearts! The author is my uncle and the illustrator is my aunt! I love this book! I have a copy at home in Reid's nursery and in my classroom for my kinder kiddos! :)
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