tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86642801092835752312024-03-14T10:19:03.471-07:00Peace, Love, and No. 2 PencilsMiss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-61319558517699193732012-08-30T16:23:00.002-07:002012-08-30T16:23:22.900-07:00Open House<div style="text-align: center;">
The LHES Open House was a success! I loved every parent and student I got to meet this evening, and I believe it went quite smoothly. I must say, however, after this long week of meetings, and frantically trying to set up my classroom, I am ready for Tuesday! I am going to try my hardest to stay updated with my blog, but I make no promises as this is my first year of teaching. Amidst the struggle, stress, frustration (and hopefully some smiles), I will do my best to keep you updated on my progress as the year passes. Below are the most recent pictures of my classroom (which I am very proud of, if I do say so myself):</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from my door.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My class library, which still needs some work (as noted by the "Under Construction" sign). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My desk!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from my desk.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our rules and dismissal procedure.</td></tr>
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Miss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-89094662676089379812012-08-23T19:51:00.000-07:002012-08-23T19:59:58.436-07:00...And We're Back!<div style="text-align: center;">
I am happy to report that I've had a very relaxing summer, and I am now ready to embark on my first year as a teacher! I will be teaching second grade at Laurel Hill Elementary (GO LIONS!), and I could not be happier with my placement and the wonderful staff I will be working with. I am both excited and very overwhelmed by all the information I have been receiving during this past week at "Great Beginnings," but I am eager to set up my classroom and welcome my students at Open House. Below are a couple pictures of what my classroom looks like, and I will be posting new pictures once it's all decorated and ready for the first day!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the doorway.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left side of the room which includes the student cubbies and bathroom.</td></tr>
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Miss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-2922963869742160512012-04-20T13:20:00.001-07:002012-04-20T13:23:09.141-07:00Goodbye Scotties :(<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So I haven't posted in a while as I have been quite consumed by my job as a student intern, creating lesson plans, managing my classroom, and keeping up with my work sample. </div>
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I am happy to report that my students finished their geometry quilt squares, and it is now hanging proudly in the hallway for all to see! They worked very hard on this culminating activity, and they came up with some very creative ideas for our class quilt.</div>
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On a sadder note, today was my last day at McIntosh Elementary. I have truly enjoyed my time with my kids, and I have learned so much from my cooperating teacher, <a href="http://5thgraderocks5thgraderules.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Hager</a>. I could not have asked for a better placement or a better mentor to learn from. I will miss my fifth grade team greatly and hope I join a new team that is just as fun and friendly. I will never forget my time with these kids, and I feel so much more prepared for when I get a classroom of my own. They have made such an impact on my teaching future, and they will be missed. My time as McIntosh has only strengthened my love of teaching and my passion to teach others. I thank everyone who has helped me learn and grow throughout this experience. You have made me a better teacher, and I appreciate all you have done for me.</div>
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<br /></div>Miss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-51140673819348932252012-03-28T19:34:00.002-07:002012-03-28T19:34:42.244-07:00Linky Survey<div style="text-align: center;">
I am linking up with Mimi Hager from <a href="http://5thgraderocks5thgraderules.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">5th Grade Rocks 5th Grade Rules</a> to complete the teacher survey below. Here goes nothing...</div>
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1. Are you married, do you have a bf, or are you flying free as a single
lady/man?<br /><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #674ea7;"><em>I have the most wonderful boyfriend in the world, Brandon :)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />2. Where did you grow up?<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>I grew up in Burke, Virginia and moved briefly to Massachusetts before returning to Northern Virginia.</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>Yes, my kitty, Annabelle, is the cutest. My family also has three dogs: Franklin, Ranger, and Benjamin.</em></span>
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watching?</span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span><em><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Though I have not been following it as much lately, I have been known to watch Jersey Shore.</span></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> It's hard not to laugh while watching this show because it is so crazy and random. For an hour I can just laugh at how ridiculous these people sound and act.</span></em><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />5. Are you a
saver or a spender?<br /><em><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">I am definitely a spender. My money burns a hole in my pocket, but I really do need to learn to save more.</span></span></em><br />
<br />6. What is your favorite children's
book?<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>I love Lemony Snicket and <u>The Series of Unfortunate Events</u>.</em></span><br />
<br />7.
Were you the class clown, teacher's pet, or neither?<br /><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>I was definitely not the class clown. Sometimes I think I'm the only person that finds myself funny. I was probably more of the teacher's pet, but hopefully not in the obnoxious way :)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />8. Who is your
favorite athletic team?<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>I love the Yankees and Giants. Go New York!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />9. Where did you go on your last
REALLY fun vacation?<br /><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>St. Thomas for my boyfriend's sister's wedding. It was so warm and relaxing!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />10. Who is your favorite actor?
Actress?<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>Actor--Mark Wahlberg</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>Actress--Emma Stone</em></span><br />
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11. Tell
about the last time you cried because you were happy.<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>While watching the previews before a movie I cried because I was laughing so hard. If you are familiar with Despicable Me then you should know exactly what I am talking about. The preview for the next movie was so cute and funny that I couldn't control myself.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />12. What is your favorite season?<br /><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="color: red;"><em><span style="color: #674ea7;">My favorite season would have to be Fall. I love the changing colors and the cooler weather. There's just something about pumpkins, turkey, and football that make me all warm and fuzzy inside</span>.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />13. What is your biggest regret?<br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>I'm not sure if I have any regrets yet. I try and think of everything as a good learning experience instead of regretting something that cannot be changed.</em></span><br />
<br />14. What food do you just NOT like at
all?<br /><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>I hate seafood. End of story.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"></span><br />LAST BUT NOT LEAST FOR MY TEACHER
BLOG....<br /><br />15. Who was your most memorable teacher, and why?<br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><em>My most memorable teacher is my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Nix. She was so kind and really helped to instill a love of school in me. I have so many happy memories from sixth grade and hope that I can one day be the teacher a student looks back at as his/her most memorable teacher.</em></span></span>Miss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-29336714340078722192012-03-27T16:19:00.002-07:002012-03-30T05:33:24.657-07:00Tangram Quilt<div style="text-align: center;">
As my time in my Student Internship is running out, it's time to begin thinking about a culminating activity for my math unit on geometry! In talking with my cooperating teacher, we have come up with a pretty fun idea to display all of our knowledge on shapes. The activity directions are displayed below:</div>
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requirements that you must first meet before you are given permission to
proceed with your sculpture design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Glue your shape to the white square background
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">You may now begin you design!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The contractor has provided you with your
materials (the tangram shapes), and <u>you may only use these materials</u>
(you may, however, trade colors with a friend, but you must use all shapes
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Footlight MT Light","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Your sculpture may be a person,
animal, place, thing, etc.</span></div>
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background (you may decorate later).</span></div>
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provide 5-6 sentences that mathematically and narratively describe what your
sculpture is and what shapes you used.</span></div>
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completion of your designs, we will create a class quilt that will display all
of your wonderful hard work in our hallway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But remember: only one person’s sculpture will stand proudly outside
McIntosh Elementary!</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "SketchFlow Print"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b>As stated, all of the student's squares will be collected and displayed in our hallway as one giant math quilt. Stay tuned! Pictures of our final project to come after Spring Break :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Geometry-Quilt" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the complete project handout and rubric.<br />
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Want a great literature connection?! <u>Grandfather Tang's Story</u> is a perfect book to read your students while working through the geometry unit!<br />
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So it's been a little while since I've posted. I've found myself getting swamped beneath all of my requirements for my teaching internship. Who would have thought teaching would be this much work?! :) On a lighter side, our students got the chance to go to see the Virginia Symphony today at the Christopher Newport University Ferguson Center (my Alma mater!) We listened to some great music, including the theme song from Harry Potter :) Things are growing a little stressful as benchmarks approach and we realize just how much material we have left to cover. Our relaxing field trip was a nice break from the chaos that seems to be my life.</div>
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Through my student internship I have been learning more about the available technology and becoming more familiar with SMART board. The other day our newspaper club asked each class to take a poll on the students' favorite flavor ice cream. Instead of doing the standard, "Raise you hand if you like...," I used our SMART technology to administer the poll. My students moved the ice cream cone to indicate their favorite flavor on the table. It was a nice visualization of our favorite flavors of ice cream (and it tied in a little bit of math, which is always nice!).</div>
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My biggest struggle thus far in my student internship has been behavior management (an area in which I feel may people have difficulty). Luckily, I have the best cooperating teacher in the world, <a href="http://5thgraderocks5thgraderules.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mimi Hager</a>, and she has already taught me so much! </div>
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A simple, but VERY effective, strategy she uses is called "Plan B," and it goes a little something like this. As teachers we usually plan fun and exciting activities to do with our students. We like to refer to these plans as "Plan A." They usually include interactive SMART boards, games, centers, and partner work, and these are the lessons our students want us to teach because they are enjoyable. On the other hand, we have "Plan B." These lessons are student-taught straight from their textbook. They are completed quietly at their tables. Our students hate "Plan B" because they are boring, and most important of all, SILENT.</div>
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I have begun implementing "Plan B" in the classroom when the students cannot control their behavior and focus during a lesson. They are given a warning, and if their poor behavior continues, we go to "Plan B." I have started writing "Plan B" on the white board in the morning so that the students are aware that it is there. It serves as a little reminder of what choices they can make throughout the day. "Plan B" worked very well today, and I am hoping that the students' behavior will improve so that we no longer have to go to "Plan B."</div>Miss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-74393732858548814412012-03-13T19:36:00.003-07:002012-03-13T19:36:48.568-07:00No Reading Homework Tonight!So the topic of today's post is behavior management during small group. I love meeting with my small reading groups at the end of the day, but I have been finding it very difficult to control the rest of the class. Nothing seemed to work, and my students seemed to always be off task and too loud. <div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Today my cooperating teacher, Mrs. Hager over at <a href="http://5thgraderocks5thgraderules.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">5th Grade Rocks 5th Grade Rules</a>, came up with a strategy that was very successful! The idea is like a reverse game of basketball "HORSE." Instead of a letter being negative, the students word towards earning words through their good behavior and staying on task throughout our reading block. </div>
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I labeled different colored index cards with each of the groups books. Each group got a set of cards that said, "No reading homework tonight! (on the same colors). I had one card for each team with me at the back table that was labeled with an "X."</div>
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At the end of each rotation, if the students had stayed on task, their group would receive a card to put up on the board. If at anytime the groups were misbehaving, the teacher would simply hold up a strike card. As in baseball, three strikes and you're out! In terms of our activity, three strikes mean extra reading homework that night. It's really amazing how well students behave when there is extra homework on the line :) I am happy to report that this behavior management activity was a success, and I am hopeful that it will continue to work for our small reading groups. My students stayed on task and worked quietly while I met with my other reading groups (and they didn't have any extra homework).</div>
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We're getting into the spirit of St. Patrick's Day a early this year! My cooperating teacher found a cute St. Patty's Day craft which our students started on today. We had such cute (and creative) leprechauns. Next week our students will finish their craft by making their leprechauns talk. We have been learning how to properly use and write quotations, so our students will continue practicing by adding some speech bubbles.</div>
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And...exhale. The writing test is finally over! Today, our students finished the writing SOL prompt portion of the test, and they worked their little butts off. They have prepared so much for this week, and I hope that all their hard work is reflected in their scores. They did not go at it alone, however, and we were really thankful to those teachers and fellow Scotties who lent a helping hand and were there for moral support. I think the extra positive motivation gave our students the boost they needed to dig deep and do their best. </div>
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I'm so glad that our classroom can return to its semi-normal, chaotic self, but as reality sinks in, I begin to realize how much work we still have left to do and just how much material we have left to cover before the end of the year. While we do not have to focus as much on writing now, we are going to need to buckle down for the intense ride that awaits us on Monday!</div>Miss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-50057399323493890172012-03-05T17:44:00.000-08:002012-03-05T17:53:39.014-08:00Behavior Management<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbcpbc-6ZT2ukpuwsYmUMOGfQni1Crd0GlwTXmSFL0suBUG3MUtU0n8DBQEY0hUpktdmNzh5m4hKwHq_ipQjlpTuQS4MhCjj1NGNHbVF9bmGEmcXhatWKhBrw7Rm1Wpff9EktPLFGDQY/s1600/DSC00530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbcpbc-6ZT2ukpuwsYmUMOGfQni1Crd0GlwTXmSFL0suBUG3MUtU0n8DBQEY0hUpktdmNzh5m4hKwHq_ipQjlpTuQS4MhCjj1NGNHbVF9bmGEmcXhatWKhBrw7Rm1Wpff9EktPLFGDQY/s320/DSC00530.JPG" width="179" /></a></div>Miss Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03437269592988652205noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664280109283575231.post-48638602265554704242012-03-02T16:37:00.001-08:002012-03-04T14:43:07.750-08:00Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss<div style="text-align: center;">
Well, here it goes--my first blog post as a Student Intern. I am very excited to share my ups (and downs, as I'm sure there will be plenty). I hope to learn just as much as I plan to teach my students.<br />
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As the week comes to a close, our students helped celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss. The students participated in a school-wide parade in which every grade level displayed posters, sang songs, recited lines from popular books, and dressed up in honor of the legendary author. It was nice to allow the students a little time to unwind as we are quickly approaching the writing test (only one full school day left)! Our students designed posters in which they carried around the school. Their posters illustrations included book covers, characters, and birthday greetings for the Dr. I believe they enjoyed themselves, and it was a nice way to end a long week of writing preparation :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some students proudly display their Dr. Seuss posters.</td></tr>
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