MariaB

MariaB - I have been teaching Kdg. for 7 years. I started out teaching 1/2 day kdg. , then I taught All Day Kdg. for 5 years, then this past year went back to teaching 1/2 day kdg. It was so hard to adjust. I really wish that every child had All Day Kdg. You can learn so much more because it's not so fast paced as a 1/2 program. This year the students came in and before I knew it they were gone.

I have 2 children. Billy is 4 and Olivia is 2.

My husband Bill and I on July 29th we will be married for 6 years.

Toolbox Reflection # 1 - I found interesting on the Quizlet website that you can make your own flashcards and quiz one another. I just took the cooperative learning class and I can use the flashcards as a review game. The students can play a game called Quiz, Quiz, Trade.

Toolbox Reflection #2 - I found interesting on the Answer Garden website that you can have a place to scribble on students answers. Usually I write on the easel their answers. But using Answer Garden would be something different for my students. Students would want to answer questions more. They might even want to start using it by coming up with their own questions.

Toolbox Reflection #3 - I explored the 3 principles of UDL. I'm starting to have a better understanding what UDL has to offer. There were many links with other resources. It was alot to go through but I got to go through the resources that sounded interesting.

Toolbox #4 - I went back to explore the 3 principles of UDL and I found some good ideas. The one was about decoding words and I found that a good website would be Starfall. That's the website I have on my computers at school. I was glad to see that I already have that.

Toolbox #5 - There was alot to browse but very interesting. I would really like to set up a class blog. I can post things on there so parents can be informed. Just in case you missed the paper that I sent home.

Toolbox #6 - I really liked going to the National Geographic Kids. There was something called "You Are Here" and it had a girl from Sydney, Australia talking about where she is from. I think that this would be great to see different parts of the world but not actually being there.