

S17: Blog 8: Room Rearrangement!
This past week I spent a couple hours afterschool rearranging my classroom with the help of my PRT (partnership resource teacher aka...


S17: Blog 6: Cat Week
This past week in ELA was known as what my CT affectionately refers to as “Cat Week” because it’s the week where students read the text...


S17: Blog 5: Lessons from Lesson Study
This past week I participated in a lesson study with two other residents, Sara and Heather, who also teach 5th grade at my school. Our...


Blog #7: Classroom Community
A classroom seeming like a community, like a family, is one of the most important things that we can provide to our students. Near the...


Blog #3: Knowing Your Students
Recently in my classroom management course our instructor did a read-aloud of the book by Jeff Gray and Heather Thomas (2005). This books...


Blog Post #2: Morning Meeting
This past week in my seminar class for my internship it was my turn to lead the Morning Meeting. The Morning Meeting consists of four...