It's been a long time since I've written. I needed to take a break from everything related to my course...well, that's not true...I continued teaching and using technology, but analyzing it all and being deliberate about using it specifically to record my adventures with it for all of you to read...I didn't want to do that for awhile.
but now it's August and school is right around the corner. In fact, I am going to a two day seminar this week about teaching Kindergarten. I have my grade one class back, but because of the over-enrollment of the K's, the school admin is putting a few of those in my class. I don't know how to teach Kindergarten. I know BC has changed the K curriculum and it is now "play-based", but how will I do that with the grade 1's? Guess I'll find out.
So this year I'll be concentrating on figuring out how to do a K/1 split. I know already that the 1's I have in my class are not as academically bright as last year's, but I also know, with great thanksgiving, that they are not as behaviourally challenging either! Whew! I have a few ESL students in my class this year and so will be looking at learning how to incorporate learning for them.
So I do want to continue learning, reading, and reflecting. Feel free to come along for the ride.
