tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11334369.post111338403499909872..comments2024-03-23T00:20:51.413-05:00Comments on Sara Holbrook's Blog Spot: Mill Valley Elementary, Marysville OHsara holbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09500715824049610614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11334369.post-1113531714581449292005-04-14T21:21:00.000-05:002005-04-14T21:21:00.000-05:00Thanks for the input (chuckling) but if you ask a ...Thanks for the input (chuckling) but if you ask a class of 5-6 year olds to just go with what they are into the first one will stick a pencil up his nose, the second will take her shoes off and begin practicing ballet moves in the finger paint, the third will take off for Australia and you will still have 23 more to worry about.<BR/><BR/>What the teacher did here was to ask the kids to make 3 I am statements and one I will be statement allowing the student to personalize the poem, learn something about the difference between present and future tense and a little about the benefits of specific examples.<BR/><BR/>These are the legos the writer will use in later years to build their own poems, essays and stories. It's a long journey to find our voices.sara holbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09500715824049610614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11334369.post-1113530301560984312005-04-14T20:58:00.000-05:002005-04-14T20:58:00.000-05:00we're talking kindergarteni'm sure ms. holbrook is...we're talking kindergarten<BR/><BR/>i'm sure ms. holbrook is happy if the students remember to make it to the potty on time<BR/><BR/>while some may consider community college lower education i doubt that it correlates with a 5 year oldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11334369.post-1113491970364751952005-04-14T10:19:00.000-05:002005-04-14T10:19:00.000-05:00hmmm - i teach at a community college, so i guess ...hmmm - i teach at a community college, so i guess my experiences aren't directly relevant...<BR/><BR/>for me, one thing i have learned is to suppress my own ego and agenda and allow students to discover on their own. for example, i had a plan of something to do the other day - as it turned out the students started in another direction - the old me might have tried to move them in the direction i wanted them to go, but they were learning and they were into it, really motivated - so i let them go...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617786206678927288noreply@blogger.com