Blog Post #6 – Story Vines

In this post, I will be explaining what a story vine is and showing you one that I made about the story “Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. Story Vine Concept: The idea of creating a story vine has been taken from Robin Bright’s book, Sometimes Reading Is Hard, pages 91-92. Students will first read […]

Blog Post #5 – Diverse Classroom Library

In this post, I will be sharing the importance of having a diverse classroom library so that students from any background are able to connect or relate to books that are offered in my future classroom. By doing this little act, it will ensure that all of my students know they are welcomed, have a […]

Blog Post #4 – Literacy Stations

In this post, I am sharing a literacy station that I created for a kindergarten class. I had 4 groups of 6 students for about 10 minutes each. I was told beforehand that the students are working on and learning the letters of the alphabet so I decided to create an alphabet memory card game! […]

Blog Post #3 – VR & Literacy

In this post, I will be reflecting on my experience of VR (virtual reality) and the story “The Wolves In The Walls.” By Neil Gaiman. If you want to see my previous experience with VR and the SD5 design lab, please read my other blog post that you can find –> here <– We spent […]

Blog Post #2 – Read Aloud

For this post, I will be reflecting on a read aloud that me and my co-teaching partner Graham Smith did over 3 weeks in a grade 6 class. The book we read was “The Animal People Choose a Leader”, by Richard Wagamese. Below, you will see a read aloud template that we completed for this […]

Blog Post #1 – The One Book That Changed Everything…

In this post, I will be answering a set of questions provided from our instructor. Enjoy! 1.) Describe the “one book” that changed everything for me as a reader. 2.) How do I feel about reading? Explain 3.) What types of books do I like to read? 4.) List some hobbies and things I like […]

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