INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #4 (30 mins)
Utilize receptive and expressive language arts to better understand self, others and the world. View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• Experiencing both receptive (i.e., listening, reading and viewing) and expressive (i.e., speaking, writing and v…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #5 (38 mins)
Apply strategic practices, with scaffolding and then independently, to approach new literacy tasks.
• Help students to strategically approach literacy tasks in order to make intentional decisions about when, where and how to apply thinking and learning processes
• Independence and tra…Read More

My 5th graders have taken a deep dive into their hometown history thanks to our grant!

So far we have used chromebooks to research ancestry classroom ( I highly recommend if you are doing a project of this nature, to view census data, population changes & countries of origin for those moving into Jenkins at the height of the first coal boom. We…Read More

My students are excelling in presenting research projects thanks to the microphone provided through the grant.

I have quite a bit to share since my last post. As with almost anything you attempt in life, issues will arise. Of course, we are not exempt, and we have run into a major issue with our green house. Around the end of November, a wind storm demolished it. Luckily, with some pleading and praying, I was able to get it replaced. Unfortunately, I just…Read More