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Course 5 Final Project

April 29, 2013
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Course 5 Final Project

Well, it has all come to an end.  As much as I am excited about completing all five courses, I am sad to see this program come to an end as well.  The COETAIL Program has been nothing but a positive experience for me.  I really don’t think I would be where I am now…

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Final Days of My Course 5 Project

April 19, 2013
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Final Days of My Course 5 Project

My Realistic Fiction Unit is coming to an end.  The students and I have been working on creating stories with a beginning that catches the reader’s attention, a middle where the problem is introduced, and an ending that involves the solution to the problem.  From…

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Finding the Balance

April 1, 2013
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Finding the Balance

My Course 5 project is coming together slowly, but surely.  I am working on redefining a Realistic Fiction writing unit with my second grade students.  I have changed my mind twice now on how I would like the students to create their end project.  What…

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My second graders are blogging???

March 22, 2013
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My second graders are blogging???

As I start to write this post, I feel my fingers can’t type fast enough to balance the excitement I’m having over my second graders blogging.  Yes, it is all…

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Experimenting

March 5, 2013
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Experimenting

After attending a fabulous iPad conference (Transforming Learning with the iPad) a couple of weekends ago, I couldn’t wait to get back to my classroom and try some of the…

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