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Collaborative discussions

Teaching poetry as a volunteer in Forest City High School.

One student asked me to take a picture with her on my last day!

Having desks next to one another rather than across allowed for a more comfortable, approachable environment.

Talking with a group, giving them some feedback and asking questions.

I was able to join in on the discussion and give information, feedback, comments, and pose questions.

Decorating poems and poster boards!

Me and some of my fellow classmates serving food at the North Iowa Food Kitchen.

Explaining an assignment to some students who missed class.

Smiles 🙂 with eighth graders

Math game

Brainstorming some ideas.

Look how big it is! Creating the Eiffel Tower out of canned/boxed food.

This was my creative student, who used (and introduced me to) Smore to make a newsletter.

A collaborative, movable classroom for discussion on role of women, Marin and Alicia in House on Mango Street.

Taking turns writing on the board.

A little ice-cream treat

Having a celebration for the two boys our class tutored all semester.

Working one-on-one with a student.

Students were really engaged, almost climbing over one another to write their ideas on the board!

Helping make the homemade ice cream

Our class [teachers] with our little boys! Bronson, age 10 on the left and Blake, age 7 on the right.

Now that the students formed groups of different colors, they had the responsibility of sharing their information with the rest of their group members!

Here’s one student’s Fakebook profile for her wolf.

Taking turns mixing

My focus for conferences was to appear confident, knowledgeable about each student, and give excellent eye contact.

My 4th hour English 10, a tough crowd to get to smile! 😛

Creating a poster with glitter, of course!

Integration of technology and teaching

Posing with our Norton textbooks on my last day!

Hands-on learning

My cooperating teacher and I set up the desks to be in semi-circles. That allowed teachers and parents to be in closer proximity.

Goofing around with my period 6 eighth graders

Circle-rug time

Enjoying some home-made ice cream

What is the Old Man and the Sea about?

Here’s a student who created a poster.

Me and my fellow student teachers at our post-grad dinner!

Goofing around with my eighth graders, period 3

Explaining the assignment and homework.

Two of my Kindergartners playing ‘Top It’ before heading to lunch.

At first the activity was a little awkward. Students got up and weren’t sure what to do, as I hadn’t given them a clear set of directions.

My ‘I Can’ board with our latest standards added!

Students had fun with this activity!

Silent discussion about friendship.

Working on the writing portions or interactive portions of the project in class.

Me and some of my fellow classmates serving food at the North Iowa Food Kitchen.

Kindergartners working on math

Here we defined what friendship meant to us as a preview to our reading in House on Mango Street.

My English 10 students created ‘Morrie Poems,’ about the influential people in their lives.

Room with colored, movable desks

Working individually with a student.

One-on-one reading

Creating the Eiffel Tower out of canned/boxed food.

Hangin’ with the Writing Center Crew

The tower of canned/boxed food items students created in their Dugout! All donated for the Food bank!

Here are two students cutting and pasting their poems on poster board to hang in the classroom!

Kinesthetic learning

I’ve even helped with math!

Taking a dance break with our student!

Honors 10, period 6!

Being goofy

Working one-on-one with a student on his marketing proposal in the Writing Center!

Here are the crests, hung and ready on the walls into the library/my classroom.

Balloons from my high schoolers!

Goofing around on my last day!

Discussion groups for TKAM

This student did a Prezi.

Visual adding

Having a good laugh with my honors kids 🙂

Daycare babies playing with bubbles

Small-group reading

Selfie with my 2nd period!

Students talked and gathered quotations

Long Night Against Procrastination at Waldorf College

Working individually with student tutoring

Getting images for their poems; gluing poems to the poster board.

My Classroom with ‘I Can’ Standards hung in the front. I created this to hold the standards/statements for students to view every day.

Helping one of the groups brainstorm quotes/examples of the Radley House/Story Progression.

Working on revising

We are so busy reading!

Attaching poems to construction paper for some color.

Me and my first placement (Mason City High School) cooperating teacher, Deadra Stanton. A wonderful woman and wonderful experience!

PJ Day at Forest City Middle School!

Shaving cream letters and numbers!

Working together on projects

Counting animal crackers