Goodbye Spring.....Hello Summer!

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We did it!! we've successfully completed ED646!! Thank you all...it was a great learning experience.....Its time to say goodbye....to Spring that is, and HEEELLLLOOOO Summer!!

Final Farewell

The time has finally arrived and we must but bid each other a fond farewell, at least for the summer. It has been great being in class with you and working together to get our A's for the semester of ED 646. I do have to say that I have learned a great deal about being a reading specialist and I am looking forward to being able to apply all the theory I"ve learned about reading.

See you all next semester. Have a great summer, Christine and Mar, we need to meet for our ESL Praxis. We're done with ED 646 but we still have the darn test to take.

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A necessary farewell

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends. ~Richard Bach

We're sure to meet again, Ladies. It's been a full semester with a lot of information gained and shared. I've taken things from each of you (no, you can't take them back!) and I can say I'm a better student and teacher as a result. I'll see you soon!

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Doing, doing--DONE!

We've certainly made this semester count! We've tried out a lot of what we've only read about (mentoring, producing action plans, presenting to paraprofessionals as literacy coaches), and while it has been tough (check me out, I only had one class and I'm complaining?) I feel it has been worth it. Fifteen weeks is just about done, and we've fit in a lot of living into them, huh? Let's try to squeeze in a comparative amount of resting and relaxing into our summers, shall we?

“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” --Abraham Lincoln

A working Mother's Day!

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"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life"- Abraham Lincoln

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in Education and to my colleagues who are mothers.

In memory of my mom, your love and prayers will forever live in me.

What's the greeting from CNMI??

Well, it's "Hafa Adai," for those of us who might not have had our coffee today--or Tuesday (me). Taking a page from our activity, I asked my students to share different phrases from their language. The classes were so into the "weird" and challenging sounds in each other's languages! It was nice to tap on the "experts" in the class and highlight the value of their existing knowledge. I was only shooting for a few phrases, but the classes kept wanting to find out more. I miss doing this, and I hope that in the years to come I can make this a regular thing--maybe a weekly phrase from all the languages represented in the class?

Today I tried the Speaking/Listening Activity with my students. I cut down the speaking time to one minute, but students still had a hard time coming up with topics to speak about. It was funny for them to realize that they love to talk during class time but couldn't bring themselves to speak for a minute in front of the class. As much as I'm looking forward to the summer, I already know that I'm going to miss my kiddies.

Down but not Out!!

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"Sickness is mankind's greatest defect." -Georg C. Lichtneberg

I have been feeling sick this past week, but because of SAT 10 I fought it until it caught up with me. Now I'm home, sick with a fever....and here I am still fighting!! I may be out sick, but I'm not down!!