Lincoln Logs

The linking learning never stops!!! Did you know that John Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright, had some connections to this area — he designed several homes in Long Beach and Coolspring Elementary School in Michigan City!! He was also the inventor of Lincoln Logs.

Thank You

On behalf of Dr. Eisenhauer and myself we want to thank you for a great semester. We have both enjoyed working with all of you and through the many projects we planned this semester we were able to truly find your strengths as future teachers. Continue to persevere to make your dream of becoming a teacher come true. You are almost there and will soon reap the benefits of having your own classroom filled with naturally curious learners.

Great summer reading

Here is the reference for the book I shared in class today: Peterson, R. (1992). Life in a crowded place: Making a learning community. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. It will give you some things to think about before you begin student teaching!
Enjoy.

Last Class

Hey everyone! Don't forget to bring what you signed up for last week to class tomorrow!!

I am currently working on making the informational graphs relating to the feedback from Pine Family Night. I was wondering if anyone can help me out in naming all of the stations that were there that night. So far I have:

Music
Toys
Perseverance (what did the station entail?)
Log Cabins

So I believe I am missing two stations. If you could let me know which ones I missed I would appreciate it. Thanks!

Pine Family Night Feedback

For your information, the data from the feedback forms from Pine Family Night are now posted. You may choose to use this for your ICP Key Assignment, or you may choose to write a narrative analyzing the assessment/evaluation process that we used. Did it work? Did you receive the information you wanted? How might you adapt this in the future? You may submit your Integrated Curriculum Plan to Dr. Eisenhauer on Taskstream anytime before Monday. Good luck!

Last Class

Just a reminder we will be having a panel of student teachers visiting our class on Monday, April 27, 2009 to talk about their student teaching experiences. Come to class with any questions you may have concerning student teaching. The panel will be there at 8:30 a.m. so please be punctual.

Also since there is no education banquet this year Common Denominator will be performing for the student teachers and any other education students who would like to celebrate the end of the school year on Tuesday, May 5th at the Crossroads Lounge in Westville from 4-7 p.m. You must be 21 to attend. This is a free event. Come on out and support Graham Smith, Dave Ferris, and Dr. Pratt. Hope to see you there.