Hello Lotties,
I have a bee in my bonnet about the prospect of all day kindergarten in multi-grade classrooms and I want to know what anyone else out there thinks about it. We know it's coming, so it's no use denying it any longer. This year I have 10 ks, 6 1s, and 5 2s, so it makes a busy morning, but at 11 am, when the ks go home I have the small group, so we get a lot of learning done, despite the fact that they are half way through the day already. If the ks were there all day, they would be tired, so there would be a lot of management and the 1s and 2s would not get what they are now. I'm trying to not be negative, so I'm looking for ideas from anyone who is doing all day K in a multi-grade classroom. HELP!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
On-Line Lottie
Hello Everyone,
Well, it's half way through October and hopefully our classes are up and running somewhat smoothly. Just in time for Halloween! I have two questions/requests. The first is a request. If anyone is going to the Rural Renewal Conference in Vancouver on the provincial pro-d day, would they stop me somewhere along the way and say hello. I will be wearing a committee name tag. I would also appreciate if you are a member of this blog if you could post a quick blurb to everyone after the conference about it: what you learned, what you liked/disliked, was the food good? The second is a question. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in participating in an "on-line Lottie?" The Rural Strategy committee has a very good mentorship program set up for new-to-rural educators, but not all rural teachers are able to participate. If you would like to be an on-line mentor, or you would like to have an on-line mentor, either post it here, or e-mail me at vcivey@xplornet.com. This is a very informal mentoring idea. I have a list of teachers already that are willing to participate, so I can match you up with someone who has a similar assignment. How you communicate with each other will be up to both participants.
I hope you all have a great Halloween. I'll post to you later.
Virginia Ivey
President BC Rural & Small Schools Teacher's Association
Well, it's half way through October and hopefully our classes are up and running somewhat smoothly. Just in time for Halloween! I have two questions/requests. The first is a request. If anyone is going to the Rural Renewal Conference in Vancouver on the provincial pro-d day, would they stop me somewhere along the way and say hello. I will be wearing a committee name tag. I would also appreciate if you are a member of this blog if you could post a quick blurb to everyone after the conference about it: what you learned, what you liked/disliked, was the food good? The second is a question. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in participating in an "on-line Lottie?" The Rural Strategy committee has a very good mentorship program set up for new-to-rural educators, but not all rural teachers are able to participate. If you would like to be an on-line mentor, or you would like to have an on-line mentor, either post it here, or e-mail me at vcivey@xplornet.com. This is a very informal mentoring idea. I have a list of teachers already that are willing to participate, so I can match you up with someone who has a similar assignment. How you communicate with each other will be up to both participants.
I hope you all have a great Halloween. I'll post to you later.
Virginia Ivey
President BC Rural & Small Schools Teacher's Association
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