The hottest part of the summer always brings with it the blues. Anyway, I'm reworking several lessons for the beginning of school, and I can't wait to see if they will be successful. SO...I've been making sentence strips, vocabulary cut-outs, and a host of other "elementary" school type manipulatives.
Ugh! I can't believe how much time it takes to make all of this stuff, and I'm extremely thankful that I do not teach elementary school. :) I definitely would not want to depend on myself to make all of these items for every day of the week--all year long. I can happily do this for unit enrichment, but for every day??? However, I'm looking forward to my mixed English and history class which will be using the majority of my handmade manipulatives. The class will be working in "Labs" (think centers or stations) one or two days each week, and the material making/locating for those is making me crazy...crazier than normal!
The labs will be reading (English, literary nonfiction, and history materials), writing/grammar, geography, computer, vocabulary, and fun/games. Oh how I wish that the English department could use the ipads; I've found so many apps that would be great for my labs! Anyway, I'll be updating my blog with information about all of my classes, so stay in touch.
Ugh! I can't believe how much time it takes to make all of this stuff, and I'm extremely thankful that I do not teach elementary school. :) I definitely would not want to depend on myself to make all of these items for every day of the week--all year long. I can happily do this for unit enrichment, but for every day??? However, I'm looking forward to my mixed English and history class which will be using the majority of my handmade manipulatives. The class will be working in "Labs" (think centers or stations) one or two days each week, and the material making/locating for those is making me crazy...crazier than normal! 
The labs will be reading (English, literary nonfiction, and history materials), writing/grammar, geography, computer, vocabulary, and fun/games. Oh how I wish that the English department could use the ipads; I've found so many apps that would be great for my labs! Anyway, I'll be updating my blog with information about all of my classes, so stay in touch. 
