What grade level(s)
and/or subject(s) are you currently teaching? What grade levels have you taught
prior to this year?
Currently, I am teaching 2nd grade- previously taught kindergarten
and first…
If currently in the
classroom, how long have you been teaching? If not still in classroom, how long
did you teach?
This is my 6th year!
When did you join
Teachers Pay Teachers as a Seller? What made you decide to become a seller?
I joined Tpt at the end of November 2011. I have always enjoyed sharing my creations
with others. Many of my colleagues and
friends recommended that I make my creations available to everyone on Tpt. I finally caved in and joined. I have had
such a wonderful experience with it so far!
One piece of advice you can
give to a beginning teacher & one piece for a veteran teacher:
Regardless of where you are in your teaching career, it is important
not to get discouraged when things do not go as planned in your classroom. It happens to all of us. Our job is not easy. It is so important to be flexible with your
teaching because you never know what is going to happen!
Something unique about
you both as a teacher and outside of the classroom:
In the classroom, I am that highly energetic teacher that looks
quite silly most of the time. I sing,
dance, dress up, make up jingles to remember things, stand on chairs, etc.-
whatever it takes to get my students interested and engaged!
Outside of the classroom, I am the complete opposite! I am calm and reserved. I much prefer to stay home and read a good
book or watch a movie than go out for a night on the town.
TpT Store
Link:
If
you like, please leave a link to one of your best selling products here:
What
other bio information would you like to share?
I am a southern girl from Tennessee. I am happily married to the
love of my life and am the proud mother of a two-year-old daughter named
Gracie. I love spending time with my
family and my two cats, Hercules and Xena.
Also, I love to get my hands on a good book! I dabble in organic gardening, and spend most
of my spare time these days surfing the internet, stalking blogs and Pinterest
for creative ideas to incorporate into my classroom!
Are
there any other sites you’d like posted for others to access?
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Thank you, Mary Lirette, for participating!
Regards,
I've discovered that struggling readers like comic books for a couple of reasons. The text isn't intimidating. The pictures catch their eyes. They don't seem as long as a book.
When I introduce my struggling readers to Calvin and Hobbes, they fall in love with it. {So Do I}
It's a fun and friendly text they relate to. Calvin and Hobbes have all kinds of imagination adventures in everyday situations.
I especially like Calvin and Hobbes because the author and illustrator Bill Watterson uses language that is above where my students are. But because it's a comic book, they are willing to jump in and try those insanely big words. My 3rd grade student took a stab at the word "dictatorial impunity". The other plus is all of the grunts and groans and yells that require the student to access their phonics when they yell out, "WAARRGH!"
If you have a student that continues to struggle with reading, consider getting some comic books into their hands. It just may change the way they feel about reading.
Writing this blog post got me so excited about comics that I decided to make a freebie to share with all of you at Innovative Connections. It's got comic resources to help you find some great reads to share and a mini lesson where the students get to make their own comic strip. I can see the smiles now coming across your faces.... click here to download it right now.
Adrianne Meldrum has a degree in Elementary Education. She currently tutors struggling readers and middle school math students. She is the author of Kidscogworks.com and creator of Brain Tower . Adrianne is the wife of an engineer and a mother to three very handsome boys.
