After a short year in fourth grade, I will be moving on up to fifth grade next year!! Chandler Bing knows how I feel...
I'm pumped that I get to move up with an amazing group of kiddos. I'll be teaching ELAR to all of 5th grade at our campus. I taught half of the fourth grade class last year, and taught many from that same group back when I was in second grade. Needless to say, I already dread having to say goodbye to this group at the end of next year!
Reflecting for a sec on last year...
Things that I LOVED:
I changed the way I thought about teaching reading, and as a result I saw my students change the way they felt about being readers. It was awesome.
I read-aloud to my fourth graders. Every day, no matter what. We laughed and cried together. Books changed us.
I saw my students grow as readers and people.
My students saw themselves as readers (insert all of the heart eye emojis!!).
Ways I want to GROW:
Connect more. I want to participate in The Global Read Aloud (I think my classes will do Pax this year) and be more active on Twitter and Insta.
Be more intentional about purchasing new books for our library. I need work in a few areas, especially NF.
Share more reading with my students.. I'm thinking blogs, websites, articles, newspapers, magazines...
Meet with my students to talk about their reading more often. I did reading conferences last year, but didn't really find a method or routine I was happy with.
Right now I'm still enjoying summer, but it's around this time each year that I start to feel the itch to get back in my classroom. Of course, a new grade level means moving classrooms, so lots of work to do! For now, I'll be that typical reading, Pinteresting, napping and Netflixing teacher of summertime.
