Blessed to Teach and Read

Wow!  It was a whirlwind 2nd semester!  I stayed busy teaching one of the best classes ever!  I also ran our Sharon Knights Relay for Life team, so as you can imagine, I didn't make time for updating my blog. (We raised over $2,500 for the American Cancer Society !) I wanted to post an idea I had that our 4th grade team put together beautifully for the national BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) tour our school was a part of in March.   Mrs. Tate created the iPad acrostic:  Inspire Passionate Accomplishments Daily.   Miss O'Connor helped me craft the giant iPad and printed the colorful icons.  Including Miss O'Connor and Mrs. Tate, we ( Mrs. Daniels - me!, Mrs. Elz , Miss Grimes , Miss King , & Mrs. Simmons ) all had students add QR codes to the apps or web tools that were used in our classrooms.  It was a great collaborative piece for the wall space in front of our Fourth Grade Small Group room.  :)

What's that?  Don't know what a modal auxillary is?  Neither did I, or at least I didn't know I knew what one was.  (a random and new Common Core Standard)  It's those verbs like Can I help you?  Should you take a jacket?  May I get some water?   While I did get a great free Powerpoint on Teachers pay Teachers from Eileen Mays in Eatonton, Georgia , it was trusty Pinterest to the rescue.  Virginia Chronakis' pin via Diane Rodrigues' pin led me to an ESL worksheets site, iSLCOLLECTIVE .  I chose "English" as my primary language, but they seem to have to have grammar worksheets for multiple other languages.  Simply create a free account, and begin downloading everything you could ever need.  You can also create and upload items to share and give back.