Mrs. Turner Teaches

Wow, in the midst of all the things happening in the world these past seven weeks have flown by. I really enjoyed watching the unit presentations tonight. I enjoyed seeing the ideas that Miranda had for Butterflies because we are both doing that with our units. I also enjoyed listening to the other presenters. I always get great ideas from everyone else. I think the game Kayla is going to play will be fun and I liked how Laura is getting the students up and moving. I liked all of Linsey's ideas because if I don't end up teaching Early Childhood SPED then I want to teach 1st or 2nd grade. I think we had some fun discussions tonight as well. The booklist sharing was fun because I was having trouble thinking of fantasy fiction and like those picture books that were presented. Lastly, the idea of concept maps are so cool! I haven't really been in an elementary classroom in the past 10+ years (my early observations were done in my school which is Title 1 Pre-K and ECSE so 3-...

For this week we were given the option to write about books we would use during out unit or books for children about things that are happening in the world right now. I am choosing to do a mix of both. BUTTERFLY UNIT BOOKS  This book is about a caterpillar who really wants to know what happens next. It takes kids on a journey of patience and how that can pay off in the end.  This is a bilingual book about the Monarch butterfly migration.  This book is a great example of the butterfly life cycle.   This book shows the butterfly life cycle and has flaps which I've found students really like.  I love National Geographic and this book is full of great real life butterfly pictures. It has many facts and easy to read words. BOOKS FOR THE WORLD NOW  This book is told through the eyes of a little boy named Daniel. It is about the LA riots in the 90's, but could still pertain to what is happening now.  I love Peter H. Reynolds books. This book is a...