Eric Carle visits the Mount!

When "Eric Carle" came to visit our class, we were lucky enough to see a book that he hasn't published yet. Take a look & enjoy! =)

Bringing it all together...

This semester flew by! I have learned so much and feel so much more prepared to teach a class after taking ED5501. I have learned the importance of reading (and how it goes hand-in-hand with writing) in the classroom! Through the use of the many texts I have learned about, read, and done "book talks" about, I am fully prepared to make my own classroom library (with the help of the "50 texts" assignment). As a class, we have explored hundreds of books and many genres to use with students of all ages and abilities; I will use these learned skills in my very own classroom and take the lessons with me to whichever classroom I am lucky enough to end up in. Reading: Birth to Grade 6 has prepared me in many ways that I couldn't have imagined; from story-telling lectures, author visits, book shares, interactive games, and more, I find myself more knowledgeable about children's literature and the importance of it than ever before. I have enjoyed this course and learned so much in such a short amount of time. I will take my newly learned knowledge into the next chapter of my life.

K.L. Going Comes to MSMC! =)

Our class was lucky enough to have K.L. Going come to visit. She introduced her many books (King of Screw-Ups, which I used in my 50 texts assignment, Fat Kid Rules the World, and more!) She explained the long writing, editing, and publishing process and we were lucky enough to get to see the before, during, and after products of her very own writing pieces.

Surviving in the classroom