Last week we had a surprise visit from our principal and a representative of the Lewisville ISD Education Foundation (L.E.F.) who came to present The E.L.A. Cafe with a big, fat check! The money, funded by the Jackie Dowling Stinemetz Literacy Memorial Grant and in part by the LISD Employee Giving Campaign, will support our balanced literacy stations. For our Listen to Reading station, I'll be purchasing more Playaway audio books with along with hard copies of the same titles for students to follow along with. I'll also purchase more headphones. The remainder of the funds will be spent on more alternative seating to keep our environment station-friendly and, believe it or not, I'm going to buy hundreds of pencils :)
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The beautiful thing about a flexible learning environment is that you can change it up often. Rearranging the furniture gives us a fresh perspective and keeps our imaginations sharp. One rearrangement we're not going to like, however, is when the desks are brought in for STAAR.
It takes a village to keep the Cafe clean. Luckily, I have no problems finding help before or after school. Needless to say, the kids appreciate what we have and want to keep it that way. They do sometimes bicker over who gets to run the vacuum though.
Two weeks into the summer, and I continue to reflect on all of the enormous, positive changes that took place last year. By far, it was my most rewarding and memorable year. |
Blog AuthorMrs. McCloud is a 6th Grade English Language Arts teacher at Hedrick Middle school and the proprietor of the The ELA Cafe. Archives
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