The Schwuzzard's: February 2009

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Life is Changing VERY Quickly

Ben is officially crawling and very, very, busy. His latest trick as of today is pulling himself up on whatever he can find. I put him down for a nap and when I went in to peek on him, I found that he can now pull himself up...I guess it's time to lower the crib. Gone are the days where I could put him under his "rainforest" on his back and quickly check my email without the fear he'd go anywhere. My running shoes are on! I am ready. It's a good thing I'm a teacher and have eyes in the back of my head. ;)

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On My Way To Work

I went in to say "bye" before I left for work and found these two snuggling...makes it a little hard to leave in the morning.

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Friday, February 6, 2009

Ben Takes A Bath

Ben's Nonni Ronni gave him a bath tonight! He kept staring at himself in the mirror and splashing around. Bathtime is one of our favorite times of day.
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And then he woke up...

A happy boy!

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Back to sleep

Buttons woke up at six this morning, so I brought him into bed with us and he slept another two-and-half hours.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

My Other Job....

I thought I would post some pictures of where I spend my days on the 2 1/2 days a week that I work. I'm currently working as a Reading Specialist at a beautiful school in San Francisco. I get to spend my days reading with first and second graders...

This is my "Reading Corner"

Literally, a corner.

These young ladies are just getting warmed up!

These are all of the leveled books we read.

These are my students books that they've read.

A pre-reading vocabulary activity, "Word Prediction."

I always remind my students of strategies that "Good Readers" use.

A post-reading, comprehension activity, "Sketch to Stretch."

A picture of a car helps us remember the "-ar" chunk!

A story summary using Interactive Writing (we share the pen and write the story together).

We use non-fiction literature and "code" the book, looking for information we already know, information that is new to us, and questions that we have about the information.