I had a last-minute opportunity offered to me to attend a SIOP workshop in my district over three days (yesterday, today, and tomorrow) that is actually being hosted at my school building... so I've had the chance to meet teachers from my school and the other schools in the district, which has been amazing!! Everyone has been so kind and welcoming to me, and I am SO super excited (even more than I was before!) to be where I am this year.
Today I also had the chance to get...the keys to my new classroom!!! And I got to go in, and took some pictures, and am anxious to start thinking about how to arrange everything. The teacher who had the room before me retired, so she left lots and lots of materials and resources... which is good because I'm sure much of it will be useful, but a little bit distressing because it just means I have THAT MUCH more stuff to go through and organize. But I still have lots of time to do it! So here is the "before" picture of my classroom - be not deceived, it may look like it's up and ready to go, but I haven't brought ANY of my things into the room yet, and I haven't done ANY decorating of my own!!
I'll keep you updated on my progress!! :)
I know it's not yours, but what does RAFT stand for?
ReplyDeleteMrs.D Reading with Mrs. D
Ooooh... I think it's a format, or things to consider, when writing a response to literature. It's not the RAFT that I am familiar with, for more creative writing (Role-Audience-Format-Topic) but I can't remember. I'll check it when I'm back tomorrow, and let you know! :)
DeleteSIOP training is SO good and your room looks great already with lots more potential. I'm excited to see what you do with it!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :)
DeleteI can't wait to see what you do with it. I know it will be beautiful when you are done! What is SIOP?
ReplyDeleteAngi
So glad you asked! SIOP stands for Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol - basically it's a way that teachers can structure their thinking/planning to better accomodate ELL's, but really it's useful for any student! I'm actually tossing around the idea of doing a feature about it on my blog... I think I might! There are so many good ideas and strategies to use!
DeleteOh you are so lucky that you are inheriting a lot of materials from the previous teacher. I just moved to another district and my classroom is the opposite-bare on materials.
ReplyDeleteYolanda @ There's No Place Like 4th Grade