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TagElementary Education: Spring Semester Ahoy.
SCIENTISTS FOR TOMORROW
We arrived into our science class to discover that this semester’s observation hours will be completed via ..
Elementary Education: On Integrating the Arts
I spent the last two weeks immersed in a course that focuses on integrating the arts into the classroom. A focus on arts integration w..
Elementary Education: Walsh School Observations
I recently had the opportunity to do some field work in Ms. Ionita’s 5th and 6th grade classroom at Walsh School. Ms. Ionita is an ama..
Elementary Education: Professor Mary Pat Garr
Please describe your role in the Elementary Education Department.
I have been the director of elementary student teaching. This yea..
Elementary Education: Cohort Interview of Todd Gervase
Why did you decide to go back to school for teaching?
I originally went to school to learn about art, but I always had an interest ..
Thanksgiving is The Calm Before The Storm
This is the time of year when us grad students start to get a little crazy. It is a time for roommates, friends, family and significant others to cut us a little slack. Our behavior might seem a little strange and we might say things that make no sense but make complete sense to us. Finals are approaching and we all go a little kooky.
Elementary Education: On Reading Routines & Unconventional Learning Materials
READING ROUTINES
I’m currently completing a round of field observations that focus on reading and writing instruction to help me ge..
Rattling the Brain Cage
…if I were a superhero which one would I be? …simple. Blue Falcon.
Elementary Education: It Was Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
As a person that is very interested in curating spaces, (including my apartment) I have found that I spend a lot of my time imagining ..
Elementary Education: Right Where I Belong
When we were first moving to Chicago in 2006, I remember someone asking me what neighborhood we had picked for our first home. By chan..