Saturday, September 17, 2011
Summer Institute
I really enjoyed the summer institute. All of the speakers were amazing Sharon Sundueng shared many interesting stories and information about the colonist that I can't wait to share with My students. Some things I had never heard before. Anthony Fitzpatrick was as always awesome. I love his enthusiasm and he always has great information to share. I really loved Dennis Denenberg, he had many great "Hero Ideas" to share and he was very fun to watch and listen. I loved his book and my students are loving it also.
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Hey Suzy,
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the "Heroes" materials. I have already incorporated the idea a bit into my classroom. I replaced the cartoon characters representing our character traits with heroes, many of whom are in the book Dennis gave us.
I see that Yvonne wrote about the Great Chain of Being. I found that information interesting as well. I know I will share some of the notes I took with my students. I love that we get to learn so much!
Hi Suzy,
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed Dennis' presentation on bringing American heroes into the classroom. In fact, I have already created several puppets to guide my students through the units. I have Chief Powatan for our Amerindian unit, John Smith for the colonies, and others. I was really inspired by his passion for bringing heroes from both past and present into the classroom.