Last Class!!

Hello everyone! This is my last session before student teaching in August and I am SO excited to have some time off this summer to enjoy my husband and kids!! It has been a hectic session, I also took MATH 102 and EDUC 400 along with this course, but I am almost DONE!

I really enjoyed this class. I didn't realize how many aspects there are to language arts. Doing the scope and sequence really opened my eyes to how much is included in the LA curriculum. I also really enjoyed writing my unit plan for this class. I've written several throughout my education, so I felt confident in writing it, and really focused on writing a plan that I could possible use in my 3rd grade class that I'm student teaching in in the fall. Mrs. Steffes said earlier tonight that she hoped we could actually teach our units or plans in a classroom one day, and I would love to use mine!

I enjoyed listening to everyone else's lesson plans as well and putting ideas in the memory bank:) This has been a great group of classmates to end my Columbia College journey with! Where do you guys go from here?

Book List

Since my unit is on researching famous Missourians, I found some really neat books that could aid students in collecting information.

I couldn't find many on famous Missourians in general, so I chose a few of my favorite Missourians and searched for books on them individually.

. My first two books are written with adults in mind, however, they would be great for students who need enrichment, or for the teacher to have information pre copied and ready for sutdents who needed more guidance.

"The West of Billy the Kid" is written for a young audience.

These books on Mark Twain are written for kids, which is great for a 3rd grade research project:)

Laura Ingalls Wilder is a great person to research, especially if we have read her books:)

Walt Disney is a super interesting person to write about, and there are tons on "kid" biographies on him!

3rd grade boys love baseball and Yogi Berra is a great person for them to write about! Students may need some assistant with this book, as it was written for adults.

Last but not least, Truman!! There is tons of information on him, but this book looked very reader friendly for younger students.

Now I wish I owned all of these books to add to my own library!! I always keep my eyes open at yard sales and thrift stores for classroom friendly books. How many of you have started your classroom libraries?