Hello Everyone!
This is the first time St. Norbert College is combining a TRIP program with a J-term (winter) class. This will be a very interesting experience for all of us as we will teach literacy instruction in a New Orleans school. This is the first time any of us will teach in this part of the United States. The school is Morris Jeff Community School and we will teaching kindergarden through second grade. Currently, we are preparing this week by creating comprehension and sight word games. We are also creating lesson plans that incorporate various literacy strategies (KWL charts, hot seat, clusters, etc.). Another part of this programs include donating children's books to the school. In fact, we went to Butterfly Books to spend the money we received from SNC's education department on books to donate to the school. Tomorrow we will be examining different iPad application teachers can use for teaching literacy (We will be bringing iPads to use during this trip). All of us are very nervous, but very excited to go to teach in New Orleans!
Many thanks,
Tim Muldoon
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