http://ctyson1.edublogs.org/2008/03/29/the-community/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:19:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://ctyson1.edublogs.org/2008/03/29/the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-28 thinton Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:17:49 +0000 http://ctyson1.edublogs.org/2008/03/29/the-community/#comment-28 I remember your first grade class. Your room was on that very busy first grade corner. It was always ineresting to peek in as I traveled by. I remember discussions of your Saturday events. I agree with Corey about being envious. You are always creative and I expect that your Saturday meetings were filled with excitement. I have to admit that I really miss the commaraderie with students and parents. Sometimes I wish I had my own classroom so that I could make those connections again, too. It will be interesting to see what happens as our little town changes. Hopefully our school will become a 'town center' of sorts where the community will play a bigger part in educating its children. I remember your first grade class. Your room was on that very busy first grade corner. It was always ineresting to peek in as I traveled by. I remember discussions of your Saturday events. I agree with Corey about being envious. You are always creative and I expect that your Saturday meetings were filled with excitement.
I have to admit that I really miss the commaraderie with students and parents. Sometimes I wish I had my own classroom so that I could make those connections again, too.
It will be interesting to see what happens as our little town changes. Hopefully our school will become a ‘town center’ of sorts where the community will play a bigger part in educating its children.

]]> http://ctyson1.edublogs.org/2008/03/29/the-community/comment-page-1/#comment-25 coreyrieke Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:29:18 +0000 http://ctyson1.edublogs.org/2008/03/29/the-community/#comment-25 I've heard you mention your "Super Saturday Events" before, and I was envious. They sounded like so much fun! I think that it was so brave of you to step outside of the box and take that extra step to connect with your students' families. I also think that we could just take more steps to get to know the parents of our students by simply talking to them. I thought that the Critical Child Project was a great way to start doing that. It is something that I'm going to try to do with each of my parents next year. I occassionally run into some road blocks because I don't have children of my own. I've even had parents make mention of that fact. Regardless, I want the parents of children in my class to know that I care about what goes on in their families and I want to be a valid part of their lives. I’ve heard you mention your “Super Saturday Events” before, and I was envious. They sounded like so much fun! I think that it was so brave of you to step outside of the box and take that extra step to connect with your students’ families. I also think that we could just take more steps to get to know the parents of our students by simply talking to them. I thought that the Critical Child Project was a great way to start doing that. It is something that I’m going to try to do with each of my parents next year. I occassionally run into some road blocks because I don’t have children of my own. I’ve even had parents make mention of that fact. Regardless, I want the parents of children in my class to know that I care about what goes on in their families and I want to be a valid part of their lives.

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