Continued progress

I have made a little more progress with my GAME plans. Our reading rooms have now started, so I have figured out some of the biggest needs of these students. I plan to integrate more technology and hands-on learning for my reading groups next week, as we will then have worked out most of the logistical issues. This week though, I did plan for hands on learning in the spelling groups. The students went fishing for digraphs today, and on Friday they will be using a spelling site on the computer to practice their spelling words for the past two weeks.

I do have an ENO board in my room, and I use it as much as I am able, especially for Math, but I would love to have the boards for the students so that they would be able to all answer from their seats. I am going to look into asking my principal if this is something that we could possibly get for the students in the upcoming years. I know with budget cuts it may be hard, but I think it would truly benefit the students. Right now though, I am not able to use it for reading, as it would highly distract the other two groups that are in the room, so we simply pull laptops into the room and work together on the laptops.

For my second GAME plan, I did not progress as far as I wanted. I did start searching for blogs and forums that deal with technology. I have found a couple and plan to join in on the discussions when I get a chance. Also, with the ideas that I learn and gain from the blogs, I need to find the best way to organize them, so that I am able to use them when the chance and need arises within the classroom. There are so many great sites and blogs out there, that I want to take advantage of them, as my students would be able to benefit from them.