So often I have said to my students, "I know how intimidating a blank page is, writing is really challenging - that's why hollywood writers get paid so much ;-)." So here I am looking at this blank blog. I've had my sight set on blogging for a year now, and today I'm feeling fierce enough to write. Great so, am I finished?
Not so fast...huh? Oh how about a disclaimer?! I thought it was really important that I set a true purpose for my blog. I'm not totally satisfied with my statement above about what this page is about; however, I do know that I am an ever evolving person...so why can't my blog be such. So if you chose to follow this page, which will likely only be my mom. Be prepared for random thoughts, spelling errors, grammatical errors, and pictures of my dog, Ozzie.
My first entries will likely focus my attention on a reading group I started during lunch time with a group of 5th grade girls who were just two years ago little 3rd graders in my bilingual class. I've named the group "Club de Leer" (I know extremely creative). I formed the group after a father of one of the girls requested for the second time his daughter be placed in a bilingual class. I admire his tenacity to maintain his daughter's Spanish language proficiency, but because it is the middle of the year a move to another classroom was not an option. So I offered to meet with her and some other girls to provide them with an opportunity to read in Spanish and have a peer group. I have met with them 3 times now....My first meeting we chose a book. I offered them two books: Hay que Salvar a Sole! - an amazing story of a Chilean girl who moves to the Dominican Republic and becomes passionate about saving an animal. The other book Papelucho a diary of the Dennis the Menace of Chile. I mean he's always getting in trouble. I for sure thought they would chose the book about the girl...but no. They chose Papelucho of course the girls alway go for the troublemaker. :-)
