I was lucky enough to be selected to attend the Google Teacher Academy in Sydney, Australia on April 20 and 21. The Google Teacher Academy (GTA) is a free professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around…
Author Archive for Miss Kelly Jordan
How Has My Teaching Changed?
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 10 Comments
I am currently in my eighth year of teaching. In that time I have taught Grades Prep, One and Two and have taken on a variety of different leadership roles within my school. I have learnt so much about children,…
Classroom Helpers Program
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 6 Comments
Part of my role as the Literacy co-ordinator at my school is to run the classroom helpers program. The course comprises of three one hour sessions, focussing on how parents can help with oral language, reading and writing in the…
Term 1 Wrap Up
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 5 Comments
Schools in Victoria, Australia begin their holidays next week. It’s been a ten week term for us and although it has gone very quickly, I feel I achieved a lot with my students. I thought I would take this opportunity…
Choosing “Good Fit” Books
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 4 Comments
As I have previously blogged about, I am implementing a modified version of the Daily 5 in my classroom this year. After reading the two books (The Daily 5 and CAFE) by “The Sisters” over the summer holidays, completing lots of…
Guided Reading and Individual Conferences/Strategy Groups
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 15 Comments
I have been blogging recently about the modified Daily 5 program that I have implemented in my classroom. Along with the Daily 5 activities that my students complete each day, we are also introducing and explicitly teaching a variety of…
Individual Conferences during my Literacy Block
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 2 Comments
Last week I blogged about how I have implemented a modified version of The Sister’s Daily 5 literacy model. Read about my two hour Literacy Block here. It is still a work in progress and I will continue to review how things…
My Literacy Block – Modifying the Daily 5
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 40 Comments
After hearing a lot about the Daily 5 last year, Kathleen Morris and I purchased the two books, The Daily 5 and The CAFE Book, by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. Better known as “The Sisters“, they have developed a literacy…
Spelling Programs
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 4 Comments
In my eight years of teaching, spelling is the area of literacy teaching that I find the most contentious. I have found that there isn’t a lot of consensus about the best way to teach our young students to spell.…
Literacy Next Week
by Miss Kelly Jordan • • 7 Comments
I thought I would share the literacy activities Kathleen Morris and I have planned for our classes (2KJ and 2KM) next week. The start of a new school year is crucial for developing routines and structures to ensure all students…