Michelle+Markham

Welcome to my Wiki page! My name is Michelle Markham and I am from Summerville, South Carolina. I am a Senior at Clemson University and I am majoring in Early Childhood Education. I am President-Elect of Clemson's International Reading Association and love to participate in various activities relating to education at Clemson (including TopSoccer and Special Olympics). I love to go to Clemson's many athletic events, especially football games! I have one older brother who played baseball at Charleston Southern University. My family loves to go to baseball games and to the beach as much as possible! I am doing my practicum experience at East End Elementary in Easley, South Carolina in Mrs. J. Byars' first grade classroom. I enjoy new experiences and learning how to teach children in innovative and exciting ways. I cannot wait to graduate and have a classroom of my own!

=Michelle Markham's PLN=



The three PLNs that I found are The First Grade Parade, Made for 1st Grade, and The Inspired Apple.

__**The First Grade Parade:**__ The First Grade Parade is a blog that a first grade teacher created that has all sorts of neat ideas for the classroom! She posts all of her lessons and even pictures to give the reader a visual idea of how to do one of her lessons. The blog also includes worksheets that anyone can print out and use, which I thought was so helpful! __**The Inspired Apple:**__ The next PLN that I found was The Inspired Apple. This blog is very similar to The First Grade Parade. The creator is a first grade teacher who blogs about her experiences with her lessons throughout the day and uploads her ideas, worksheets and pictures. She also includes other blogger's links on her page that people might be of use to people that are following her blog. **__Made for 1st Grade:__** The last PLN that I added was Made for 1st Grade. Two teachers created this blog together. This blog also gives people great advice and has a ton of pictures that viewers can look at for resources in the classroom. They also include printable worksheets that other teachers can print out and use in the classroom. They also include other blogs that they love, which I think it is great that they are sharing other resources to the public!

One thing that I have discovered through creating my PLN is how helpful this tool really is. All of the resources that I would need when teaching in the classroom are included in this PLN. All of these websites are easily accessible and I wouldn't have to search all over the internet to find the right tool to use.



=Blabberize= "Fall Leaves" I got this poem from my Practicum experience teacher, Mrs. J. Byars. The image is from http://www.regina.ca/Page1699.aspx.

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This activity correlates to the ELA standards and Guiding Principles. The students can write their own poems, stories or whatever they are writing and create their own Blabberize creation to go along with their writings. The students get to learn more in depth about their topic of choice and are allowed to have creativity and fun with this activity. This activity can correlate with any of the standards for 2nd grade. The children are building their vocabulary, developing written communication, understanding and using informational texts, and researching their topics to create this project. This task also correlates with the ELA Guiding Principles. The students could work with one another and share their projects with the entire class. The students are using reading and writing skills that they have learned from previous years to create their own stories, poems etc. Reading, writing and research are all interdependent in this activity. Everything ties in with one another. You could connect any of the Guiding Principles in relation to students creating their own Blabberize character.