Amanda+Daniele

==== My name is Amanda Daniele and I am a senior Early Childhood Education major at Clemson University. I am from Mahwah, New Jersey and I am enjoying my experience living down South! I have always loved working with kids and I can not wait to become a teacher. I am currently a practicum teacher in a first grade class at AJ Whittenberg Elementary School in Greenville, South Carolina. The students are great and I am gaining a lot of valuable experience that I know will help me when I become a future teacher. When I am not in the classroom, I love to be outside. I enjoy running, walking, and hiking with my friends. When I just want to relax you will find me on the beach or laying by the pool somewhere with a good book in my hand. I love holidays, Christmas especially, because I get to spend quality time with my family. We are a tight bunch and it is very hard to be so far away from them. ====

=** Amanda Daniele's PNL **=



==== The three extra cites that I chose are all Teaching blogs or cites. They are composed by current or former teachers and they are a great resource. They have lesson plans, ideas, and suggestions for different things teachers may run into. Since I am a future teacher I figured that these three sources would be very beneficial to me. It is always a good thing to get ideas from a multitude of different sources. This project really made me think outside of the box when it comes to looking for resources. I was able to peruse new and exciting websites that I had never heard of before. They are all filled with different activities, ideas, lessons, helpful tips, and other useful resources. I also learned about different way of integrating technology into today's lessons and or activities. The new technology that is out there affords students to interact with information in a multitude of ways. Technology allows teachers to promote learning in all the different learning styles; allowing every student the best possibility to grasp a concrete understanding of the lesson. The six websites that I researched and the three that I found are a great starting point for myself to start building my educational resources. This assignment has motivated me to find different websites and resources that are out there and to break away from my normal routine of just using Google. ====

==== __**The Inspired Apple:**__ is a blog that was created by a first grade teacher. The creator is constantly updating her blog with ideas for classroom setup, lesson ideas, and festive holiday activities. It's a great source to gather more ideas to create a great learning environment for your students. ====

====__** The Learning Parade **__ : is another educational resource. It is filled with tons of ideas about how to teach literacy and writing skills to small children. It has fun, new ideas like: story wheels, newspaper black out poems, and making personal books. It is a great place for teachers to view teaching literacy, writing, and reading in a new light. ====

==== __**Little Literacy Learners:**__ this another educational blog that was created by a reading teacher. It is also filled with a lot literacy ideas and aides for teachers. They have book suggestions, lesson activities, and different ways to teach children concepts of print. ====

Poem: by Harry Behn
http://cstitcher.tripod.com/hpoems.html

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==== This activity is a great way to meet both the ELA Standards and Guiding principles. It allows children to interact with language, communication, and technology. Children can practice their skills of inquiry and research through searching the internet for poetry and pictures that they want to employ in their project. It also encourages children to use oral communication. They are able to practice their fluency and help them develop their communication skills. Through completing this project, students will be able to interact with language and technology in a new fun, creative way. It is also a great way for teachers to assess students progress in literacy and oral communication, and its a great thing for students and parents to keep. ====