Emily+Wiedemann

 Hey! My name is Emily Wiedemann and I am a senior in Early Childhood Education at Clemson University. I am from Greenwood, SC. I enjoy interacting with young children and I cannot wait to be a teacher! I am currently in a practicum experience at Hollis Academy, in Mrs. Massey's all girl kindergarten classroom. Outside of school I enjoy working out, I am a cycling instructor at Clemson's student gym, Fike Recreation. I also enjoy cooking and baking, and being outdoors. Fall is my favorite season because of the cool temperatures, changing leaves, and Clemson football! Spending time with family and friends is one of my favorite past times. I am also a member of NewSpring church and I love my church! My faith is a huge part of my life. I hope my life and profession takes me on a route in which I will have the opportunity to be a positive influence on the next generation.

= Emily Wiedemann's PLN =

I chose the **Teacher's Lane** as one of the other PLN's because it includes hundreds of creative and unique ideas that will be helpful when I begin teaching. I chose the **Teacher Wife** because it not only has creative ideas for activities in the classroom and ways of decorating, but it also has complete lessons that are interesting and I would like to try. Lastly, I chose **The Inspired Apple** because it goes beyond just ideas for classroom activities and lessons, but it also has things for teachers that just involve being a teacher without necessarily being lessons, such as teaching bags and organization. On Inspired Apple I saw a post about classroom organization and really enjoyed seeing the many different decorations as well as organizational tools that were used. I feel as if these sites and many others will be very handy in the near future.

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This activity would correlate well with the ELA standards and the guiding principles. The Blabberize activity would encourage students in the area of oral language while also providing interactive learning in reading and writing. This can be used for many other language forms other than poetry, but it is very effective for the teaching and learning of poetry. It aids in reading because children must be able to read the poem that is either written for them or that they have written themselves. The Blabberize also correlates with many of the Guiding Principles. For instance, Guiding Principle number 5 states that oral language and expression is foundational to literacy learning and development, which this activity definitely aids in oral language development. It also correlates with Guiding Principle number 9 because it encourages children to be involved in technology. Lastly, it includes language arts standards by having children read poetry, become familiar with figurative language and drama. I believe classrooms should use this tool to help engage students in poetry and language arts in general. Students would really enjoy every aspect of this project and especially getting to hear their voice!