Amber+Beaty

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My name is Amber Beaty, and I am a first semester senior at Clemson University, majoring in Early Childhood Education. I am enjoying being in an elementary school this semester and doing my practicum in a 1st grade classroom. I am looking forward to student teaching next semester in Kindergarten because that is the age group I would really like to teach. I plan to start teaching next year after I graduate, and for a long-term goal, I am interested in getting a masters in Early Intervention. I truly have a passion for young children and a desire to make a difference in their lives. Besides being a full time student, I am first and foremost a wife and a mother. My husband, Dana, and I have been married for 6 years and our son, Ty Daniel, is 16 months old. I was a hairdresser for 5 years, but I quit my job in March of 2010, 2 months before I had Ty because I just could not do it all. I am extremely busy and my Faith Alone (and the support of my wonderful husband) is what has gotten me through school!! I come from a family of 5 brothers and sisters and I have 11 nieces and nephews, 6 years old and younger. In the very few spare moments I have, I love to be with all my family. =====

= Amber Beaty's PLN =



**__A Year of Reading__**- This is a blog about Children's and Young Adult Literature. It is written by two ladies that have been teaching for 20 years. It has children's books on all sorts of topics and books that go along with all types of lessons and ideas. It also contains a lot of poetry that is posted directly on the site. They also talk about new releases of children's books.

__**Chalk Talk**__- This is a blog that contains teaching ideas and tips for Early Childhood Teachers. It is written by a lady that has taught kindergarten for 14 years. It has ideas for crafts, projects, books, making foods, full lesson plans, and ideas for units. The site is very detailed and has a lot of great ideas. It also contains a list of the top 50 early childhood blogs.

**__Kindergarten Monkey Business__**- This is a Kindergarten Blog written by a lady who has been teaching Kindergarten for 10 years and really has a passion for her job. It has a lot of good ideas and shows examples of projects she has done. It also shows children doing work and some samples of their projects. It also has a lot of blogs that she follows that would be helpful for us as teachers.

**What did I learn about PLN's?** I found some very neat and interesting blogs that I feel could be helpful resources for me now, through student teaching, and as a future teacher. I realized there are so many useful tools out there that I did not know about and would love to be able to learn more about them and utilize them in my preparation for lesson plans and classroom ideas. Another thing that I discovered that could be really helpful is that if you follow one blog, you could find other great blogs and resources from the blogs that person follows.

Mr. Brown the Circus Clown []

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I decided to reference what standards this assignment would cover for kindergarten and I found several standards that this assignment would touch on. These include, K-1.5 Create responses to text through a variety of methods such as writing, K-3.5 **Retell** stories orally including a beginning, middle, and end. K-3.9 Carry out left-to-right and top-to-bottom directionality on the printed page. K-3.10 Use vocabulary from a variety of sources including conversations, readaloud, and the media. K-3.19 Recall and recite rhymes, poems, and songs. K-4.2 Generate complete sentences orally and in writing. K-5.4 Create simple rhymes. K-6.1 Identify print and **non-print** sources of information including books, pictures, charts, and media, such as videos, television, films, music and the Internet. K-6.6 Use appropriate voice level when speaking. The Guiding Principles that this activity touches on are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10. It has many purposes and would be very exciting for the children at the same time, especially if they were able to hear their own voices recorded. It was a fun assignment and I think it would be good for a lot of ELA areas and for working with partners.
 * creative dramatics**, and visual and performing arts.