https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08 Introduce yourself (name, campus, years of education) and 1 reason you have joined this course. en-us 2020-11-22 20:52:07 UTC 2020-12-07 17:18:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f44b.png sadiemcjones https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/950382353 2020-11-22 20:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/950382353 sadiemcjones https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/950382496 2020-11-22 20:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/950382496 sadiemcjones https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/950383516 I am the ELAR/SS Specialist at Boone Elementary.  I have had the pleasure of working at  Boone for 18 years.  One reason I created this course was so educators could have a place to collaborate and grow in our knowledge of teaching writing. ]]> 2020-11-22 20:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/950383516 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/951169976 I am a bilingual teacher at Horn Elementary. This is going to be my third year teaching. I joined this course because I want to learn different ways how to teach better writng and make it meaningful for my students. ]]> 2020-11-23 06:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/951169976 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/953854832 I am a second year 2nd grade teacher at Petrosky Elementary. Writing instruction has been something I've struggled with so I wanted to better myself for my current and future students.]]> 2020-11-23 19:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/953854832 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/954019025 I'm in my 15th year as a journalism teacher at Alief Taylor. I'm looking for strategies to use with ESL students, among other things.

]]> 2020-11-23 20:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/954019025 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/954890333 I am a first year Bilingual teacher. I teach 6th grade ELAR at Youngblood Intermediate. One reason I joined this course is to gain experience to help my students to develop their writing skills. ]]> 2020-11-24 04:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/954890333 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/956545707 Hello everyone. I am Tiara Stenson. I teach English 3 at Taylor High School. I have been teaching for 20 years now. Not only do I have ESL transitional students, but sped students as well. These techniques will benefit my students in so many ways.]]> 2020-11-24 15:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/956545707 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/957085870 Hi!
My name is Gabriela Cuevas and I am in the ESL Department at Horn Elementary. I am interested in this training as our LEP students have to do writing samples for TELPAS: I would like to learn how to facilitate that process for our English language learners.

]]> 2020-11-24 17:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/957085870 aliciahdez06 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/957658151 Hi, everyone. This is my second year as a Dual Language teacher at Mata IS. I have been a teacher for about twenty years.
 I picked this course for two main reasons.
1.  I was a new teacher last year, I had to learn lots of new things, and I did not do a good job in teaching writing.
2. I decided to challenge myself, and this school year, my professional goal is focused on writing.]]> 2020-11-24 19:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/957658151 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/957902231 2020-11-24 21:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/957902231 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/958057400 Hello. I am a third grade math and science teacher at Collins Elementary. This is my 6th year of teaching. I have taught 3rd grade ELA for 2 years as well as 1st grade self contained for 2 years. I signed up for this course because writing is used throughout all content areas so it is very important for me to be able to facilitate my students with their writing so that they can be fluent writers. ]]> 2020-11-24 22:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/958057400 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/958111255 Hello. I am currently assigned to Holub Middle School as an ICS teacher, but my permanent position is with Sped Central as a Homebound Teacher. I have been teaching for over 15 years now. I joined this course because writing is one of the most important skills a student can learn and is used in all content areas. I want to learn all I can to help my students.]]> 2020-11-24 23:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/958111255 dfernand1 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/958557842 Hi! I am Daniela Fernandez. I am a 2nd grade teacher at Cummings Elementary. This will be my 2nd year teaching. The reason I have joined this course is because I want to learn how I can help my students become better writers, especially during these different circumstances. ]]> 2020-11-25 03:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/958557842 raharris1 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/959949443 My name is Robyn Harris. I'm a 5th grade self-contained teacher at Collins elementary. I'm looking forward to a refresher on Writer's Workshop, and strategies to help with virtual writers.]]> 2020-11-25 14:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/959949443 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/960215987 Hi everyone!
I teach first grade Bilingual in Hicks E.S. I have been teaching for 5 years. I'm interested in learning all I can on effective ways to teach writing to my emergent and early readers. ]]> 2020-11-25 15:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/960215987 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/964411930 Hello everyone I am a 4th grade ELA teacher at Holmquist Elementary. I am looking forward to gaining some new tools in writing during these "different" times. Collaboration is always the best tool when looking for new ideas. ]]> 2020-11-26 21:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/964411930 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/965699329 2020-11-27 13:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/965699329 destrada28 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/966409212 Hello everyone! My name is Damaris Estrada, and this is my very first year as a teacher. I teach 5th grade bilingual ELAR at Owens Intermediate. The reason I joined this course is because I want to learn new and effective ways to teach writing to my students.]]> 2020-11-27 22:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/966409212 kcveal https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/967618257 Hello everyone,
My name is Kendra Veal, and this is my first yeart as a teacher! I teach 6th grad ELAR and SS at Mata Intermediate. I joined this group because I want to learn more skills in writing to teach my students. ]]> 2020-11-28 23:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/967618257 jesagast https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/968826393 Hello all! My name is Joana Sagastizado, I currently work at Youngblood Intermediate as a 5th grade Dual Language teacher.  This is my 6th year as a teacher at YB. One reason I joined this PD course is because I feel like I don't have a lot of knowledge and skills to teach writing and I want to learn strategies that will make writing engaging for my students. ]]> 2020-11-29 15:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/968826393 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/968966610 Hello everyone, 
My name is Deana Villegas and this is my second year teaching 4th grade at Hearne Elementary. I joined this course because I want to gain more writing skills to provide support for my students. ]]> 2020-11-29 16:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/968966610 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/969346262 Hello, my name is Jorge Rivera and I work at Chambers as ESL Lead. 
I’m taking this course to help me understand better how to integrate the writing process and ELL’s language acquisition. ]]> 2020-11-29 21:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/969346262 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/969755161 Hello everyone!
My name is Jennifer Galeano and I teach 3rd grade at Collins Elementary. This is my 5th year of teaching. The reason I joined this course is to have more resources to use in my classroom. 

]]> 2020-11-30 02:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/969755161 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/969844183 My name is Paula Pineda and this is my second year as a bilingual teacher at Horn Elementary. The reason that I joined this course is because I want to learn as much as I can to help my wonderful students with their writing skills. ]]> 2020-11-30 03:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/969844183 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/970037892 My name is Anh Mai and this is my first year teaching 1st Grade as an ESL teacher at Liestman Elementary. The reason why I wanted to join the course was because I wanted to learn how to effectively teach students how to write and how to build new skills virtually and in person. 

]]> 2020-11-30 05:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/970037892 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/970074990 2020-11-30 05:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/970074990 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/971205329 My name is Caroline Johnson. I am a first year teacher at Budewig Intermediate. I joined this course so I can start learning as much as I can and be able to apply writing to whatever content I am teaching. ]]> 2020-11-30 13:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/971205329 amandamaterre https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/972969302 Hello! I am Amanda Materre. I am a second-year teacher at Martin Elementary. Currently pursing my Doctorate in Education. I wanted to enroll in this course to help develop writers. ]]> 2020-11-30 19:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/972969302 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/973007492 2020-11-30 19:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/973007492 malazo https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/973845001 Hello my name is Mayra Lazo. I am a second grade dual language teacher. I joined this course because I want to get a refresher on effective writing strategies to make the most of my writers workshop.]]> 2020-11-30 23:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/973845001 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974023922 This is my 6th year teaching at Chancellor Elementary. It is my first year in 4th grade. I feel with HMH i have struggled more with writing than years past, so I am taking this course to get some new ideas for the writing workshop model.]]> 2020-12-01 01:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974023922 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974054107 Hello all! I am Tirika Caldwell, I am a self-contained 1st grade teacher at Cummings Elementary. This is my 1st year at Cummings but my 12th year in education. i chose this PD to find new ways to introduce writing to my highly populated ESL class.]]> 2020-12-01 01:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974054107 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974164586 Hello everyone,
My name is Ms. Zendejas. I am a dual language teacher at Martin Elementary. Have been with Alief as a teacher for almost a year. I am looking forward to this PD because I love learning new ways to help my students. ]]> 2020-12-01 02:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974164586 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974268854 2020-12-01 03:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/974268854 jacostel https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/977454839 Hello! I am Jodie Costello. I teach Reading/LA and Social Studies to 2nd grade. I teach F2F in the morning and virtual in the afternoon. I teach at Holmquist Elementary. This is my 23rd year teaching, with 20 years in Alief. I am looking forward to learning new ideas for writing workshop. :)]]> 2020-12-01 20:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/977454839 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/978072458 Hi, my name is Kelley Player. I am a 5th grade ELAR teacher at Miller Intermediate. This is my 7th year teaching. I wanted to take this course to learn new strategies to teach writing to students.]]> 2020-12-02 00:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/978072458 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/978541175 Hello everyone! I am the ESL Specialist at Martin Elementary. I have been in Alief for 8 years, starting as a 4th Grade Bilingual teacher, then becoming an ELD Interventionist, and now in my first year as a specialist. My goal is to help teachers identify the best ways to incorporate writing across content areas and to refresh and renew my own instructional strategy tools.]]> 2020-12-02 04:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/978541175 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/979414745 Hello! My name is Myua Truong and this will be my 3rd year teaching at Taylor HS. I am teaching in the science department and I joined this course to gain knowledge about how I could include creative writing into my classroom.]]> 2020-12-02 12:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/979414745 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/979588489 Helle there! My name is Erin from Liestman Elementary, 1st grade DL. I have eight years teaching experience, mainly in ECE. I am taking this course because I find it challenging to help children understand the steps of the writing process and keep them engaged. I struggle with pacing, too. I want Writer's Workshop to be fun and exciting because I really do love it!]]> 2020-12-02 13:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/979588489 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/982360047 Hi! I'm glad to be sharing with you today. I am a 6th grade Bilingual Teacher at Budewig Intermediate. I teach science and social studies. I've been teaching for 30 + years, 12 years in Alief. My goal this year is to help students improve their writing skills in the content areas I teach. When I saw this workshop I jumped at the opportunity to learn new skills and ideas that could make writing enjoyable for my students.]]> 2020-12-03 02:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/982360047 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/982439106
Hello,
I am Jason Boyd, and this is my 7th year teaching at Miller Intermediate. I teach 6th grade Science. The reason I wanted to take this course is to learn effective strategies for successfully incorporating writing with the science curriculum. Helping students grow as writers will benefit them in all content areas.

]]> 2020-12-03 03:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/982439106 flpadget https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/982683952 Hello!!! I am currently a 4th grade teacher at Landis Elementary. I have been  in education for 14 yrs in various position.  I have been a Dual Language ESL teacher for the past three years.  Prior to that I have taught grades 2nd-4th Reading/Language Arts for many years. I]]> 2020-12-03 06:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/982683952 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/987335360 Hello guys. I'm a second grade teacher at Landis Elementary. I teach reading in Spanish. I'm always enriching myself with writing PDs every year to motivate my kids to write.

]]> 2020-12-04 13:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/987335360 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/989674666 Hello, My name is Will Jones and this is my 4th year teaching at Taylor High. I joined this course hoping to learn something about best writing practices that I could share with my kiddos. ]]> 2020-12-05 02:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/989674666 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/990446518 I am the Reading Specialist at Horn Elementary.  I have been in education for 15 years.  I joined this course because this year I am supporting 4th grade and wanted to expand my knowledge in writing.]]> 2020-12-05 18:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/990446518 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/992748011 Hi there! My name is Ajani Hedge and this is my fourth year teaching ELA/SS at Budewig Intermediate. I joined this course in hopes to gain more knowledge about helping my students become effective writers. ]]> 2020-12-07 03:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/992748011 https://padlet.com/sadiemcjones/wqr7rq4g99zgit08/wish/994577112 My name is Darryl Brooks i am a Para here at ALC. Im looking forward to learning more information about this course

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