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HELLO 2017!

Happy to announce a new book  I illustrated “COWBOY CAR”, written by Jeanie Franz Ransom and published by TWO LIONS.

The book will be out in stores APRIL 11 2017.

Here is a short synopsis and a link to more info:

“A little car with a big dream…

Ever since Little Car was knee-high to his daddy’s hubcaps, he’s wanted to be a cowboy. Cowboys get to drive the range, wear big hats, and sleep under the stars. Everyone tells Little Car that cars can’t be cowboys, but he can’t stop dreaming of rounding up lil’ dogies by day and talking around the campfire at night. So Little Car packs his trunk and heads Out West. Vroom! Can he prove he has what it takes to be a true cowboy? Join Little Car as he zooms into the hearts of kids everywhere.”

https://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Car-Jeanie-Franz-Ransom/dp/1503950972/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483545572&sr=8-2&keywords=ovi+nedelcu

more to come…

>oVi

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This seems to be a great #picturebook with a great meaning!

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The resource I decided to critique was the ‘Draw an elephant in action’ video. The 9 minute video was engaging and entertaining for grade 5 and 6. What I particularly enjoyed was illustrator Andrew Joyner’s enthusiasm and approach to teaching a simple drawing. The words he says alongside the drawing itself, as well as the gestures he makes. He makes it a “sporty” activity and breaks down drawing an elephant so well, for children to remember and do in their own time. This resource is a great short video to show within a classroom. 

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My second 3rd year placement was my most successful one yet. Being placed with Grade 4′s, i learned so many new skills that i will most definitely be implementing in my classroom. This school is the first time i had seen the implementation of “clinics”. These clinics were reading and math clinics which grouped children from the entire year level into children that struggled, average children and children that exceeded. I like the idea of this as the children get to learn beside people who learn and think the same way as them. I taught within these clinics and i specifically liked how i got to read such different levels of texts with different groups. The children were more focused during comprehension activities as the work was at their level, not too low and not too high.

As for aspects of the clinics that seemed negative.. many parents were often concerned with what groups their child was placed in. One specific parent believed her child was a lot “smarter” than the children in his group. Although the grade 4 teachers and principal disagreed with this, they had to move him into a higher group to please the parent. The child then seemed to struggled therefore this was something i strongly disagreed with.

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Handwriting is vital for children to learn!

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During practicum, my grade 6 class were constantly getting confused about which words the “I comes before E” rule applies for. I made this at displayed it at the front of the classroom. Over the 2 weeks, the students could recite it and remembers which words they knew were excluded from the rule when they engaged in their own writing tasks.

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In my early years of primary school, I remember being read to every day by one specific teacher. I remember being so engaged with the way the teacher read aloud. She used such emotion, changed her tone and level of voice, and made it hilarious. She would even stop reading at times and ask us questions or relate it to real life experiences. I remember thinking it was so hard to read like she did. I then aimed to model this teacher during my practicum with my grade 2 class. They seemed to have the same reaction that I did when I was their age. It was honestly a full circle moment that I will always treasure!