introduction

I am Linda and I teach first grade. We have a population of children that are over 50% poverty and the children come to first grade at all levels of ability. I have been teaching 30 years and I am always looking for the best way to teach each child. I did some research on Howard Gardner's theory when I was working on my masters. I need to refresh what I learned and I am looking forward to reading and discussing Thomas Armstrong's book.

Grades and Transcripts
I will submit grades when the class is completed. Please wait for St Thomas to send you the grade before you ask them for your transcript. If you need more time to complete the class, just let me know and we will work something out. By the way, my address is 936 Linden Ave...Rice Lake Wi 54868. Send the final there. If you need to call me my phone # is 715.236.2088. Thanks for taking the class. Barney

Final
Send me a copy of a lesson or unit or ??? based on the information you learned during this class by snail mail. Please include your reflections on what you learned in this class.( no longer than 1 page please) Please give a short summary on the blog so others who might be interested in your unit, etc could contact you if they would like to see it. Thanks for taking the class.

Appendix
Make sure you look over Appendix A,B and C.

Chapter 13
Reflect on the information in this chapter and how it relates to your school environment

chapter 12
Try out one of the "Christopherian Encounters" explained on page 116 and reflect on your observations. Certainly feel free to substitute your own example...you only need to try one. If possible use an intelligence that represents most of your class

chapter 11
Select any of the suggested ideas for further study on page 111 and tell us what you did and write a reflection.