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=Welcome to Your New Wiki!= = __Getting to Know the People in Group A __ = ==== Hello, my name is Yolette Pompilus and I teack kindergarten in New Jersey. I have a classroom full of energetic five and six year old students eager to learn and explore. I am also eager to learn and explore on this wiki. My goal is to create a project that I can actually incorporate into my classroom. ====

My name is Leann Bowman. This year I am teaching first and second grade. I have 11 first graders and 9 second graders. I personally believe combo classes should be against the law. It is double the work and impossible to meet the needs of both grades effectively. I teach in Southern California. I have 5 grown children and am waiting for my first grandchild in February. I am extremely opinionated in educational issues and I question the value and purpose of many programs that are considered cutting edge. I dislike wasteful spending.

Hi! My name is Lisa Harrell. I teach in a small town in southeast Georgia. This year I am teaching a fourth grade self-contained (all content areas) gifted class of 17 students. I have taught fourth grade for 21 years, and gifted resource for the last 7 of those years. Congratulations, Leann, on your first grandchild! I have 3, and I love and enjoy them all so much. I understand your issues with cutting edge programs - we are just now going Standards Based, but we are also being micro-managed, and it is very frustrating playing the game as the 'Powers That Be' try to reinvent the wheel. I hope our time and learning through this course will help us in all areas!

Hello everyone! My name is Jewel Johnson and I teach 2nd grade for Gwinnett County Public Schools in Lawrenceville, GA. I am in my seventh year of teaching and I am learning more and more by the day. I also have three beautiful children. My oldest child is currently in the second grade, so this has truly been an exciting time for our family as my daughter and I share our second grade experiences together. She is in the class right next door to mine so it's been a blessing having her with me, especially since she is well behaved and liked by others. She was just voted as the student council representative for her second grade class! She is also in the gifted program at school, so she inspires me everyday about the possibilities of student learning within my own second grade class. With all of the micro-managaing and playing the game with the "Powers that Be" at my school as well, my daughter reminds me that we are still impacting the lives of our students.

Hello teachers! My name is Arsen Calic and I teach 3rd grade at the International School of Belgrade in Belgrade, Serbia. I am in my 3rd year of teaching this grade level and I am enjoying my time working in a culturally diverse setting. I am also lucky to have a nice class size of 17 students and that our administration started investing heavily into technology. On a personal level, I'm in my second year of marriage and expecting to become a father by the end of March next year.


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