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Mrs. Griffin's Third Grade 08-09 Room 205 |
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New address for website:
http://www.jologriffin.com
"TEACHER OF THE YEAR" 2007-2008
Welcome to my third grade website. I have moved my student and parent website so I could use this one for ideas for teachers. (http://MrsGriffin.educatorpages.com)
My goal for this website is to get teachers to try new things and use lots of hands-on manipulatives. Even if you don't use my ideas, maybe they will spark ideas you can use in your classroom. Use your imagination...what did you like when you were a child? Use your creativity...what turned you on to learning? Use your visualization...what did you love to see in your classrooms? Use your senses...what made your favorite classroom a place you wanted to be? Use your instincts... what helps the students in your classroom become better readers and leaders?
Feel free to use anything I have on my website. You can change it to meet your needs and the needs of your students. If you need something you don't see, let me know...I probably have something that you can use on my computer. I love to hear from other teachers!!
My e-mails: jologriffin@yahoo.com
Joanne.Griffin@Channelview.isd.esc4.net
Nov. 23-My son just got engaged this week so we will be having a wedding on June 21st. They want to have it on the beach and just the family there. And fortunately for me she is a teacher too.
Dec. 31-My hard drive crashed and I lost a lot of my work. That'll teach me to save my work more often. Fortunately I have a genius son who is very computer savy and somehow made a mirror image of things on my crashed iMac hard drive and saved a lot for me. Martin, THANK YOU! So take a lesson from me....save your work in more than one place!! Of course, with all bad things, some good came of it...I got a new 24 in. iMac and I love it! But I am having trouble figuring out all the differences in the 2003 and 2008 Microsoft Office. And of course, there was the problem of explaining to my husband why it was vital that I spend all that extra money right at Christmas time for a new iMac. But we made it through the year! So here's hoping you and your family have a prosperous and fantastic new year! And keep trying new things with your students...we'll get those math and reading scores up!!!!! Jan. 17-We celebrated our 40th anniversary! We invited a bunch of friends to eat steak with us at the Salt Grass. My kids decorated it in red roses and surprised us. It was beautiful! We all enjoyed steak and shrimp. My present to my husband was a limo to take us to and from the steak house. We really enjoyed that! It was a great anniversary!!!!
May-Only 19 more days of school and am I ready for summer. All the state tests are completed and we're waiting for the math results to come back. Our reading scores were fantastic this year...our third grade had 98% passing. We were so excited about that. We've talked and talked about what we did different this year as we want the same results next year. And please if you have a great idea to try in the classroom, share with us and I'll give you credit. I'm planning on retiring at the end of next year and not sure what to do with my website. If you have creative ideas, please share them with us. I hope you all have a great summer vacation!!!!
June 21-The wedding was fantastic! I now have a wonderful daughter-in-law. After the wedding we went to Galveston to have a meal. We finally got home last night at 11:30. We were covered in sand, but it was a wonderful experience and my son was so happy!!
Joanne Griffin
Channelview ISD
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