Good morning or afternoon to all of you. Welcome to WJPS. This blog will serve as a classroom outside the classroom, as support and forum for furthering classroom discussions. I will often assign homework to post to the blog. Please don't hesitate to ask your classwide questions here... anything personal should be sent to me via email. This way the personal matter can be handled privately.
Your first official assignment is: to introduce yourselves to each other... Who are you? Are you new to WJPS? If yes, where were you before? What do you hope to gain from your experience in this class? What are your expectations? How do you like to learn?
I will go first:
I'm Ms. Sackstein. This is my second year teaching at WJPS. I teach ELA and journalism classes. This is my 7th year teaching ELA. I started my career at Far Rockaway High School for 3 years, moved to Locust Valley High School on Long Island for 2 years (where I advised the school newspaper) and then I landed here. I am extremely happy and excited to be here and to share my knowledge with you and for each of you to share yours with me and each other.
Expectations, as you will learn quickly, I'm sure, are a big part of my class. I expect everyone to try their best and never settle for something that isn't as such. The work we produce will be published in a school paper so we want people to really be wowed by the work we do. I know that each of you is capable of keeping up with the work and trying your best. You can expect me to be available for help via conferences or email as much as possible.
I'm an auditory/visual learner, but I like to keep things interesting. I will do my best to make sure everyone's learning preferences are honored as much as possible.
I'm looking forward to a good year.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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