C4T 3/25

Building A Classroom Library
This post was about how Mr. John Mikulski filled out a survey about his classroom library. He wrote about how he had a classroom library of about 150 books. He teaches Middle School Language Arts and he seemed to think that most of his students were interested in the trilogy books that were popular right now. He named "The Hunger Games" as one of the more popular ones that his students gravitated towards. He finds most of his books at yard sales. I thought this was a great way to save money. Having books in your classroom that are used is a great idea. I know that none of my English teachers had books that we could take out of the classroom and read when I was in school. I guess they didn't care enough about the reading. I think some teacher are there just to teach and they don't care about getting students interested in learning. I hope to be the kind of teacher that encourages my students to enjoy reading and to use it as a way to escape every day stresses. To read more about his Classroom Library visit the link above. It is very informative!

Anti-Bullying Campaign
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem". This blog post was amazing. It talked about how students in his school wore blue clothing to support the victims of bullying. They made the local news and each signed an anti-bullying petition that was inspired by Dr. Phil. They then showed a video that they had made where students talked about how they had seen the bullying going on, but did nothing about it. Each student was videoed standing there with blue tape on their mouth while a voice in the background stated how another student was bullied and how they did nothing about it. For such a short film, it was moving. Bullying is a major problem in our schools today and its getting worse. The video ended by quoting "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem". That statement says it all. There was another video where different students stated different parts of an Anti-Bullying Pledge. I wrote in my comment that I was extremely proud of these students and that they never know how many lives they are saving by taking this pledge and signing this petition. Bullying is a problem and I am so glad that they removed themselves from the problem and became part of the solution!