Me in a nutshell:

3191sm

My name is Arden Prucha and I will be teaching 2nd grade at J.A. Hargrave in the 2008-2009 school year. I graduated in the spring of 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education -Magna Cum Laude! I have taught 3rd grade for the past two years at Hargrave and am excited to teach a new grade! When I was younger I realized how much I loved children and my childhood friends would tell you I was a teacher then; always bossing the younger ones around. I had another passion when I was young that has been hidden until recently and that is photography. I love being able to capture blessed and pertinent moments in other's lives. It is my gift that I use to tell stories through art by capturing hearts onto a piece of glossy or matte paper. I am a mother to a beautiful and kind soul. His name is Pierson and he will be five in November. His gifts are compassion and unconditional love that he gives generously to all he comes in contact with. I would say that I am doing everything I ever dreamed of as a child: teaching, photography, and motherhood. I am a very lucky and blessed young woman.

A few cool things about my job are:
 1. I am able to work with children everyday and can often act like one myself (woohoo).
2. I am so fortunate to work with the best sister and "Teacher of the Year," Nicole Tomme.
3. Our day flies by because we have so much fun in the classroom - I truly feel that being called "weird" is an honor and I use that as a key teaching tool in our classroom.
4. My school has an amazing staff who is supportive, funny, and friendly.
5. I learn just as much as my students learn, if not more, each day.

4/8/08

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:

This is my favorite book study that we do all year! Our class is really enjoying this book. I tell you what, I have a new found respect for actors. When I read the chapters I get into full character! We are making Charlie "Secret Books" where we are following the characters actions and bad habits. We have also made news articles of our "NEW CRAZY CANDY," Candy Machine Makers, and Chocolate Poems. We are working on "The 6th Golden Ticket" where each student picks a bad habit to extend on as another ticket winner. Here is a look at some of our work so far.

Posted by Arden Prucha at Tuesday, April 08, 2008 0 comments
Mrs. Morris had heard we taught some origami for multi culutral night. She decided to lend herself to each class to teach some more origami. The kids loved her. Together they made a dog and a penguin! Pretty soon my class is going to go pro at the art of folding paper.
Posted by Arden Prucha at Tuesday, April 08, 2008 0 comments
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)