Me in a nutshell:

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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.

2/3/09

January's Happenings:

Subtracting with Big Ole' Bob takes a lot of practice so I had them teach the class the step by step process of subtracting with Regrouping. This is a very difficult task for them to learn so please go over it until you are all blue in the face :)
The inauguration was the day we were out of school so the Friday before we created the Obama symbol of the rising sun. I taught them about the slogan "Yes We Can!" We celebrated a moment in history with our first African American President. I want them to remember this day in history for the rest of their lives.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration: I had the students pose while saying "IIIIIII" and had the vision of creating an image that would look like MLK on a poster. They then cut out their head and pasted it with their "I Have a Dream" paper. We spoke about peace, equality, and why character matters so much more than skin, ethnicity, or differences. What a fun project they were able to complete successfully!

Posted by Arden Prucha at Tuesday, February 03, 2009

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