Jane E. Martellino
A sampling of my instructional practice
Growing as a Reflective Practitoner
For the past three school years, I use blogging as my means to reflect, share, and promote the work we do with students in the elementary media center. Take a look at my blog for the last three school years: seethinkwonderdo.org
Blog Post On Making Research More Personal | America Recycles and BES Parents Showcase Creativity | Coders in our Midst! |
Power of One Book, One School... But EVERY Month Program
Grade Three Students Reflect on One Book, One School, Every Month Program Click here to view the 3 minute video. | Grade 5 reflects on One Book, One School, Every Month Click here to view the video. | Fun ways to combine coding, robots, and literature! For two of the One Book, One School selections, a follow-up activity consisted of kindergarten students programming robotic mice to retell the story of Keep On! As Matthew Henson navigated many challenges to reach the North Pole, they created the setting and programmed the mouse to reach North Pole! CLICK here to view the activity. |
Grade Three Students Reflect on One Book, One School, Every Month Program
Fun ways to combine coding, robots, and literature!
Empower Your Students by Letting Them Tell the School News!
Watch this past year's episodes on my website. Students have opportunities to reflect on their growth because they have these video clips to review. It's wonderful to see how they gain confidence and develop poise and fluency in oral speaking.
Episode #10 | Behind the scenes. Take a look and listen to what students | 9th Episode |
EXPLORE Prior years' work samples!
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ENJOY!
Take a look at my library website!
Take a look at my presentation at the 2015 and 2013 AASL conference workshops as well as 2015 and 2016 CASL CECA Presentations.
At AASL 2015, I co--presented with Jenny Lussier, a fellow CT school media specialist. I theme for that school year (while we were both in different districts) was 'Let Them Create." View the presentation here!
At the 2016 CASL CECA, our state joint conference , I presented on the transformation in my instruction through the creation of Hyperdocs. View the slideshow here.
At the 2015 CASL CECA conference, I co-presented with my Region 15 Colleagues on the Power of Google Classroom. Click here to view the presentation.
Summer Middle School Writer's Camp
I co-taught the camp with Mr. Joel Pardalis and we were quite pleased with the students' work.
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Check out the Charter Oak Book Award Program I Created!
Click here to view the Charter Oak Website which I manage.