PTLC Meeting @ TeacherSPACE on Thursday, April 3 from 4 to 7

We would love to see you on Thursday for a Descriptive Review of a 7th grader at TeacherSPACE. You might also want to browse through our class sets of books, interesting curricular materials, and student work.

We are working out details about our Spring hours, so stay tuned for that! Send an email, in the meantime, if you need to get your hands on something. We have some interesting ideas percolating and as soon as we have details firmed up, we'll let you all know.

See you Thursday, we hope!

TeacherSPACE now open on SATURDAYS!

TeacherSPACE is open on Saturdays from 10-12 for browsing, borrowing, and donation drop off until March 8th! Some information you will need to know:

- We are located in the back of Wissahickon Charter School. We will leave the gate open for you!

- Drive all the way around the to very back of the building and you will see our signs. We even have a doorbell now, thanks to Julie!

Hot coffee, internet access, rich curricular materials and the company of other teachers on Saturdays @ TeacherSPACE.

(We could use a few extra hands to organize books and posters. Many hands make light work.)

Winter Saturday Workshops and Networking

TeacherSPACE invites you to our first Saturday workshop on January 19th from 10-12. We will be open for browsing and borrowing the amazing resources we have compiled for classroom use.

You are also invited to attend a workshop during this time!
Gingerbread Houses: An integrated curriculum
Lynne Strieb will talk about different aspects of her gingerbread house curriculum (math, architecture, reading, cultural studies, and science connections a plenty). This is a heads on and hands on workshop and we sure hope to see you all there.

More workshop information to follow about our Winter Schedule!

Winter Professional Development Schedule at TeacherSPACE

Welcome to Winter! Soon, this blog will announce our Winter Professional Development offerings... We are proud to offer intriguing, relevant, and inspiring professional development at TeacherSPACE during the winter months. You will notice that our hours will change as well. We will open on select Saturdays for specific workshops as well as your own browsing, borrowing, and classroom planning/provisioning. Check back to this blog for updates and for the TeacherSPACE Winter Professional Development offerings.


It was great seeing so many of you on November 30th at our Happy Hour! Joanne, Allison and her friend from Mariana Bracetti Academy, Koke, Betsy and David, Helen, Barbara, Charlie, Diane, Cheryl, Christina, Mark and Jonah, Kira and Jules, Steve, Paul, Amy, and Mary Lou made the evening sparkle. (I'm sure I've left someone out... Sorry!) We all did lots of networking, arranging classroom visitations among other things. If you haven't had time to stop by this Fall, we sure hope to see you on a few of these wintery Saturdays!

TeacherSPACE Party, Friday November 30th and Winter Professional Development Opportunities

TeacherSPACE has been up and running for almost four months! We invite you to celebrate with us on Friday, November 30th from 5-7pm. Stop by for light fare, great conversation, chocolates, and fine friends. Everyone that comes will be the first to get their hands on the TeacherSPACE Winter Schedule! We have some Saturday Act 48 workshops planned as well as other interesting happenings.

If you need a ride, Joanne is coordinating a car pool list: jdonahue@phila.k12.pa.us

Also in November:
- We are CLOSED Wednesday, November 14th and Wednesday, November 21st
- We are OPENED Wednesday, November 28th; PTLC Planning Meeting at TeacherSPACE on 11/29, and PARTY! on 11/30

Join us! Wednesday, 10/24/07 - Making Fluency Fun

Teaching reading is joyful work. Learning, even these days, can be fun! At TeacherSPACE, we believe that students of all ages learn best when they are able to join in as makers of knowledge. This workshop focuses on Reader's Theater and making story boxes and even simple costumes for different stories. While we will focus on plays of favorite children's stories (Bony Legs, Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain and others), teachers of middle school and high school students might see this as a perfect service learning opportunity for your older students, and a great way to reinforce leadership skills! Excellent workshop for teachers and parents of English Language Learners and students who receive Learning Support, really-- for every child. Join your colleagues for a FREE afternoon workshop at TeacherSPACE and receive Act 48 credits on Wednesday, October 24 from 4:00-7:00.

RSVP to ptlcteacherspace@yahoo.com if you will attend. Space is limited, so feel free to tell a friend (teacher, parent, even grandparent) but make sure to reserve your spot!!

10/4 Guided Reading Meeting

The PTLC Guided Reading meeting yesterday was inspiring, fascinating and incredibly interesting. Joyce Kemmler, a long-time PTLC member, spoke about her experiences teaching emerging and struggling readers, traveling to New Zealand to learn about Reading Recovery and Guided Reading strategies, and common questions and problems teachers come across when teaching guided reading. Afterwards, Christina Puntel facilated a whole group discussion which was part question-and-answer and part idea/experience sharing. Finally attendees were able to peruse some of the book sets selected by Joyce and Betsy Wice which are PTLC favorites and available to borrow at TeacherSPACE. Big thanks to all who attended and helped to organize the meeting! Below are some pictures of the event, and the most recent changes to the space.