Week 4- My Journey As A Writer

Let me first start by saying that I can't remember hardly anything from my child hood. I had a pretty normal and simple child hood. When I was in elementary school, all I can remember is that we used to have Spelling; which included writing our spelling words. We also had a spelling bee that I took second place in. I liked it even though I wasn't sure at first if I wanted to participate out of shyness. Yes, shyness can you believe I was once shy. I think spelling was important for me; because I feel like it introduced me to new words that I could use when I was writing. The schools in the area where I live now; have a system called "Words Your Way". This activity has the students putting words into different grammatical categories and writing them in their categories on paper. I feel like I would want to have a weekly spelling bee or timed writing contest using these words weekly. I would also like to make a slide show with pictures related to the words, for the students to view.
My next influence in writing, that I can remember, was my Mother who wrote stories on her type writer and then later a word processor. Yes, a type writer and a word processor no judging on my age, lol. I learned how to use a type writer and a word processor from her. She let me use them to try to write my own stories. I have always loved writing. I loved stationary paper too and still do; although a lot of things have gone electronic.
I still can't remember a lot from my Middle School years either. I do remember that we were required to read different kinds of books and write book reports on them. I read the book "The Giver" and "Gone With The Wind". We were required to read a novel in 6th grade; thus "Gone With The Wind". It seems to me that writing has always came easy to me.
In High School, it seems like we wrote on a lot of worksheets or mini summaries on videos we watched. The videos were based on books or plays we read in Drama class. I am sure there were some essay papers, but as I said, I don't remember too many things. Writing has always been one of my favorite things to do; even recreational. I also like to talk a lot and this is probably another reason I like to write a lot too.
In college, I got my first experience of writing extreme amounts of essay papers; especially in my general education classes. I liked these kinds of assignments; because I love to write. There were many students I had talked to; sharing what I assignment I was working on and which one they were working on. I would likely say something, like "I am working on my Math homework, ugghhh." and they would jokingly reply, "I am writing....essay paper on..." "I'll trade you." My reply was "O.k. sounds like a deal." This was obviously a joke and never transpired, lol. On a serious note though, I feel like all my teachers have played a part in me becoming the writer I am today. One of the hardest assignments in college writing; was when I wrote an autobiography. I had a hard time getting started on that assignment. I never know how to start talking about myself, but when I do start; watch out I never stop. I have picked up different skills for writing along the way through my education. It has taken a while to get to where I am today in my writing abilities. So, I know when I start teaching writing; I will be patient with the young writers and try to encourage creative thinking reflected in their writing. My journey in writing has been influenced by creative people who have supported my creative thinking through my writing, as well.

Week 3- Word Wall Words

In class tonight we talked about the statistics of students who know certain amounts of vocabulary words. There has been proven correlation between poverty stricken students not knowing as many words or speaking as many words; as a student who is more affluent. Studies show that students who are more wealthy; tend to speak more words or have a better use of words. This is mostly due to the educational background of the student's parents. Typically if you go to college; you make a higher income than those who did not attend college. So, if you are more wealthy then you probably have gained further knowledge through college and therefor know more and a variety of words to use around your children. I am glad we talked about this in class. My daughter has learning disabilities and reads two grade deviations below her grade level. We have not been well off financially and still struggle some. However, she knows a lot of different words and uses them correctly. When her preschool tested her for learning disabilities three years ago; she was two grade deviations below the average student, despite my continued teaching to her. The one thing they did stress was that she was really social and knew how to speak a lot of words; that she was almost overly social. I do credit this to me talking a lot; I am naturally very talkative. So statistics can say what they want to; but I contribute her success in language to how much time I spend working with her. Even though we are not the most well off, my husband and I are just now both in college, and she has disabilities; she may possibly have better language usage than children older than her. Now for some summarizing and sentence writing.

Umami- A savory category of taste and fifth type of taste other than sweet, sour, salt, and bitter.
Sentence: Umami has a savory flavor profile and is used in Japanese cuisine.

Lucubration- Laborious and intensive study or meditation
Sentence: I showed much lucubration when I was preparing for our final test.

Nesh- Sensitive to cold; timid or cowardly
Sentence: That boy was very nesh about going into the haunted house.

Paralipsis- The delibrant concise treatment of a certian topic; one sided or too obvious to discuss; when a writer or speaker emphasizes something but claims to say very little
Sentence: I will not use paralipsis when bringing up that I don't want to tell you; the students hid a tac in your chair. 

Hygge- A Danish word that represents the feeling of being comfortable or cozy
Sentence: I experienced Hygge; even though I'm not Danish, when I was lying on the couch reading my favorite book on a rainy day.

That's all folks thanks for reading my blog.

Week 2- BIO Poem

Alright, so blackboard was being a menace again. This time it was really bad, the worst I had. My microphone wouldn't work, and my headphones made Professor Steffes sound like Darth Vader, lol. Then it decided not to play any sound when I logged back in and then it kicked me out all together. So, it just didn't like me that class night. Hopefully, this next class will go much better. The Bio Poem seems interesting and like a neat way to get to know your students and them to know some about you in a quick way. There is already not enough class time and typically not enough information or the right information provided about your students to you. This would definitely be a good activity to do at the beginning of the school year. So here I go.


Tiffannie Nitcher
Tiffannie
Creative, Artistic, Resourceful, Kind
Daughter of Steve and Beccie
Lover of Art, Music, and Flowers
Who feels happy around my children, like a crazy mess, loved by my God
Who fears very little, something happening to my children, what's under the water you can't see in
Who would like to see my children have successful futures, my college graduation, Ireland
Resident of Mexico, Missouri
Nitcher


I hope this helps you guys to know me better. It would feel interesting I think to share some of this with students. I am reserved on what I share with people. If you ask I will typically tell you though.
This is a picture of my family and myself; we never seem to be in one place at the same time to get pictures.

My Husband and two children at my Mom's college graduation in Texas 5/5/2018

My Husband and I at our Wedding Reception 2009

Current Selfie, lol

My daughter and I in Texas

Alliceson on Easter 2018

Robert on Easter 2018

Week 1-Two Truths and A Lie 5-3-18

Alright, so here we are, week 1. I will tell you two truths and one lie. Or, one lie and two truths. Or, one truth, one lie, and then another truth. You never know. Here we go. 1.  I am a Mother of five children all under the age of ten. 2. I have eight pets; four dogs and four cats. 3. I can use chopsticks in either of my hands to eat food with.

There you go folks. You decide which is which. Have fun; I know I will, when I read all of your posts.