Hello!! I’m Coresa Griffin.  I am currently a teacher, a mother, and a wife.  I guess I wear many hats.  I love dinning out, movies and good music.  

2. If you were to write a book about yourself, what would you name it? The book would titled, “Slow down enjoy LIFE” 

3. Tell us one of your favorite jokes. I do not have a favorite joke.

4. Tell us what subject you teach, years of teaching, and how far you are in the MSIT or Teacher Education program.  I am a general education kindergarten teacher, I have been teaching kindergarten for 5yrs.  I will complete this program this MAY 2013, this semester I’m finishing my thesis and taking this class.

5. How much do you know about teaching language arts?                                                       
Teaching language arts to kindergarten consist of the following:                               
Alphabet:
Recite the alphabet in order
Recognize and name all the letters of the alphabet, both upper and lower case in random order
Know the sounds corresponding to each letter of the alphabet

Reading/ Reading Readiness:
Identify the front, back, title, and author of a book
Understand the functions of both the author and illustrator of a book
Understand the difference between fiction and nonfiction
Name and imitate the sound heard at the beginning and ending of word
Use left to right and top to bottom motion when reading
Use picture clues to read
Make predictions
Identify the characters, setting, and main idea of a story
Understand the simple structure of stories (beginning, middle and end)

Writing:
Write all of the letters of the alphabet in both upper and lowercase
Correctly write first and last name
Print correct letter symbols to correspond with pictures
Write and correctly spell some simple consonant-vowel-consonant words 

6. How much do know about "new literacies?"  I don’t know much about new literacies.

7. What are your concerns about taking this course? At this present time I don’t have any concerns about course.