This is a special guest blog post by SMSU Adjunct Instructor, Ms. Deb Ahmann, who co-teaches ED 251 Child Growth and Development with Dr. Wendy. Ms. Ahmann’s teaching career has included a variety of locations (Buffalo Lake, Marshall, and Brainerd, Minnesota; Tempe and Florence, Arizona), a variety of ages (5th grade, junior high, senior high, college), a variety of adjunct positions (SMSU, SMU, and ASU), and a variety of disciplines (elementary ed, literature, language arts, AP, public speaking, education, and literacy). Oh – and don’t forget her direct impact specifically on Dr. V. as Ms. Ahmann was her Honors Research & Writing teacher in high school. 🙂
“Because I try to model a variety of class discussion techniques for the ED 251 students, we have utilized methods including small-group presentations, partnerships, debates, Q/A drawings, and poetic summaries. The haiku was used to summarize three chapters (five-syllable summary for the first chapter, seven for the next chapter, five for the final chapter). The students were then asked to write a haiku that reflected their feelings about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on education. Our ED 251 teacher candidates did a fabulous job on these Haiku Pandemic Poetry creations.” ~Ms. Deb Ahmann
Expect hard times to come
Be prepared to work for this
Good times are ahead
Kobe L.
Distance learning now
Unsure of tomorrow’s fate
Still giving our best.
Rebecca H.
Distance can be bad,
Learning in new ways is fun,
Be very resilient.
Timothy R.
Madness all around
I don’t know how to do this
Hope it’s over soon
Danielle H.
The schools are empty.
Teachers nervous, kids confused
What is yet to come?
Taitum T.
This is a hard time
We are all learning together
We will get through this.
Morgan K.
Praise student effort
Encourage student learning
Show love with learning
Allison C.
Learning from afar
Social distancing the norm
In this together
Rachel K.
Students learn from home
Teachers must be flexible
We must do our part.
Mimi K.
Educate Online
Learning in the unknown world
You are not alone
MacKenzie D.
Read sad news daily
Taking long walks to kitchen
Missing family
Katie M.
At home and alone,
Students and teachers will work
To connect and learn.
Kendra J.
Difficult to learn.
Learning new things can be hard.
Use your time wisely.
Noah P.
Learning from afar
The future is yet unknown
We will get through this
Alyssa W.
Corona virus
Pandemic, please don’t panic
The end is in sight
Kayla B.
Sitting at home with
School work to do and nowhere
To go but at home
Erika B.
Essential working
Stuck at home with my kittens
Containing homework
Brianna D.
I really don’t like
Working from home all alone
COVID needs to go.
Allyson J.
Teach yourself at home
Not sure when all this will end
We need to be strong
Carla R.
A huge appreciation shout out to our SMSU teacher candidates for sharing their hearts. Thank you! ❤ Stay healthy, everyone.
Stay Calm and Write a Poem!
Profs Dr. Wendy. & Dr. V.
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