About Mrs. Short
Hello Everyone!!! Welcome to our classroom blog. My name is Michelle Short and I teach second grade at Eisenhower Elementary in Fraser, Michigan. This will be a great way to share information. I will be posting homework assignments here along with pictures and videos that we take in class. This is my 20th year teaching and my 8th year teaching second grade. This is also my ninth year here at Eisenhower Elementary. I have 3 children. Kyle, who is 20, Connor, who is 16, and Kayla, who is 13. I also have 2 dogs, Lexi and Lilly. I enjoy being outside, spending time with my family and going up north. I absolutely love teaching second grade. It is a great grade to teach, and I can’t wait for this year to start.
Lexi and Lilly
October 29th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Mrs . short Lexy and Lilly are ceut
December 11th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
i love your dogs mrs. short they are soooooooo cute!!!! i also miss kayla.
love, aydney
December 12th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
awwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there soooooooo cute i just want to hug those doggy’s!!!
February 12th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
my aunt saw your doggies and she said she wanted to groom them… she works at: Canine Country in east pointe
March 24th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
I LOVE YOUR CUTE DOGS LEXI AND LILLY! I am in 2nd grade TOO!
March 24th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Your dogs are so cute! I am in 2nd grade. I love your site.
March 24th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Hi Lauren,
I’m glad you like our blog? Where do you go to school?
March 24th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Hi Sophia,
Thank you, I agree, Lexi and Lilly are really cute! Where do you go to school?
March 24th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Hi,
I’m Lauren and Sophia’s teacher. We were admiring your site! We have started one, but we could use some help.
March 24th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Hello,
Just wondering where are you from? I would love to help you out with your blog! If you want, you can email me any questions that you might have. My email is:
michelle.short@fraserk12.org
May 18th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Salutations!
I am in awe of your blog/site. I also teach 2nd grade at a downtown L.A elementary school. May I email you some questions as to how long it took you to set up your site, how difficult is it to maintain and keep secure? etc…
I would love to do this for my class next year.
Cheers,
Susannah
BTW
I love the dogs, too. I have a beautiful bull mastiff named Bambi!
May 19th, 2011 at 8:00 am
Hi Susannah,
Thanks for the compliments and of course you can email me. My email is:
michelle.short@fraserk12.org
August 24th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Thank you for creating such a wonderful blog! I am so excited to create my own blog for the first time and have used your blog for inspiration!
September 5th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Hi Michelle,
I just found your site through google. I just started an .edublogs blog and have NO idea where to begin. I’m going to send you an email tomorrow (if I remember, lol!) with a few questions….:) (I teach 2nd grade also….but in Ohio…shhhh…we can still be blog friends, right??! LOL!)
Thanks for such a great site!!
September 6th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Hello Jenna,
Thanks for visiting our blog. Please feel free to email me with any questions that you may have, I will try to help:-)
September 7th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Hi Mrs. Short!
This is a very inspiring website! I just began my 2nd year teaching 2nd grade in Sheridan, Wyoming and my goal this year is to create a website for my class. I was wondering what the policy is on posting student pictures, videos, or examples of their work. Did you have your parents sign some type of permission slip? Also, do you have any advice on how to begin building my website?! I know you are a VERY busy woman, but if you could point me in the right direction just a little bit I would be so grateful.
Thank you so much!
Meagan
September 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm
So cool that so many are inspired by your blog!!
September 21st, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Ya, I have been amazed at all of the people who visit our site!! It has become my “little baby”, lol!!!
November 9th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Love Lexi and lilly soooooooooooooooooo cute
November 9th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Thanks Rakiya, I think they are pretty cute too!!!
December 21st, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Good Morning Mrs. Short,
I love your website! I recently was given a 2nd grade reading and writing group. I would appreciate any help you could share with starting off having your students write.
Do they need 5 of their favorite books?
I noticed some of the students were doing writing activities that were different from the others.
When do you do expository, narrative and persuasive writing?
How often do you do writing?
After they write about their favorite part what elements do you teach?
Any help would really make my day! Thanks, Happy Holidays
July 3rd, 2012 at 3:51 pm
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Lauren
July 4th, 2012 at 10:41 am
This is very exciting!!! Thank you for considering my blog for this!!!
July 18th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
Hi! You seem to really have perfected the Daily 5 in your classroom! I teach first grade and want to implement it into my classroom this year but, I am having a really hard time with the idea of letting my students chose for themselves what workstation they go to. Do you think it would be detrimental if I did not include this aspect into my Daily 5??
August 2nd, 2012 at 3:36 pm
I do think that choice is a very important component. I had a hard time too, that’s why they have to do Read to Self and Work on Writing everyday. They get to choose the third session. If students tend to be picking the same thing each day, I do have them choose something else. They really do enjoy having a choice!!
November 7th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Hi mrs short your my best friend isabellas teacher i have herd she rilly loves you i am in mrs laidlaws class but ps your puppys are SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Hi Madison,
I’m glad you visited our blog. I love having Isabella in my class. Thank you for your compliment on my puppies!!
November 8th, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Your welcome.
November 10th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
its funny your puppies name is lexi and my baby cosins name is lexi
November 14th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
thats funny becouse my baby cosins name is lexi her birthday is november the 18th she is terning 2 she is so cute just like you dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 15th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
thats baby cosins name is lexi and she is turning 2 on november 18th she loves dora
November 30th, 2012 at 9:49 am
I came across your blog when looking for examples of on-line parent communication for a technology class I am taking. Can you give me some insight as to the parent response to the blog? It seems to me you have set up a great site with lots of useful information!
December 18th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Hi Mrs.Short how are you im great.I am in Mrs.Dieners`sa class she is a great teacher just like you are. I am writing to you because your dogs are so ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! were did you get them? Im looking for one.Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!Write back if youn can!!!!!!!!!!!
December 24th, 2012 at 10:48 pm
your puppyes are soooooooooooooooo cute
January 4th, 2013 at 8:38 pm
Thank you!!
January 4th, 2013 at 8:39 pm
Hello Rakiya, it’s good to hear from you. I’m glad to see you’re still visiting our blog. I hope you are having a wonderful year!! Take care:-)
January 4th, 2013 at 8:42 pm
Hello, I show my blog to my parents at meet the teacher night, so they are aware of it right from the start. I know most of them check it frequently as well as my students.