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Conversations

So today I started the day a little frazzled but had decided already that I wanted to talk to the kids about how stories reflect real...

Setting the bar

Today we were watching a TED talk with a young girl that proclaimed that students will work to our expectations as teachers. If we set...

With all kids in mind

This last week as we started #projectspeak in my 8th grade LA class I have spent a lot of time thinking about student voice and choice,...

Darn it

So I have been playing around the last 24 hours with a post idea and in my best procrastinating stance I have decided that rather than...

Dear Virtuoso Educators

I know my friend Mary Howard does not like the term expert so Virtuoso it is. In this day and age where access is quite literally at the...

Sitting in Silence

I am very often loud. I am a rather high energy individual and teacher. I have fun, I get excited about ideas and I go off track... a...

Gasping for Air

The last sentence is just beautiful It is no surprise to regular readers that I am a huge fan of the work of Bob Probst and Kylene Beers....

Book Clubs Revisited

The Books Why book clubs? I started working with a book club approach a few years ago as an experiment in 6th grade. I wanted to move...

Moments

In November I signed on to help with our varsity basketball program. I still chuckle about the notion as do many others who know me. This...

March Madness

Oh it is that time of year where the March Madness crazy starts to over take the world. I tend to love seeing the different brackets on...

#SoL19 The journey

Ok, so this is my second kick at the Slice of Life Challenge. The idea is to write every day in the month of March. It doesn't have to be...

Exploring Inquiry

Every year I look at ways to improve my teaching. How I might be able to better meet the needs of all of my students and prepare them for...

We are not a #

Ok, so I don't mean to take anything away from the teachers who after hearing themselves referred to as losers are trying to own it in...

World Read Aloud Day

Words matter Before I get into the blog post for the day I wanted to issue an apology. I received an email that brought to my attention...

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