Daily Something 121607 Originally uploaded by teachergal My Mom and I were talking about things that people can do to reach out to others in their communities yesterday evening. I got inspired and put together a list of things that the average Joe (or Jane) could do to help brighten someone else's day. Here are… Continue reading Daily Something: Helping Others
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Trains & Snow — My Daily Something
New Scrapbook Program... thought I'd try it out for my Daily Something. Here it is! daily something 121507, originally uploaded by teachergal.
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Creating Gifts of Writing
Due to the snow and the delayed opening, I only had seven of my students today. Kate had five. Hence, we brought our kids together. Luckily the art supplies from Blick arrived yesterday. Hence, we were able to 'open up' the Writing Gift Center this afternoon. Since some of Kate's students weren't familiar with this… Continue reading Creating Gifts of Writing
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Friday – Daily Something
I've been pretty good about keeping up with my Daily Somethings. Again, thanks to Ruth, and of course to Ali Edwards, for the inspiration to do these.
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ruth’s wn entry: daily something #6
So this is from yesterday, but by the time my parents left & CSI came on, I didn't have time to upload the photos + play with Photoshop. Here you have it, a special daily something. The plan is to print these out as 5x7 prints & then stick them back to back as a… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: daily something #6
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ruth’s wn entry: teaching heart map
I teach because of relationships. I teach to impact others in positive ways. I was surprised, looking over my map because of what's not there. No units, no grammar, no standards. Nothing of what fills a typical plan book. Instead, this seems to be a start to make visible what is often invisible. It's about… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: teaching heart map
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Art Appreciation (Picture Books)
I had the opportunity to visit The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts today. For someone who like me, who is obsessed with picture books, spending 90 minutes at this museum on a Sunday afternoon was definitely a treat! There was a big exhibit there on the Spiderwicks, which didn't interest… Continue reading Art Appreciation (Picture Books)
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Sketching the exterior of your school
My students finished the NECAP Reading Test today. The sun also came out too. (I was on the verge of building an arc since there had been a lot of gray skies this past week.) Therefore, I took my students outside of the building with oil pastels and soft pastels to sketch the community, which… Continue reading Sketching the exterior of your school
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a special space.
I've been a writing coach for four years now. My arm was gently twisted at the end of the school year when I was planning on looping my seventh graders into eighth grade. After the painstaking art of decision making I decided to venture out of the classroom to see what life was like for… Continue reading a special space.
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power of place.
Today in a fourth grade classroom, the teacher let me experiment (play) a bit. We focused on places for our notebook entries. After all of the wn entries Stacey & I have posted about place (click here or here or here or here to read a few), the strategy has been yearning to get out… Continue reading power of place.
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writer’s notebook decorations.
Just wanted to let you know Z-Scrap has all K & Company products on sale right now (as well as other goodies). Here's a link to all of Z-Scrap's sale items. I've ordered from this online store a few times & have always been pleased with the results. Thought some may be interested as you… Continue reading writer’s notebook decorations.
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ruth’s wn entry: home + art.
Stacey inspired me (as is so often the case) to capture my home in some sort of art medium for my writer's notebook. Since for my 30th birthday my husband gave me my dream gift -- check it out here -- I had to use it for this challenge. To bump up the artistic side… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: home + art.
