I had an interesting phone call yesterday afternoon. Upon answering the phone, the voice on the other end identified herself and went on to tell me, "I'm not sure why I feel the need to call you, but I think you can help me. I've lost all confidence in myself as a teacher. I was… Continue reading confidence.
Category: community
Stacey’s WN Entry: The Sadako Project… A Reflection
Coming together, as a class, to do something worthwhile... I wanted all of my students to see what teamwork was about. I wanted them to do something as a group to see the amazing results. But was it art for art sake? (Don Graves told me it wasn't when I shared my original entry with… Continue reading Stacey’s WN Entry: The Sadako Project… A Reflection
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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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taking away from today.
In Stacey's last post (right below this one), she wrote, "So what I'm taking away from today is . . . " and I thought, what a good reflection for the end of every day. Then I thought, what did I take away from today? Hmmmm. I suppose it's we matter to one another. As… Continue reading taking away from today.
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our talk.
This week I have been working with some stellar teachers. My role in their rooms has been that of a team teacher and so it's been easy for me to absorb things from them. One of the things I've been struck by is the way they talk with their students. They are so kind, so… Continue reading our talk.
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mission accomplished.
I have goosebumps because our mission is already being accomplished! Well, for today at least! One of our goals for this blog is: To bring writing teachers together to share ideas and stretch each other's thinking. If you've not looked at the discussion under Stacey's post, One Notebook or Many? then go now! While you're there, join the… Continue reading mission accomplished.
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the gift we give.
Sharing. What a gift! I had the pleasure of spending last week with 25 teachers who were concentrating on becoming more effective writing teachers. I'm a firm believer in one of the best ways to become a better writing teacher is to become a writer. Therefore, each day was devoted to experiencing writing workshop first… Continue reading the gift we give.
