Ali Edwards has had this up on her site for a few days now. It's speaking to me. Souza : For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business,… Continue reading Quote.
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The Big Picture Series: Celebratation
"Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within." –George Washington Carver Thoughts: I don't think I was always able to determine what made me successful (at what I do). In fact, when I was younger, I thought success equaled making a… Continue reading The Big Picture Series: Celebratation
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The Big Picture Series: Care Enough.
What children take home in their heads and hearts is much more important than what they take home in their hands. – Bev Bos Sometimes we get caught up in having the perfect plan, the perfect lesson, the perfect unit, the perfect curriculum, and our students producing the perfect pieces. This isn’t what really matters.… Continue reading The Big Picture Series: Care Enough.
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The Big Picture Series: Teacher as Writer
“If you are not a writer, you will not understand the difficulties of writing. If you are not a writer, you will not know the fears and hopes of the writers you teach.” -- Mem Fox Interpretation of the Quote: Right before Winter Recess, I gave three of my students a printout that included the… Continue reading The Big Picture Series: Teacher as Writer
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Remember This.
In the rush of December, let's remember: Be happy today. Be kind and be generous with your smile -- you'll start some ripples. -- Stacey Julian, Altogether Too Happy
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NCTE: Reading Assessment.
While at NCTE, I listened to Patrick Allen, Franki Sibberson, and colleagues discuss reading assessment. Here are some highlights: One assessment isn't better than another and none can stand alone. We need a variety. Look at the routines of reading workshop and figure out how to assess those routines. I should ask myself: What does… Continue reading NCTE: Reading Assessment.
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JFK said:
I receive quotes from Real Simple nearly every day. The one I received today resonated with me. It's from President Kennedy. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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The Big Picture: Honesty
“I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.” --Ani DiFranco I created a handbook of classroom regulations and procedures for my fifth graders during my second and third years of teaching in New York. Here's an excerpt from it: Academic dishonesty (e.g., cheating, copying, plagiarizing) will not… Continue reading The Big Picture: Honesty
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A Class
With some of my hard-earned (wink,wink) birthday money, I decided to sign up for a class to fuel my creativity and help me get a bit of perspective on this whole parenting, living, teaching ride that I'm on. The class is called HAVE MORE FUN and is hosted on Big Picture Scrapbooking. I'm a bit… Continue reading A Class
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What Really Matters: This Post Was Inspired by My Amazing Co-Blogger RUTH!
Last summer I took a course at T.C.'s Reading Institute with Kyleene Beers. She gave us a copy of her book Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise Into Practice. As I read parts of it, a section by Chris Crutcher resonated with me. Crutcher tells of a tough girl whose third grade teacher was the only one… Continue reading What Really Matters: This Post Was Inspired by My Amazing Co-Blogger RUTH!
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Quotes & Poetry
Today's Writing Workshop lesson went soooo well. I had never had kids write about quotations before, but it was such a success! I look forward to folding this lesson into the first unit of study in September. (One student I conferred with wasn't writing much... she was just doing literal explanations, rather than interpretations. Therefore,… Continue reading Quotes & Poetry
