The Slice of Life Challenge is coming to a blog near you! In March, we'll host the 5th Annual Slice of Life Challenge. The Challenge: In the month of March share a slice of your life. Every. Single. Day. Have you been thinking about joining us? (You should!) But don't take my word for it!… Continue reading Slice of Life Challenge — Your Thoughts
How much collaboration is too much?
There were a few times when I sat back at the end of a day of teaching and thought I don't know if I'd want to be a student in my own classroom. The reason for this horrible realization? There was just too much group work going on, especially in mathematics. I often felt as… Continue reading How much collaboration is too much?
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Review Mentor Texts
I'm excited to share this with you. It was one of those times when things just worked out in writing workshop. In one of the third grade classes studying reviews, we began talking about using details to support your opinion. I try to avoid the word details as much as possible. I think it's an… Continue reading Review Mentor Texts
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Get out of a Writing Rut
I keep a private, family-only blog about my daughter's daily life. I began keeping it about a week after she was born. Unless we were out of town, I blogged each and every day of her life. By the end of 2011, I was getting pretty tired of blogging. In fact, I began to find… Continue reading Get out of a Writing Rut
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The Book Stack: A Couple of ROCKIN’ Books
I added three more YA books to my reader's notebook this week. I'll be sharing another of them later, but today I only want to focus on one. The past several YA books I've read have left me a little disappointed. They just didn't feel genuine. All in all, they left me feeling like the… Continue reading The Book Stack: A Couple of ROCKIN’ Books
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GEARING UP FOR THE SOLSC: A Call for Giveaways
In just a few weeks Ruth and I will host the 5th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. It's hard to believe it's the fifth time we're hosting this month-long writing challenge. It stemmed from one of my former student's notebook entries about his outrage with his sister for "losing" her necklace. She made everyone… Continue reading GEARING UP FOR THE SOLSC: A Call for Giveaways
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Siri
Last month I finally got of my cell phone that didn't have a qwerty keyboard and upgraded to an iPhone 4S. It took me awhile to convert to an iPhone since I first wanted it to come with Verizon service and then I was waiting for the iPhone 5. When the 4S came out in… Continue reading Siri
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REVIEW Unit Launch
This week I launched a REVIEW UNIT in several third grade classrooms. On the first day I asked, "Have you ever heard of a review?" Heads shook. "Okay, then, let me show you some," I said. We spent time looking at some reviews I pulled up via the internet on the SmartBoard. We read reviews… Continue reading REVIEW Unit Launch
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Mentor Texts with Lynne & Rose
Last week I received an e-mail from Lynne Dorfman, co-author of Mentor Texts and Nonfiction Mentor Texts (Stenhouse). She let me know she and Rose Cappelli set up a website over winter break. I was anxious to check it out since I talked with the two of them about it when I saw them at… Continue reading Mentor Texts with Lynne & Rose
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The Book Stack
YA Books this week: Of the three, THE ONE THAT I WANT by Jennifer Echols was my favorite. Echols is a master at creating characters that stick with you. Characters that you feel like you've met. Characters that keep you reading into the wee hours of the night. This book is currently available as an… Continue reading The Book Stack
