Back to School Ideas -- Poetry Writing
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5M ago
Back to School and Poetry Writing I used to love the beginning of the school year with all the promise of learning ahead...  The first weeks spent building relationships built on trust, compassion and challenges were some of my favorite.  Creating a community where students feel respected and understood is the most important part of starting off the school year.  Putting the time and effort into relationship building is time well spent...  As I go through my boxes of school stuff I thought I would share some of the activities, lessons and resources used in the first few ..read more
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
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1y ago
 A Favorite Resource I was a classroom teacher for twenty four years and can't believe how much time has passed since I left the classroom.  After a very busy few years, I now have the time to go through my house, room by room and box by box.  I have been holding onto some of my favorite teaching resources and as I am going through my house and trying to lighten my load I wasn't sure what to do with all of this stuff.  (I think I was secretly hoping that one of my offspring would need some of these things...)   I  want to share some of these resources before ..read more
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Mentor Texts That Demonstrate an Inquiry Mindset
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5y ago
Mentor Texts that Demonstrate an Inquiry Mindset  I recently worked on inquiry with a group of dedicated educators. We looked at ways to nurture an inquiry mindset, it was such a fun day of discovery, learning, and inquiring! I am sharing a list of mentor texts that can be used in the classroom to help nurture an inquiry mindset. There is a link to go with each book and can be used with your students if you don't have the book- but honestly, nothing can replace a book, a real book. So the links are really just a list for you to get a glimpse into the book and see if it works for you. I am ..read more
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An Inquiry Into -The Waste We Create
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5y ago
An Inquiry Into- The Waste We Create  I saw this today and a few things stuck with me.  Kenya is taking such aggressive steps to reduce the use of plastic bags, why can't the U.S. do the same? There are some states that have banned plastic bags but the U.S. as a country has yet to take action.  https://www.natlawreview.com/article/more-states-ban-single-use-plastic-bags https://abcnews.go.com/Health/war-plastic-study-shows-states-banned-plastic-bags/story?id=63529555 And of course, plastic bags certainly aren't the only culprit to single use plastic and when looking at the responsible us ..read more
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Back to School
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5y ago
Kinder Homework  This ... Or this ... Image from kidspot.com or this... Since leaving the classroom I have been fortunate to spend lots of time with my family.  Living in Hawaii and working full time meant that vacation time was limited and travel time was precious. In the past, we traveled to see our kids and grandkids but it was always around time off of work and usually just for a week or a few days longer if we were lucky... So now that I am out of the classroom I have been fortune to spend time with my family.   I have been in Denver lots this year helping my daughter recover fr ..read more
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Born Under Fire Book Talk
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5y ago
I am so excited to participate in a blog/book tour for Born Under Fire.  First of all, thank you to Rina Neiman the author for sending me a copy of her story.  Also thank you to Nicole Pyles at theworldofmyimagination.blogspot.com  for the invitation. I am a huge fan of historical fiction especially novels focused on World War 2.  It seems like most of the stories I have read are those from Germany, Europe and the Pacific so this was a totally new read for me.  Rina tells the story of her family and focuses on her mother Shula's story.  Her family is Jewish and live in what will soon becom ..read more
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