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Anatomy of a teaching point
I received this text from a colleague this morning: What is the “how” in this teaching point? She queried. I read the part right under “Name your teaching point.” I thought about it. I have not read this entire lesson. … Continue reading
Posted in Passion for teaching, reading, Students First, Teaching, Teaching Strategies, Writing
Tagged community, Lucy Caulkins, RUOS, TCRWP, Teaching Point, writing, WUOS
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Every day for a month
This month of blogging has been quite a commitment. I have kept others waiting while I blogged away each and every day. I have put things off. I have cleared time. I have made writing, thinking, considering and publishing a … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, celebrate, Poem, self reflection, SOL2016, thoughts, Writing
Tagged blogs, challenges, reflection, slice of life, two writing teachers, writing
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Kahoot! Why I Blog
This evening I learned something new! I was just sitting down to write my blog post for the day and I came across this blog by Chris at Reading Amidst the Chaos. I hadn’t ever heard of Kahoot! before. I … Continue reading
evening home
arriving home Friday night Quiet courtyard, no one in sight Key turns in lock Apartment opens. Expansive sky welcoming. Wind rattles windows in the kitchen. one was left open. one left open – cold sneaks in. All is dark … Continue reading
Writerly Matters
Second grade classroom a little before lunch. Students writing. Teacher sitting at a kidney table with a small group of children. Air heavy in this classroom. A quiet pervades, except for the voice of the teacher with that small group. … Continue reading
Posted in Child Matters, Learning, Teaching, Truths, Writing
Tagged building people, Carl Anderson, Child matters, compliment conference, conferring, expectations, perserverance, teacher matters, writing
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If you give a writer a forum…
If you give a writer a forum, she just may want to tell you about awakening to a tweet from a blogging champion. “So, what time are we thinking for brunch?” And if she tells you about the blogging champion’s … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, SOL2015, Write like this
Tagged Brooklyn, challenges, Emmalee Briggs, Fran McVeigh, Hamilton, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, Julieanne Harmatz, Kelly Gallagher, Laura Numeroff, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Manhattan, NYU, two writing teachers, VIcki Vinton, Write Like This, writing
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Valuing with Accuracy: Seeing myself in the mirror of you.
I have some questions. Consider them with me if you would. Do we know how to value ourselves without the help of others? Whose responsibility is it to be sure we are truly seen? How can we make ourselves understood … Continue reading
Posted in SOL2015, thoughts, Writing
Tagged connection, it's all a matter of perspective, mirror, reflecting, relationship, self, value, writing
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Cultivating Thought: Author’s Series
Entertain an instructional idea with me. Will you? How about showing your students this short video from Chipotle’s Cultivating Thought, Author’s Series? After viewing the video, students could stop and talk about what they just saw. Let them “just” talk. … Continue reading
Posted in paired text, Teaching, video text, Writing
Tagged Chipotle, paired text, reading, teaching reading, teaching writing, writing
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