ruth’s wn entry: loving the start of school.

by Ruth Ayres

Last week I met with a group of teachers in a study group and we began with a writer’s notebook entry of all the things we love about the start of school.  In… Read More →

taking away from today.

by Ruth Ayres

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… Read More →

Modeling Our Writing

by Stacey Shubitz

I had a really great first day of work. I learned a lot. The first thing I learned is that fourth graders are way different than fifth graders. Here’s what I mean. My… Read More →

First Day of School Poems

by Stacey Shubitz

I’m up super-early today. Not because I live a gagillion miles from school, but because I’m so excited to meet my new class. Hence, in order to curb my nervous energy, I went… Read More →