Getting Students Published

I’ve had four of my former treasures (I’m borrowing a Jen Barney word here!) get published in New Moon Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams. However, I don’t just teach talented female writers; I have some exceptional male writers in my classes too! Hence, I have been looking for places where they can [...]

Memoir Stuff On-Tap for This-Coming Week

This week I’m going to pull-out a bunch of texts that are memoir-ish: When the Relatives Came, What You Know First, The House on Mango Street, and maybe even Marshfield Dreams if I can find it in-time. However, I’m unsure as to whether or not I want to share the memoir I wrote about [...]

Marching to the Music: A Great Way to Review Content & Have Some Fun

I’m introducing a bunch of new games to my students this week during Morning Meeting. I got all of them from 99 Activities and Greetings: Great for Morning Meeting… and other meetings, too! by Melissa Correa-Connolly. One of the ones I found in Correa-Connolly’s Book is called “Milling to the Music,” which is [...]

Taking Down the Scaffolds Slowly

After studying Vygotsky ’s ZPD in the very first education class I took in college, I came to realize how important scaffolding was. Last summer, nine years after my first education class (That was in 1998: I toyed with the idea of becoming a teacher in college and literally took one ed class my [...]