Ali Edwards wrote the following today in her Words + Photos Post (Day Three):
What if you encouraged your kids (by example and through encouragement) to be the kind of people who grow up telling their own stories?
To me, this is the kind of work we’re doing in Writing Workshop. But it makes me wonder… [...]
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In response to Ali’s challenge this week, I’ve been thinking of stories which represent finding balance in life. This has stretched me as a writer. I find myself renewed by having a project to complete. I find myself looking at the world differently and looking at myself differently. I find myself pulling out my writer’s notebook [...]
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MOM!
MOMMY!
MOMMA!
Three voices. Three expressions. Three times my heart is filled. Am I really a mother of three? Some things just take a bit of adjustment.
And then the pitter-patter of feet and the attack of six arms. And I know, deep in my bones that this is what I was made to be. A mother of [...]
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The Soldiers Are Everywhere
Originally uploaded by teachergal
We’re reading Number the Stars in Interactive Read Aloud right now. The kids love the book, even though they’re disgusted with the way the Nazis treated the Danish Citizens in Copenhagen. Hence, after reading Chapter Seven today, [...]
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I wanted to try to represent the simple act of cleaning my desk in just ONE layout today. Here’s what I created to show that:
CLEAN DESK = HAPPY TEACHER
Make a Smilebox postcard
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