Thoughts about teaching, learning, and life. Sunday, February 9, 2014. Where i live - Eileen Spinelli. As I was preparing to transfer books from home to my classroom today, I ran across where i live. or even a family struggle. Encouraging children to write for au.

Writing, Reading, Teaching, Life, Attempting to Balance it All. What if there was the daily equivalent of motivational personal development for teachers.

8220;Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or a duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift. Monday, March 19, 2018. Forty-five minutes until slices for today close and I have not sliced. But I have a good excuse. Or at least a kind of good excuse. I have been trying to slice in the morning, but this morning I had a lot of school work left to finish. And tonight I went with my book club to see Helen Thorpe.

The kids arrived in their beautiful dresses, tiny bow ties and an air of excitement. Spring pictures are always fun as they get to pose together as a class and then take the individual pictures. I passed out the individual cards for the photographer and then waited as the kids went up one by one. This little guy has been struggling learning to write his .

Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Reflecting and Planning Tools for Math Workshop. My kids learned so much playing with dry erase number lines last year. I used the game Guess My Number. Having a set of 25 laminated of each made it easy for kids to grab when they were solving a problem or for me to grab and place with other supplies to create a game.

Sharing thoughts, ideas, and research about teaching, writing, and LIVING in the 21st Century. Sunday, March 25, 2018.