These are my small things that count. The earth slowly begins the warming process to encourage plants. One day it might be warm and sunny, but overnight winds bring snow to blanket the earth. Clocks spring forward an hour. An hour lost takes its toll on a body. I mentioned to my hus.

Sharing teaching and learning stories with fellow readers and writers. WHY go back to school? Third, it will be nice to be on a productive schedule again. I look forward to school; I can socialize with students and colleagues, continue to grow in my practice, and help students to grow and learn, too. Other reasons to stay home? An ea.

Join me on my journey to raise my daughter to read the word and read the world. Sometimes, when it seems like nothing is going right, we need to take a step back, look around, and count our blessings. Isabelle sits between Sophie and Tiny playing Candyland this morning.

Becoming a writer by writing! Skip to primary content. I decide to drive my knock around town car. From an around town errand. To a more distant Starbucks. Because it was such a lovely day. And I was nostalgic for my childhood days of Sunday drives. I arrive at my Starbucks destination drive through and get a refreshing iced coffee. As I leave the line I heard clunk, clunk, clunky clunk. I left my cell phone at home. After a bit of a .

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Packing Up For The Last Time. I dig slowly through the book bins, checking for beloved texts. Sometimes flipping through, sometimes putting them in my box, most times returning them to the bin. As the books tilt forward I see a sea of my name scrawled on the top of so many of them. The boxes I pack are few. What good will these items be in a basement? I hope you had the time of your life. Gigi was playing with her baby.

This House is on Fire. I thought I had cracked the code. We had to find our seat based on the drinking glasses! 8220;Is it a man with a fedora walking with a turtle who also has a fedora on using a cane? 8221; she asked. How specific and interesting I thought. Next was my husband who correctly guessed that his picture involved a castle and guards wearing hats. 8220;A Star Wars space ship? I looked at it agai.

Saturday, August 15, 2015. For the opportunity to focus on celebrations every week! September 19 will mark our 100th celebration! Today I am celebrating small moments that make up my life! This upcoming week is a week of transition. so I want to focus on the small moments that bring joy. I have made a commitment to post a notebook page online everyday. I want to make my writing open and model my life as a writer for my students. Join me! I celebrate my notebook writing! Thank you .

Spoon-Fed Writing Instruction Causes Student Nausea. So how can we develop an instructional menu that invites students to enjoy writing as a staple of their diet? 1 Make it the Most Important Meal of the Day. 2 Celebrate that Captain Crunch Has Many Flavors. Urging student choice leads to an emerging student voice.

8220;You are one smart cookie! 8221; I said. She took what I said quite literally! July 28, 2015. Happy chasing a spot of light on the wall,.