‘Twas the day after vacation
January 7, 2013 in In the Classroom
‘Twas the day after vacation and all through the school, the children and their desks were covered with drool. The sight words were hung on the word wall with great
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Practice, Practice, Practice!!!
December 17, 2012 in Reading
Imagine something you hate with a passion. For me, that is watching football. I hate watching football. I would rather watch paint dry, poke myself in the eye with a
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How Can We Help Our Students Speak and Write Logically?
December 10, 2012 in Reading, Writing
Last month, in my blog entitled, “If You Can’t Say it, You Can’t Write It”, I established my case for the importance of helping our students communicate complete thoughts when
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Holidays in the Classroom
December 3, 2012 in In the Classroom
I will admit, as a Kindergarten teacher, holidays were my favorite because there were so many things to do! And with such diverse students in our classrooms, holidays are even
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Technology Literacy
November 19, 2012 in Parent Involvement
Last week I visited one of our Family Literacy daytime sites to observe the parents using the new laptops we had purchased for the program. The twenty parents in the
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Don’t Be That Teacher
November 12, 2012 in For Educators, Stories and Examples
When I was in high school, I had an Algebra teacher who still gives me anxiety to this day. “Mr. Smith” was not a good teacher. He might have been
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If You Can’t Say It, You Can’t Write It
November 5, 2012 in Challenges, Literacy, Writing
For many years I’ve begun my Writer’s Workshop professional development sessions with a focus on oral language. I’ve told countless teachers and students, “If you can’t say what you are thinking, you won’t
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Workshop on Parent-Involvement
October 29, 2012 in For Educators, Parent Involvement
On September 28, 2012, I had the privilege of facilitating the first workshop in the state-of-the-art Learning Lab at Pacific Learning’s brand new headquarters in Huntington Beach, California. Pacific Learning
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Libraries and Family Literacy
October 22, 2012 in Family Literacy
Providing parents opportunities to borrow books, or visit and use our library facilities, as part of the Family Literacy classes can have a significant impact on the family, and on
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25 Ways to Assure A Bad School Year
October 15, 2012 in For Educators
25 Ways to Assure A Bad School Year Put up black stripes on the walls so the kids feel like they are in jail. Hand out calculus homework in pre-algebra.
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