An Inquiry Into Student Blogging
After a summer of enthusiastic research, I jumped headlong into the world of student blogging in 2013. None of the dozens of blogs, videos, or how-to’s could quite prepare me for just how much goes...
View ArticleAn Inquiry into the Senses
There’s a reason that our first lessons on bringing detail into our writing often revolve around the 5 senses. There’s a rich, visceral connection we all make with our senses of touch, taste, sight,...
View ArticleThe Magic of an AuthorLink #TeacherMom
A few weeks ago, our local library hosted Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen as they shared their newest book, “The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse.” It was a 3-generational fan-girl geek-out. Hearing authors...
View ArticleWhen Texts Become Our Mentors — Really
What happens when we earnestly look to the text for learning? I mean, really look to the text. Not some sterile passage from a basal. Not the occasional book that seems to coincide with our unit. Not...
View ArticleInquiry Into Being a Writer
Now that I’ve finished my PYP essential elements provocations, I plan to begin the next series of inquiry-based provocations on the SDG’s (UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030). But first, I’d...
View ArticleOn Allowing Children to NEED the Learning
This quote resonated hard with me today: If we step back from the pressures and expectations and chaos for a moment, I think we can all agree: reading truly is a gift. Indeed, all of learning is a...
View ArticleReading Before Kindergarten- Is It Really Necessary?
Reading before Kindergarten- is it necessary? Is it beneficial? Is it something parents and educators should be spending their precious minutes with the children on? As time goes on, more and more...
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