Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Lessons From a Beginner

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I recently started a painting class.  I loved art class in high school a long time ago, but art has never been much more than a fascination ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Change Your Story

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I read an article the other day that discussed how a parent used a growth mindset with her children.  When something wasn't going right,...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

If Only I Had a Do Over

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I had an interesting conversation with my principal recently.  We were discussing the upcoming summer, and the hope that my department would...
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Reading & Writing Workshop in 42 Minutes . . . Continued

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Today I felt a lot like this poor dog trying to fit through the door.  He could do it, if he'd only take another approach!  It happe...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

Writing About Reading -- What's the Real Goal?

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My 7th graders have been working in their Reading Notebooks to "write about reading."  I never used to think that this was an auth...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Reading & Writing Workshop on a Secondary Schedule -- Part 2

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I wrote over the summer about my hope to have an authentic reading and writing workshop on my 42 minute schedule.  As I reread the post, I ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Moving Students' Thinking Past Summary

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When I first had students write about their reading, they mostly wrote paragraphs and summary.  When they explored other ways to respond, th...