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Homework or Home Wreck?
Not all good researchers are teachers, but all good teachers are researchers. We simply can’t help it. We hypothesize. We look for trends. We make connections. We develop questions and we seek solutions. We test the research of researchers who … Continue reading
Unwrapping December
Discover. Uncover. Reveal. Unwrap. This was the deliberate work of December in Room 204. We started with a stack of brown paper packages tied up with string. I had a master list of titles that represented the genres of poetry, … Continue reading
Another Chapter in Room 204
February was the month of love that we started celebrating in January. January 15 to be exact. Set Up is key. This is true if you are giving a party, telling a joke, or painting a house. It is really … Continue reading
In the Grand “Schema” of Things
I wrote this five years ago, but I am reposting this in honor of my beautiful sister, Thanksgiving, Family, and Reading. My sister and I can read each other’s minds. Really. On Thanksgiving the table was set, the turkey was … Continue reading
Word.
I am the daughter of a wonderful cook. While other people were growing up on casseroles, I skipped home to Salad Nicoise and Gazpacho. “We are having a Great Dinner From Life!” my mother would say. Great Dinners from … Continue reading
School Reform or Reform School?
The third grade Virginia Standards of Learning in Social Studies (Virginia’s version of the Common Core) define community as a place where people work, live, and play (3.10). This definition is too limited. Community is deep and broad and soars … Continue reading
Hope Sticks
You could smell hope in the newly sharpened pencils. You could see it in the stacks and packs of blank notebook paper. You could hear it in the spotless new shoes squeaking on the varnished 100 year old floor. Hope … Continue reading
The story of the Wright Brothers is not a new one for me. Our summer trips the to Outer Banks have included restless trips to the Wright Brothers Memorial– visits punctuated with sulky complaints of heat and thirst and boredom … Continue reading
Imagination + Inspiration = Impact
Oh, I miss posting on this blog. And I am touched that people have noticed that I’ve been absent and that they even want to know why. Well, here it is. I am on the home stretch as a candidate … Continue reading
Morning Meeting and Mali
“Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” Rilke Morning Meeting is a simple and powerful routine for building community, trust, and respect in … Continue reading
Write Now. Write Here. 