Teaching in Uncertain Times
As I see all the 9/11 memorials today, I can’t believe it has been 19 years. I’ll never forget my confusion and disbelief when another […]
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Ready or Not: Back to School
I’m feeling so blessed lately that I am in that RETIRED teacher group. I don’t think anyone would have a hard time figuring that out […]
Hosting a Well-Deserved Pity Party
Yesterday I read a post on Facebook that was just the information I needed to read. Even though I’m old enough to be a retired […]
Teaching with Technology (WOW, how it has changed!)
I am an immigrant, a digital immigrant that is. Let me tell you about technology when I first entered the classroom as a teacher… you […]
Making Learning Relevant
I volunteer at my church and teach a 4th grade Religious Education class, and our first class was yesterday. While this was a different kind of […]
Lexile Levels and Just Right Books
I remember the year we started using the Scholastic Reading Inventory to determine a students’ lexile levels. What a gift we’d been given; we’d now […]