We can travel through the power and beauty of reading and writing. We are; made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. - Alfred Lord Tennyson Teacher of Reading and Writing... Oh, and teacher of Middle school math.
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Lesson Share Sunday
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Lesson Share Sunday
And then I tidy it up a little bit.
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Our Saturday project
Friday, March 27, 2015
Gunner
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The Murphy Belt
Monday, March 23, 2015
I swear I am an adult
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Apple, Blueberry, Cherry, Pumpkin
Friday, March 13, 2015
Tomato soup and grilled cheese
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Better late than never
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Three River City
So today, while I am in Virginia, I will represent the city I love so much with a plate full of Heinz Ketchup, donning the black and gold, and adding fries to my sandwich.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Reluctant Writer
As the bell rings at 2 pm, my 4th block starts. Pencils begin to make words on the page.. all but one. One of my students, a sweet, quiet- yet energetic girl never seems to want to write. She claims that she doesn’t know how to begin, what to write next, or have anything to say. We have been working together in her journal- often struggling to write more than a sentence. I even began scribbling what she was saying into her journal as she spoke her creative, imaginative ideas to me. She is a bright girl with a lot to say but that translation to print is missing.
Everything changed yesterday. After talking to an experienced teacher, who loves to write, I decided to use one of her journal prompts in my class. Write about the word, Laugh. Laugh. One word. It seemed so simple but something I haven’t thought of yet. I didn’t think that by using this journal entry I would see something new come out of her… but I did. I thought that this would just be another addition to my classroom from a peer.
She wrote an entire paragraph by herself! She even added an illustration. Her eyes gleamed as I mentioned the word laugh. I could not be more thankful that I found something to get her to start writing. She has GREAT ideas and now I am happy that she is able to express herself!
Monday, March 9, 2015
Could it be?
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Ink to the page
Saturday, March 7, 2015
The day to remember.
We are spending the day dining this morning with Mimosas and coffee at Spoons and the afternoon observing the aquatic life at the Baltimore Aquairum. My brother is doning his ever-popular fish shirt that we bought last year in honor of our upcoming trip to Greece.
Oh, and my dad ordered "cold-white milk" with his breakfast. Cheers!