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First Fig
My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light! —Edna St. Vincent Millay
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How many of you have read S.E. Hinton’s classic The Outsiders? If you haven’t, you must. You won’t be sorry; ask anyone who has. During the course of this tense and powerful novel about a group of...
View ArticleThe World Awaits
This week’s Student Blogging Challenge focuses on the celebrations held in countries world wide. I will be highlighting the same international celebration as the Challenge administrator : EARTH...
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Lullaby
Last night we celebrated Earth Hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m. at our home in New Jersey. What did it look like, you ask? It looked dark, the flickering of a sage-scented candle the only light bouncing on...
View ArticleWelcome National POETRY MONTH!
Here’s a sample of one of the features at our poetry cafe. YOURS will be so much better, (but I’m a bit proud that I pulled this together). The “Photos for Class” widget is one of the most useful...
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Ode to the Five
O, Thumb, the one, we see your sign of approval, sometimes doubled. And you, Number Two, Index ET extends his– it glows, throbbing; the touch of home. The Middle, you sometimes-rude one, but strong,...
View ArticleWhile I Was Away
During two of the days I was away, I asked the students to write two different blog posts. The first was to discuss a text that they were reading, or had just finished reading. The requirements were...
View ArticleWhat Would You Say?
Kid President asks you to share what you would put in a graduation speech, so…what would you say? GO BE AWESOME!
View ArticleA Taste of Things to Come
This morning as I was checking my email accounts, and visiting my blog”spots,” I happened upon this vimeo presentation by the great Wendell Berry and realized that, by posting it here, in the waning...
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“Raise Your Voice” on Blog Action Day 2015
This graphic, taken from Teach Thought, and created by Sylvia Duckworth and J Casa Todd, captures the essence of Blog Action Day. The second statement distinguishing a digital leader from a mere...
View ArticleIt’s Called the “Worldwide Web”
This Blog Action Day I don’t want to sound like a foot-stamping kindergartner who wants it HER way, but I am moved to write after reading an article from the thought-provoking blog Mindshift. At the...
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Halloween Thoughts!
Here’s a Padlet-for-fun. Tell me about Halloween for you. The password is Halloween; the comments will immediately post, so THINK before you write. Created with Padlet
View ArticleA Just and Lasting Peace
At the close of his second inaugural address, President Lincoln said: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to...
View ArticleA Google Doodle Worth Watching
See the wonderful Google Doodle for today, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.
View ArticleSeventh Grade Genius Hour Projects 2021
As we near the end of our year together as a virtual Reading and Language Arts class, I have high hopes for the students’ Genius Hour projects. It is not an easy task—monitoring one’s own learning—no...
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