Runs in the family.
My son struggled with ADHD in school and because teachers didn’t know how to deal with it, it destroyed his love of reading. But there is hope.
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Tag: Reading
the year that wasn’t (1) and what might be (2)
A look back on last year, and how I can remember what I learned and grow.… Read More the year that wasn’t (1) and what might be (2)
For fun…
We teachers have full, wonderful lives outside of teaching. I think. Sure we do! YES! We most definitely do! And why let all the wonderful folks such as Barack Obama create a list!? Here’s my challenge, inspired by @jarredamato, the leader of #ProjectLit: What if all leaders — politics, education, business, you name it —… Read More For fun…
Summer Series of Saves: Tea with Bears (or the hard sell)
Planning and shaping students’ reading lives–I have some concerns. Selfish, muddy concerns. Donalyn Miller’s tweet about ill-defined independent reading prompted my own wondering about the basics: what is are the differences and connections between instructional and independent reading? A while back I wrote this blog post challenging those notions, too: How to Survive a Bear… Read More Summer Series of Saves: Tea with Bears (or the hard sell)
Dismantle, disrupt, and…discontinue?
One of my personality flaws is the fear of being misunderstood. I say it’s a flaw because I spend too much mental energy trying to explain my meaning after the fact, and other folks are way past thinking about me or my dumb little thoughts. But that is why I write this blog; it’s my… Read More Dismantle, disrupt, and…discontinue?
Series: Elements of Structure Part 2: Shock and Awe
Part 2 of the Elements of Structure Series When I clicked on this link this morning, I did not know who the producers were. I had no idea about bias, message, or author’s purpose. I just sat and watched it, thinking it a sweet narrative. Normally I’m not so blinded by the surprise, the hidden… Read More Series: Elements of Structure Part 2: Shock and Awe
Series: Elements of Structure Part I: Effect
As we weave in the CCSS into our instruction, create engaging work, etc. it’s my nature to dive deeply into the subject area–to me, that’s what great teachers do, even if they know a subject intimately. It’s the artist in me: there’s always more to observe and try. With that in mind, I am writing… Read More Series: Elements of Structure Part I: Effect
750 and counting.
https://embed.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley Seven hundred and fifty minutes represents five classes of core/honors ELA classes, multiplied by ten days, fifteen minutes each period. For every student, in two weeks’ time, each one has read 750 minutes. And to my shock and awe, at no point did I give them some long lecture about how to read, what… Read More 750 and counting.
Tagged.
Yesterday I spent 15 minutes searching for a website/resource I want to use this year. I couldn’t find it in my bookmarks, or remember its name, just that I discovered them at NCCE, and could have sword that I wrote about them in a post-convention post. Nope. Nowhere. But I did find it in my bookmarks, (forgot… Read More Tagged.
Room in your head.
We can’t see the stars any longer because of light pollution. But as the lady says, “The night is dark and full of terrors,” so we humans master the monsters and use all the power we can to dispel the darkness. But we don’t see things as we once did, or learn from the larger… Read More Room in your head.
Mrs. Kelly Love 
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