“What’s the big deal with Pinterest?” my husband asked me as he saw me searching some of my pinned boards. I didn’t really have a good answer for him, until he followed up with, “why not just do a google search and specify images?” That certainly is one way to find an image of something … [Read more…]
I recently read the blog post, Twitter Snobs or Efficient Learners written by Bill Ferriter. In this post Bill states, “whenever the number of people that I’m following grows to more than 200, I simply get lost in the streams of information that come through my Twitter feed. At that point, Twitter becomes useless, doesn’t … [Read more…]
In my last post I shared some tips to get started with informal walkthroughs. After posting it, I received this question on twitter: So, here are the books I read in classrooms during the first week of school… During my first year as Principal, I read: This was my favorite First Day book as a … [Read more…]
Of all the things I have to do each day as a principal, my favorite “task” is getting into classrooms each day to see what students are learning. I actually don’t see it as a “task” of something I “have to do,” in fact I prefer it over all the other things that are on … [Read more…]
I recently read The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease after seeing Matt Renwick tweet about it several different times. I had it on my list of professional books to read, but he actually mentioned it again to me in a parent to parent conversation when I shared my concerns regarding my son’s animosity for reading. … [Read more…]
In my last post I shared with you an update on how we have gone school wide with the Daily 5/Cafe framework for teaching literacy. Just how committed to this are we? Well, the reading basals are now officially boxed up and in storage!! As we made the transition to going school-wide with Daily 5, … [Read more…]
A year and a half ago, I shared about the decision to go school-wide with Daily 5. Since this post I have had a few requests from colleagues in my PLN to post an update on where our school is with Daily 5, so here it goes… This past year, all of our teachers in … [Read more…]
“Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.” ~David Allen Recently I read the book Getting Things Done by David Allen, which has dramatically impacted my work so that I can spend more time enjoying with my family. Well, maybe not actually more time, but I’m better able to enjoy … [Read more…]
*This is blog post #5 in the 2012 Summer Blog Challenge* Since our building has goneschool-wide with Daily 5/Cafe, my beliefs on teaching literacy have changed dramatically from when I started teaching. I only wish that I could go back in time and teach reading the way my awesome teachers are now. My beliefs have … [Read more…]
*This is blog post #4 in the 2012 Summer Blog Challenge* I have had the pleasure of learning directly from Regie Routman in her Leadership in Literacy conference twice in the past two years. If you ever have the opportunity to attend a conference/workshop with Regie, I would highly recommend it. While I could write for … [Read more…]