What’s the Big Deal with Pinterest?
"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…
Utilizing Twitter Lists
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…
Books for the first week…
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…
Getting Started with Informal Classroom Walkthroughs
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…
The importance of Read-Aloud (at school and home)
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,…
Daily 5 School-Wide Part 2
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…
Daily 5 School-Wide
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…
Relax
"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…
Why Students Don’t Read What is Assigned in Class
*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…
Sharing my Reading Life
*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…